Three Johnnies at the rink chase a wife at Ally Sloper
In a bright rink scene three Johnnies observe a graceful skater. Algernon Duke and Mowbray Smith vie for her attention, while Robert Richards wagers on success. Richards reveals the lady is his wife as the lesson ends with their playful defeat.
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Johnny
Rink
Robert Richards
Algernon Duke
Mowbray Smith
Mowbray
Algernon
Tam
Algy
Mr. Richards
Johnnies
Jeannie
Walter
Johnnie
Sloper
Shakespeare and Dante share a wordy link in Love's Labor Lost
The Athenaeum notes a parallel between Costard’s use of a long word in Love's Labor Lost and Dante's De Vulgari Eloquio. It suggests Shakespeare may have known Dante, via Italian or Latin texts available in his youth, reflecting Shakespeare’s evident Latin and Italian familiarity in the play.
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Athenaeum
Costard
Dante
Canzoni
Don Armado
Nathaniel
Holofernes
Shakespeare
Marvelous Siberian Horses on the Post Road
The Siberian horses, a hardy steppeland breed, are driven to a post house where they are tied under a lean-to and left in a freezing state. Drivers scrape hoarfrost from their bodies and warm them, then offer ice cold water before starting the next stage, causing them to tremble yet seem ready for work.
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Steppes
Too Obliging Ameer Aims To Please Queen With Punishment
An Afghan ameer is depicted as eager to oblige the queen after a queen's messenger was robbed on a journey to Kabul. The ameer claimed a full investigation found the robbers and their entire extended families executed, hoping to satisfy the queen, though doubt remains about satisfaction.
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Ameer
Afghanistan
Cabul
Witty Navy Quips From Humorous Tide
A collection of light jokes and quips from the Cleveland Plain Dealer about naval life and racing banter. It pokes fun at corporal punishment, yachts, and a badly steered vessel whose spanker hit a buoy during a Newport race.
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Newport
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Tooth Duty Spoken In Jest By Friend And Kin
A humorous exchange quoted from Der Fieh plays on dental pride. One man insists on pulling a tooth without gas because it costs too much, while another challenges him and notes his mother-in-law owns the tooth awaiting removal.
Loveless Marriage Noted in Telegraph Era Quip
In a Philadelphia North American quotation, Sim pers jokes about a loveless marriage. Gates asks for clarification as the couple travels away in a boreelese carriage while receiving congratulations by wireless telegraphy. The exchange highlights the era's techily quippy tone.
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Gates
Philadelphia
North American
No longer fashionable to attach wedding gift cards
They discuss wedding gift etiquette with a remark that cards with donors are out of fashion. She resolves to withdraw a $20 picture intended for Nell Waterson and replace it with a solid silver teaspoon.
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Nell Waterson
Chicago Times- Herald
Old Time Dexterity Watches Mark Time With One Hand
Joe Ker notes earlier watches were cleverer than present ones as Jacques asks how. Ker says older watches marked time with only one hand in a jewelers weekly quip.
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Joe Ker
Jacques
Neighborly Telephone Etiquette Cited In Chicago Record
The Chicago Record notes the telephone as a strong social factor in neighborhoods. It reflects on how calls encourage neighborly contact and facilitate social checks, urging readers to value polite, considerate use of shared lines.
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Chicago
Microbe Family Gossip Turns to Forbidden Topics
A classroom dialogue has the teacher probing knowledge of microbes while Little Maude cites a rule about not gossiping about others families. The exchange hints at themes of science curiosity versus privacy in a small town setting.
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Maude
Mamma
Real detectives differ from storybook sleuths
The Washington Star quotes a man lacking savoir faire noting that real detectives do not always swiftly catch their men, contrasting life with fiction where storybook detectives typically win in the end.
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Washington Star
Minter Excursions and Travel Offers
An eclectic ad-like excerpt details Southern Pacific travel options to California, Arizona, Texas, and Mexico with through Pullman sleepers and escorted tours from major eastern cities. It lists agents in Chicago, Cincinnati, Buffalo, and notes various promotional contacts. Also included are assorted jumbled testimonials, cure ads, and brief vignettes reflecting a busy page of mixed content.
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Minter
Southern Pacific Company
California
Arizona
Texas
Mexico
Cincinnati
Louisville
St. Louis
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Omaha
Kansas City
W. G. Neimyer
Sen
Clark
W. H. Connor
Chamber Commerce Bidg
Ohio
W. J. Berg
Ellicott Sq
Buffalo
N. Y
Men to No House Serrante and the case for male workers
The passage argues for substituting men for women in domestic work while noting women's longer history in such roles. Amelia Barr cites beliefs that men are more efficient, thorough, quicker, cleaner, and more respectful, framing the issue as a workforce question with biases against women.
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Serrante
York
Agi
Abe Wabetiturion
Amelia FE. Barr
Murderous Microbes and the Cascaret Cathartic Claim
A sensational ad style passage touts Cascarets as a universal germ killer for stomach and bowels. It asserts microbes thrive when the liver is lazy and promotes Cascarets as the cure, urging readers to order samples and booklets from The Sterling Remedy Co. in Montreal or New York.
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oGern
Terling Remedy Co
Montreal
New York
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Simpers
Marsie
Margie
Sydney Town and Country Journal
Tor
Toledo
Onia Hall
Hall
Eitheroes
Lavalhte
Teltiedeen
Treaeerer
Las Vegee
Anse M. Ross
Willansport, Pa
Mercia
Champa
Windlow
Walter Reker
Derebesset
Lotion
Havana
Castoria
St. Qingpliten
Ascare Etiers Mee
Alzer
Johnasaize
Ferry Jay
C. Keates Rong
PABST
Pabst Chemicalg
Jewry
Thompson
Broesy
Vartersi
Denver Direct
Oxford Hotel
Brown Palace Hotel
Savines
POST
Ee. E. Burlingame Assi Office
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