Bowser Jolted by Mrs Bowser in Domestic Showdown
In a domestic spoof, Mrs Bowser reads Mr Bowser the riot act over extravagance. She lists unwise spending from cigars to clubs and pins to quack doctors, threatens divorce unless he reforms, and trims his grand schemes from hens to Mount McKinley prizes. The showdown ends with Bowser sleepily asking if it was his wife or someone else.
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M. Quad
Associated Literary Press
R. Bowser
Mrs. Bowser
Mr. Bowser
Mrs
W $Lipper
Napoleon
Mount McKinley
Bowser
Jealousy in Judge Remarks on Self-Made Men in Job Claims
Judge asserts that a self made man acts as if another wants to claim his job, labeling jealousy as a driving trait. The remark frames how ownership of success influences perceived threats and competition.
Soldier Meets Paranoid Colonel In Photo Paradox
A soldier is photographed and mentions his regiment. The photographer shows a picture of the colonel, prompting the soldier to note the colonel never looked like that on parade. The photographer explains the colonel wasn’t in parade or South Africa when photographed, and the soldier adds the twist that the colonel’s wife was present, explaining the difference.
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South Africa
Liice Thyat
Conversational Discretion Quip Noted by Washington Star
The Washington Star cites a quip about avoiding weather talk with a barber. It suggests politics would be too exciting for a man with a razor, highlighting humor in everyday interactions.
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Washington Star
New Tales That Are Told From Hawthorne to Traddles
A compact collection of anecdotes features Hawthorne as U S consul in Liverpool granting passage to a returning Yan kee youth who claimed American roots from Exeter New Hampshire and Skimmilk Folsom. Admiral Schley’s navy reform tale follows with Jimmy Traddles who jokes about losing his lunch and his teeth at home.
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Hawthorne
United States
Liverpool
America
New Hampshire
Exeter
Schley
Navy
Jimmy Traddles
Jimmy
The Mosquito and the Postoffice Hum
A humorous verse from The Mosquito laments summer’s end and pestilence of mosquitoes, contrasting Panama’s battles with local inaction. A Chicago Post cartoonish vignette follows, depicting a puzzled traveler asking directions to a post office and being teased about a jury veteran named Pete Hobanot.
Sir Henry Irving and Nansen in Theatrical Rivalry
Bram Stoker tells how Sir Henry Irving resists counter attractions when Nan sen, famed Arctic explorer, sits in the royal box. Irving ignores the news and even the fluttering comment from a theater super, with the joke that Nansen is “the chap who stands the cold so well.” The anecdote appears in a serialized or compiled quotation from periodical items.
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Bram Stoker
Sir Henry Irving
Sir Henry
London
Nansen
North Pole
Stoker
Irving
Saturday Evening Post
Final Word Was Long Delayed In Humorous Anecdotes
Dr Wiley recalls Pennsylvania Germans funeral customs as a tribute is demanded before burial. Neighbor jokes about Hansen’s life. Representative Legare spends night in backwoods cabin and learns a local woman, Mia Smitherson, cares for babies and charges $1.50.
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Dr. Wiley
Old Man Hansen
Lippincott's
Legare
George Legare
South Carolina
Rude Mountain
Mia
Smitherson
Cleveland
Man’s two hour stay ends in four fights at saloon
A Cincinnati Enquirer item notes a man lingered at a saloon for about two hours then became involved in four fights over baseball disputes. He later returned home and cursed his wife for gossiping with the neighbor woman.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
The Happy Past Troubles
In a Detroit Free Press quip, a joke suggests Brown’s rising wealth comes from recounting past strumgles and adventures, highlighting a humorous take on his current prosperity. The dialogue hints at his self-paceted storytelling as a source of income.
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Brown
Detroit Free Press
State House Improvement Sparks Riverfront Wall Work
Trenton work has begun on a 2700 foot concrete retaining wall along the river front behind the State House and extending to Riverside Drive. The state and city share the project with Whiting Turner Construction, featuring a 12 foot high, 10 foot base wall tapering to 3 feet. Completion will enable park grading and paving, with future plans to clear adjacent properties and link to the Delaware Valley Boulevard.
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Trenton
State House
Riverside Drive
State House Park
City Pump House
Calhoun Street
State House Commission
Whiting-Turner Construction Company
Baltimore
Delaware
Willow Street
Port Jervis
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Panama
Science
Louis Post-Dispatch
Pete Hobanot
Chicago Post
Gates
Denver
Herr Bollmann
Lustige Blatter
Long Branch Daily Record
Captol
Thia
Willie
The
Daily Record
Jacob Steinbaghee
T.hee
Broadway
Motion Pictures
MR. Pipp
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