Honest Hobo Returns Jewels and Serves Time for Honesty
A hobo named Checkers finds a velvet grab bag with diamonds rubies and pearls tied to a Prima Donna Adele Gilberto of the Thomas Opera company. He repatriates the loot to its owner and is jailed for ninety days for being overly honest, with a police twist and courtroom quip about his lane on the road back to the tracks.
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Tom Lawson
The Soft Answer in Chicago Record Herald
A quotation notes a soft answer may be acceptable, provided it avoids promising sisterhood to the reader. The piece reflects the paper’s tone on respectful speech and relationships within social expectations.
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Chicago Record- Herald
Fame and war hero mingle in a boy’s Maine tale
A passerby flattered Representative Dick Hobson by drawing his attention to a boy who would benefit from meeting a war hero. The youngster misremembers Hobson as the Maine destroyer, while a businessman jokes about giving the boy a job standing off college presidents collecting subscriptions.
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Merrimac
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Maine
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Chicago Tribune
Appropriately Named Humorous Exchange Cited
A spoof dialogue notes a rich family with a son avoiding responsibility, a chorus girl marriage, and a joke about spring chicken. The Louisville Courier-Journal and Harvard Lampoon are referenced as sources or inspirations for the quip.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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Harvard “Lampoon
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