Notable Miscellany of Early 20th Century Satires
A collage of curious biographical snippets and anecdotes from various papers. It mentions Lord Coleridge’s salary and a high US Chief Justice salary, a Conn. girl’s suicide over clothing, a Reading Pa. bed-ridden dream, twin brothers’ match in Syracuse and Elmira, pop-corn safety orders in Cleveland, Thayer’s vast estate vs furniture value, Chaffee’s temperance anecdote, Edwin Booth’s Bostonian plans, a Baltimore elopement tale, and a 110-year-old New Orleans man claiming Guinea royalty with Civil War service.
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Lord Coleridge
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Ella Hill
Seymour
Conn
Boston Post
Annie Steiner
Reading
Detroit Post
Syracuse
Elmira
N. Y
N. Y. Times
Ashmun
Cleveland
Nathaniel Thayer
Bosdon
Jerome B. Chaffee
Denver
Chicago Journal
Edwin Booth
Boston
Aldrich
Atlantic Monthly
Beacon Hill
Booth
Dr. Hathcock
Baltimore
Beltora
Rena Carver
Hall County
Augusta
Buford
St. Louis
George Laflere
New Orleans
Guinea
Paul Latlere
X. O. Picayune
Nonsense and whimsy across late 19th century papers
A collage of quips and comic bits from multiple papers. It cites lines on Washington, beer barrels, breakfast nudges, Ireland, a singsong kitchen gag, musical instruments, a streetcar scene, fashion parodic critique of the Mother Hubbard dress, and satirical blasts at modern culture. The tone is breezy and humorous, with various names and outlets referenced in passing.
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Washington
Philadelphia Chronicle
St. Louis
San Francisco
Ireland
Dudge
Oil City
Adele
Madame
Paris Paper
London
Michigan Avenue
Mary Ann
Detroit Free Press
Mother Hubbard
Texas
A Dog's Four Tales From Catskill Gorge
A Chicago Inter Ocean correspondent recalls a Catskill ascent with Cyrus W. Field Dr J Marion Sims F B Thurber and Joseph Jefferson. Four versions of how a circus trick dog supposedly fell from a railing to the rocky bottom are offered by guides and locals, each more implausible than the last.
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Catskill Mountains
Cyrus W. Field
J. Marion Sims
F. B. Thurber
Joseph Jefferson
Field
Sims
Mr. Field
Mr. Jefferson
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Maile Carrier's Adventure Thru Sierra Bear Duel
A 14 foot snow-shoe exhibit by H McKin sick will honor Snow-shoe Thompson the long time Sierra mail carrier who died recently. Thompson trapped a grizzly using a snowshoe lance after a day and night battle, earning a bear steak from Yank station. Boston Post notes a Nebraska town named Base ball with eighteen inhabitants.
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Thompson
Louisville
H. McKinsick
Pacific Coast
Sierra Nevada
Hank's
Yank
United States
Grifters at the State Fair Leave Victims Laughing Through Loss
A humorous dispatch recalls a string of pocket picking at the State Fair, where farmers merchants and a village philosopher all fall prey. Victims recount missing sums from seventeen to twenty-seven dollars and retell the ordeal with resigned wit as they ponder homeward funds and possible pawn options.
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Kerchunk
Thander
Airth
Iain
Grige
Where Do the Gypsies Come From in Boston?
A newspaper excerpt explores origins and myths of gypsies, noting their Egyptian name root, European population figures, and portrayals in arts. It contrasts romantic stereotypes with harsh realism, labeling most gypsies as dirty and lazy, nomadic, and hostile to police, while recounting scholarly views on their language origins and migrations.
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Boston
Europe
Hungary
Walter Scott
Franz Listt
Pott
Miklosich
The Gypsies Across Asia and Europe to Greece
A survey traces Gypsy migrations from India around 1000 to Greece by 1250 and onward through Roumania Hungary Bohemia Germany Spain and beyond. It notes later intrusion into Scotland Sweden Russia and Siberia and questions when America was entered. It discusses language dialects religion and racial classifications with references to Miklosich and Dravidians. The Boston Advertiser commentary concludes Gypsies are not citizens and excel in music.
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Upper
Indus
Syria
Asia Minor
Greece
India
Roumania
Hungary
Bohemia
Germany
Spain
Scotland
Sweden
Russia
Siberia
America
Egypt
Soudan
Africa
China
Miklosich
British India
Madras
Miklesich
Zigeuner
Boston Advertiser
Worth and Cost in Judgment of Value
The piece weighs how worth equals cost, noting that true value often requires sacrifice while many things exceed their price. It cites a South African diamond bought at the cost of four lives and toil, arguing that few admire if they knew the true price. It closes by urging consideration of cost before desiring temptation, acknowledging some goods justify their cost and others do not.
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America
Characteristics of London Gentleman in Stillman Essay
In an incisive Century essay, W. J. Stillman contrasts the true English gentleman with a refined American ideal. He portrays the English noble type as decorum masked strength and sympathy, yet notes its hereditary culture and external circumstances shape the gentleness and leadership sought in society. He also salutes Americans who embody gentlemanly virtues on democratic soil, while acknowledging a lingering reverence for time-honored nobility despite democratic constraints.
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London
W. J. Stillman
The Smart Boy and a Fatal Debt Dispute
A column discusses the perils of self important youths and the need for parental authority then notes a Dallas shooting where James Cooper killed Edward Thompson over a board bill. The brief item cites the Detroit Post as the source.
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Dallas
Tex
Edward Thompson
James Cooper
Whistling Whistler Johnson Stirs City Crowd
A tall colored man in period dress performed a vaudeville style whistling act on Morton House pavement. Johnsing, famed as the one line whistler of the United States, drew a crowd as he blew a tune resembling the Star Spangled Banner. He joked about pride and race, recalling days in Ganjah, and warned that his art often drew only hat money in this town.
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Morton House
Yaeus
United States
Johnson
Sean
Dis
Kentry
Ganjah
Whistling in the Circus and a Northern Escape
A Morning Journal piece recounts a Black performer’s tale of escaping a violent welcome from a vigilance committee, the crowd dancing as he whistle tunes like Marchin’ Through Gavjah and Mawkin Bird, and comparing rivals in the whistling circuit including Mr Johnson, Leber, and Mose the Quaker City wonder. The narrator recalls a threat to his lip and recalls past circuses and Wall Street success.
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Tze
Leber
Johnsing
Yard
Wall Street
Tleisa
Mose
Johnson
Curious Habits of Indians Wyandots Women Rule Society
The Wyandots practice matrilineal kinship with women governing civil and Gentile councils. A female head of family, female-led gens, and a male sachem chosen by gentes shape governance. Marriage within the tribe is strict, names are inherited or earned, and women control property and household headship. Two ostriches in California have kicked their mates to death.
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Rome
North America
London Tynes
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Nebraska
Smart Boy
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
California
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