Gleanings of a Week From the Noostbook of a Lively Correspondent
Bar Eakin visits Canada and Rev Nable preaches in Grinnell. News of families visiting, relocations, illnesses, a 10 cent social at Baptists, and a school bonds bid. Attendees at U S court in Dubuque and local lectures by the W O W and W C described.
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Bar. Eakin
Canada
Nable
Grinnel
McGorden
Baby
LeRoy
Amuldson
Orteld
Wm. Blackburn
Pierce
Minneapolis
Martin Johnson
Hatter
George
Peder Orreld
Hartman
Nemitz & Terry
Wildman
Mr. Terry
Main
Kirby
Decorah
Rochester
W.C
Tommy” Jones
Mama Jones
John Farnsworth
Story
Park Hotel
Keithly
Missouri
Jane Barker
A. Lyova
Robert Thompson
Ossie Iverson
Fat man outsmarts taunting critic in sharp banter
A thin man mocks a very fat man by saying he would hang himself if as fat as him. The fat man retorts with a cutting comeback, saying he would use the taunter as a rope. The exchange appears in HRoyal Magazine's humor column.
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Hroyal Magazine
Story of the Old Couple and Their Three Wishes
Uncle Max recalls a fairy tale where an old couple gains three wishes. A thoughtless wish for a fine fire yields a pudding on the wife’s nose, then the pudding returns and harms her. The husband’s remorse and the couple’s misery show wishes fulfilled do not guarantee happiness.
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Max
Uncle Maz
Omaha World-Herald
The Napkin Ring Trick and Oddities From The Land Of Fire
A collection of tricks and curiosities includes a napkin ring sleight of hand with precise finger positioning, a description of Tierra del Fuego as The Land of Fire and Magellan’s naming, a short tale of little Margaret wanting to crochet, and a handkerchief doll how to. It also covers a riddle about the ice wagon man, animal toe counts, and Thermit science describing its high temperatures and aluminum oxide composition.
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Cape Horn
Tierra del Fuego
South America
Magellan
Horn
Land of Fire
Tuys
Repartee Between Hoar and Foraker Over Panama Debate
The old senators Hoar and Foraker traded barbs during a Panama debate with Hoar retorting to Foraker about misrepresenting his views. The exchange drew laughs in the chamber as Foraker demanded to know where his statements went wrong. Also recounted are Governor Russell’s snowbound misadventure and a string of humorous quips from various papers.
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Senator Hoar
Hoar
Foraker
Panama
Tient
Massachusetts
Mr. Hoar
Ohio
Mr. Foraker
Senate
Harper’s Weekly
Russell
William Blussell
Cambridge
Statehouse
West End
City of Cambridge
The
Street Railroad Company
Brattle Square
Andatance
Joseph Deethen
Street Railway
Joseph
Boston Herald
Naughty Nelly and the Floating Umbrella Tale
Naughty Nelly sails in a fanciful verse where an umbrella launches her above a steeple toward the moon and stars, then returns after noon. The piece cites Harper’s Weekly’s note on an Irish painter joke and ends with a witty quip about a woman and a mirror from the Chicago Daily News.
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Huxley
Harper's Weekly
Chicago Daily News
Bullfights and nobles fund Andalusian estates
A Spanish contemporary cites the Indianapolis News claiming 1904 saw about 12,000 bulls and 10,000 horses killed in bulls fights. The most valuable bulls for arenas are bred on the Duke of Vergara's Andalusian estates, who profits from the trade. The remainder compiles quips and jokes from various papers and a wart removal tip.
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Indianapolis News
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Fatty
Margaret
Little Chronicle
Washington Star
Dobler
Miss Fortissimo
Gobler
Detroit Tribune
Chicago
Haralé
Nelly
Houh
Paterfamilias
Hullo
Est
Louis Republic
Grayce
Peor Ae
Louisville Courier~Journal
Philadelphia Ledger
Puck
Fctiow
Hews Avenue
St. Charles, Ill
Reveael
Prediegris
Alcre
Revewn
Imles
Mprcbee
Alten Shaw
Congress
America
Astor Place
New York
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