The French Roast and the Frog Leg Joke
A humorous Irish tale recalls a family dinner where French chicken and a frog leg gag delight Norah and the father. The punchline, about gallantry and appetite, highlights kitchen diplomacy and kinship during a lively meal.
When Love Laughed in New York
A humorous first person tale by 2Y W. D. Nesbit or Josh Wink recounts Perry as he pursues Norah Dempsey. He navigates cultural tensions and family doubt, arranging a French framed romance through Cafe Francaise and social outings while facing Norah’s father’s disapproval of a "frog leg" suitor.
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W. D. Nesbit
Josh Wink
Daily Story Pub
Norah
M'stea
Heiney Gruber
Heiney
Meleu
Patrick Dempsey
Perry
Stew
M’steu
M'sieu
Msieu
Watteau
Garmenta
M'steu
Gare
Antoine
Mme Cafe Francaise
Patrick
Ime
Cafe Frenesis
Remem
The Garrote in Manila
The Manila New American reports High Sheriff Peterson pondered the garrote method used under Spanish rule for executions in the Philippines. Lorenzo Antipardo stands charged with killing a native policeman in Tondo last September. if condemned, death by garrote on a scaffold is prescribed.
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Sherif
Sherif Peterson
Manila New American
Cuba
Philippines
Mushrooms and poison: professor explains edible vs deadly fungi
Chicago Tribune reports Uncle Bastas seeking guidance from a professor on distinguishing edible agaricus campestris from deadly amanita phalloides. The professor notes key features such as cap scales, gill color, stalk shape, ring and bulb to avoid misidentification.
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Hustas
Tholaby
Ellin
Rastos
Chicago Tribune
Minnesota Leads Nation in Milling Output
Minnesota dominates U S milling with hundreds of mills in Minneaplis and across the state. Annual Minneapolis output exceeds 13 million barrels and state capacity tops 100000 barrels daily. Five Minneapolis mills grind about 20000000 bushels of wheat yearly.
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Minnerota
Minnesota
Minneapolis Mille
Minneapolis
No clear event headline in admission dialogue
A brief Detroit Free Press quotation shows Sterlingworth teasing about engagement with Goldthorp. The happy young man says he will grant a restrained young lady the right to choose his negligities, implying a playful betrothal setup.
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Goldthorp
Sterlingworth
Detroit Free Press
Johnny on the Camel A Humorous Rural Tale
A folkloric piece celebrates a patient camel and humorous verses about riding or walking when offered. It notes the animal’s chewing pace, desert life, humors with a Bible reference, a camel versus lion race, and ends with a brief aside on fashion and chatter about Chimmie-Dere.
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Johnny
Ben-Hur
Man With Physics Image Sits, Forced to Stand
A stout man of imposing physique boarded a Boston car with four passengers already seated. None offered a seat. after repeated attempts he muttered a blunt remark heard by all, refusing to move, and stayed standing.
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Boston
Benches Built For Four Humans And One Bog
A comic exchange unfolds as four men sit on benches meant for four or five beings. Hisaribuke jokes that the seats are meant for four three humans and one tor bog, challenging a passerby who insists. The scene captures a quirky moment of misreading and laughter.
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Hisaribuke
Fooling a Theater Audience A Jerome Prank on a Mortgage
Juation Jerome recalls his father Lawrence R. Jerome a famed practical joker as a real heart thriller plays on a mortgage plot Amid the melodrama he declares I’ll pay that mortgage myself provoking a sensational curtain call at Wallack's New York Times notes the prank and backdrop
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Jerome
Lawrence R. Jerome
John Hoey
Larry” Jerome
Tom
Wallack's
New York Times
Spotted Wear and the Mysterious Wood for a Widow
The exchange between Spotted Wear and pal on a grassy verge reveals a tale of hardship hinted by Jicuby. The side partner explains the rumor about sawing wood for a widow, a phrase described as blackmell and left unspoken in the mood of the wanderer.
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B. Wagslon
Jicuby
Eveland Plain Dealer
Uncle Emens Sayings In Folk Dialect From The South
The excerpt presents a dialect piece with rurally tinged maxims about wind, dogs, danger, ladders, and work ethic. It uses vivid regional language to convey warnings and humorous observations about daily life and prudent behavior.
A Quiet Retreat Ends Quick With City Man
A nervous man sent to a farmhouse for two weeks finds city life harsher than rural quiet. He endures roosters at midnight and a bullfrog in a pond, then tells the farmer he must leave, prompting the farmer to recall lonesome guests who required company and even the old ball to lift their spirits.
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