Brevities of Fun and Witty Exchanges in Papers
A collage of quick jokes and quips from various papers. Bits include a lady and Tramp banter about liberty and names, a bachelor’s gloomy remark versus a happy wife, a witty office boy exchange about band wagon blowers, and lines about a wife with many words. Also a joke about a matrimonial matchmaker promising a husband who is chiefs of a Digger tribe.
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Hilda
Hilde
N. Y
Chicago Daily News
Yonkers Statesman
Gaxzam
Bickers
Detroit Free Press
Supreme Court Chewing Tobacco Prank At Court
The Washington Star reports Justice Harlan quietly chewed Kentucky plug during a lull in opinions. Chief Justice Fuller nudged him to proceed, forcing him to spit out the quid at the cuspidor as lawyers and spectators kept laughing during the session.
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Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
Kentucky
Washington Star
J Tethe Harlan
Supreme Court of the United States
Marlon
Tarlan
Fuller
Odd Borneo Salt and Fish Verdict Customs
In Borneo the dying floods of dispute are settled by ritual salt lumps or live shellfish. Each litigant receives a salt lump or a fish is placed on a plate and lime juice applied. The faster the salt dissolves or the fish stirs, the more likely the man is deemed in the wrong.
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Borneo
Matrimonial Agent Faces License, Tax Hurdles in Argentina
The article notes an Argentine matrimonial agent must pay a license and a tax on successful matches. If a marriage fails, the agent can be imprisoned for neglect. It also references a London prison case where a man claimed to earn money by faking spirits in colored water.
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Argentina
London
Novel Flower Desserts Spark A Modern Dining Trend
The New York Mail and Express tout edible flowers as a chic hobby for hostesses. Chrysanthemum fritters with chrysanthemum leaves are prepared in chafing dish style, fried in peanut oil, then sugared. Rose leaves and violets are proposed as delicate substitutes for champagne wafers.
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New York Mail and Express
Madison Avenue
Golden Branches
How Yeast Grows Fast From Budding Cells
The growth of yeast is rapid as cells bud from parent cells. Some yeasts form elongated attached branches, while others become free cells. If each cell forms one new cell each minute, numbers double every minute, reaching 1024 in ten minutes and 82 768 in fifteen.
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Hospital
Footless Men Found In New Guinea Lake Dwellers
A report describes a race of footless men in New Guinea living among lakes. They move in small canoes and have cabins on wood piles. Their feet are said to be undeveloped and nearly useless for walking. The account notes their unusual adaptation and habitat in a remote region.
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New Guinea
Ashbrook’s Inbred Wilkes Line Impresses Breeders
Ashbrook shows a present record of 2 19 in a winning race and a lineage built on Wilkes. Pedigree traces to Great Ash land Wilkes 2 19 with dam line to Young Wilkes, son of George Wilkes, highlighting a strong inbred connection prized by trotting horse breeders.
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Ashbrook
Aeyewrold
Ashland Wilkes
Young Wilkes
George Wilkes
Wilkes
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Chief Justice Fuller
Harlan
Odd Lawa
Lexington
Dover Road
Per
J. F. Ramey
DR. Fenner
Dr. Penner
Fenner
Wagoner
Knobeville
Crenshaw & Young
Winkler
Sanufactursrf and
Osalersin
Eiso
Casey
Winkler Furniture Co
Insurance
Ll. W. Wiasor
C4tron & Taubman
Lexington, MO
Latayare
Hare
New York Life
T. Orear
Jefferson Olty, Mo
Chas. M. Bowring
R L Mann
Wellington
L. W. Brelsford
Lincoln Trust CO
Ida M. Tarbell
Standard Oil
Chicago Inter-Ocean
ALY. Jourmet
McCluure
Atlas Easy
28Th Street
New York
Chas. W. Loomis
Ae I
Det aCe Chemical
T. Louis
Leroy Farmer
Sole Agen
Mao
DR. Moffett
C. J. Moffett
M. D
ST. Louis
D. A. Hann
Ageti
Tet
Dr. Moffe
J. Andrew
Casita
Richard Field
Paant
M. Catron
Vic
Morrison-Wentworth Bank
Missouri
Ewulur
Rln Lyons
Frank Ho
William J. Morrison
Marke
Inrdon White
Rutur Younes
McCausland
Prea
Shelan
Uashior
Ley Lalushak
Ice
Trapers Bank
Accountent Corpyenmulon
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