New York's Smart Set and the Price of Prestige
A Philadelphia Times correspondent laments New York's excess among the rich led by Astors and Vanderbilts. The piece details lavish dinners, jewel gifts, flower contracts, and blackmail like practices by florists, caterers, and stewards in elite homes, noting commissions and extortion across service trades.
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New York
Rome
Pluto
Astors
Vanderbilting
Philaia Times
Highbion
Ork
Whimsical Childhood Tale of Playful Sibling Pretend
A mother and child narration centers on a game where a girl acts as governess to her brother. He recalls the scene as affectionate play but notes the governess slapped him after he kissed her, leaving a puzzled memory of the game.
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Jack
Wit and Wag Sketch Mixed in Comic Dialogues
A collection of comic exchanges and stage talk features supposed banter among Mrs Baldeau, a polite gentleman, a streetcar passenger, and various townsfolk. The dialogue touches on marriage, class, and timing as characters joke about affection and social pretenses.
Our Wit and Humor: Love is Blinded by Humor
A lighthearted column features witty reflections on love, misreads, and playful banter. The piece surveys dating quirks and social foibles with a jaunty, newspaper voice, highlighting the humorous side of relationships and daily life.
Moldy Mike and the Free Funds Row in City Panel
Suffering Unalleviated shows Moldy Mike deriding the city’s free funds for the poor as a waste while opposing a free beer fund. Philanthropist and Mollie figures mingle in a charged local scene exposing class tension and flirtations among characters.
A Question of Fees and Jests on Remedies
A humorous dialogue features Dr. Snooper and Dr. Sudden debating homeopathic and eclectic remedies. The scene shifts to Heraldic Ornithology and a joke about a turkey crest signifying Columbus’s discovery. A second skit ends with a pained marital note about divorce and relatives’ weddings this month.
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Snooper
Sudden
Dr. Sudden
America
Longshoreman urged to join Human Hercules
A dime museum manager praises a strong longshoreman as he handles heavy sugar casks and suggests he should quit his dollar-a-day job to enter the Human Hercules business. The scene highlights the manager's appreciation of the man's apparent strength.
No Sale Peddler Sign Riff Sparks Storekeeper Quip
A humorous exchange shows a peddler offering signs to storekeepers with the slogan If You Don't See What You Want, Ask For It and a storekeeper retort about being bothered with requests. The dialogue captures local color and cheeky banter.
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James
Madame
Mary
Jane
Music Etiquette Sparks in New York Weekly Dialogue
A fragment from a New York Weekly piece depicts Mrs. Brick ton-Hush defending restraint at music events. The dialogue contrasts social breeding with personal taste as she complains about overfamiliar audiences.
Nothing But the Truth in a Legal Parable
A dialog shows an officer questioning a discharged worker about reasons and duration of a two year six month layoff. The piece hints at character assessment and discipline in employment history. It ends with satirical lines about a yawning laborer and a defunct myth regarding a hairless Mexican dog.
The Era of Muscle and Safe Vigor
A commentary on the push for muscle and athletic vigor across sexes and ages. It warns against dangerous extreme muscularity and advocates Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a safe aid to digestion, regular secretions, rest, and recovery from ailments.
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America
I Hs
Denver Laundry Soap Ad and Humorous Exchange
A dated humorous exchange features a mother and child dialogue about holding a baby, followed by an advertising insert for Denver Best Laundry Soap promising a free picture with 25 wrappers from Gryssxite Soap Co. The ad touts unexcelled quality and includes a social remark about temper in society.
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Denver
Gryssxite Soap Co
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Stewardillionaire
Butler
Cook
Wit
Mr. Baldeau
Mr. Dolan
Yez Iver
John
Bille
Bill
Philo
Caustique
Mollie
Eddie
Mr. Bilkins
K. Coburn
Claire Seats
Hall
Pittsburg
Albany
Benny
Mamma
Epee
Littinos
Bambers
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