Arizona Kicker Publishes Gunfight Postmaster Satire
A 1918 Arizona Kicker column by M Quad lampoons deadly threats and real violence as the town’s postmaster brags of guns and feuds with rivals. It recounts libel cases, council brawls, and quirky local figures while defending editorial boldness and stubborn tenure in a satirical voice.
Inventor Builds Auto Device To Flash Speed Limit
A London motorist, tired of nuisance from faster cars, reveals a home crafted device that flashes “Speed Limit” from the rear of his car. The apparatus activates automatically when a control button is pressed, signaling other drivers to slow to legal speeds.
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Ehien
Connecticut Opens State Game Bird Farm With Imports
The Connecticut fish and game commission leased fifty acres for a state game bird farm and imported 300 breeding birds from England and Germany. An Englishman will head the staff to rear Mongolian, Chinese, English and golden pheasants plus partridge and quail for replenishing preserves. Domestic hens will hatch the eggs. Connecticut becomes the fourth state with a bird farm after New York, Massachusetts and Kansas.
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Coffin sent by parcel post shocks undertaker in Pittston
An undertaker in Pittston Pa received a child’s coffin shipped by parcel post from a Brooklyn company weighing under eleven pounds without finishings. The parcel was accepted by postal authorities. Paris studies happiness and a London bound joke from Puck conclude the item.
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C. Donnelly
Pittston
Parcel Post
Donnelly
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A Total Eclipse Dinner Remark Attributed
In a dinner scene the Mrs. Humphry Ward couple are present. A woman asks how men could become invisible. Mr. Ward replies that a celebrated wife can make a man invisible, prompting her sharp retort.
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