The Limekiln Club Imitates Congress Gem
A Detroit Free Press piece lampoons mock congressional behavior. A skit-like session ends with fines for two members after a clash over a cartoonish query about summer travel. The tale blends humor with wartime reminiscence and a water gesture from a Confederacy veteran.
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Misser Jones
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Smith
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Jones
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Givendam Jones
Whitelaw Skinner
Card imagery frames life in a somber riddle
A compact allegory uses playing cards to chart a man’s life from youth to death. Terms like cabbage cut, deuce, five, queen, knave, clubs and flush mirror stages, with a clergy member extracting a ten dollar bill and the final shuffle of mortal coil.
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Baby Prize Promises Reward Over Hop Bitters Advertisement
An 1850s era notice offers 600 in prize money to the youngest child who says Hop Bitters plainly in any language between May 1 1850 and July 4 1880. Fathers and mothers are urged to send a two cent stamp to Hop Bitters Mfg Co Rochester NY for a circular with full details and to start teaching children to say Hop Bitters to win.
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Universal Exow Cenit
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