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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1896
Page
7
A collage of humor and anecdotes from early 20th century papers. Jests about love money stock city life and street wit share space with quips about teachers beggars and a shipboard surprise. The piece preserves light satire and period voice with varied little sketches.
A short cartoon caption contrasts a "Coming Genius" boy with a "Bad Little Boy" asking what he will be when grown. The punchline hinges on hair cues, noting a playful dig at predictions and future careers in a light Texas Sifter style.
Fragmented quotes and jokes from multiple papers recount a judge and witness exchange about treatment and injury, a goofy electric bill mishap, a quip about an actor’s wife and dyspepsia, and a Cotillion era cigarette joke. The pieces mix humor with courtroom oddities and social bite.
In St Louis a dialogue asks who is the most popular man staying at the hotel. The answer suggests the barkeep is the most sought after with the largest following, reflecting a lively street talk style. Includes a humorous exchange about a dull razor and a ripped skirt, labeled as Pittsburgh Catholic content.
A compact item notes dialogue aboard a vessel with quips about seasickness and quick recovery as characters Simpson and Detroit Pree engage in light banter about shedding discomfort during a voyage.
A fragment from the Detroit Tribune quotes a woman asking her partner if he is sure he can pay the alimony she has become accustomed to. The line captures domestic tension over financial support and obligation.
Ada Manning a Chicago based colored socialite and expert whittler demonstrates a wooden engine on a miniature track and a large wooden map of the United States carved from a single pine board. She has crafted chains ships bibles and monograms from wood and plans exhibition at a colored church bazaar. She is 20, born in Indiana educated in Michigan, dressesmaking, piano singing.
In a cheeky exchange, Jones questions Mise Abbey’s hair tint while Brown asserts she does not bleach it, claiming to know more after a sunlit lakeside moment yesterday. The reminiscence ends with a note about Gibraltar’s vast tunnel system spanning over 70 miles through solid rock.
The fragment mixes social scenes with a humorous line about a gentlemanly man and a new girl, then markets Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion and other ailments. It closes with a note on a New Zealand fig tree exhibit showing 137 feet circumference.
An ad claims Tinlls Catarrh Cure is a constitutional cure priced at 750. The text repeats the claim and notes a superstition among milkmaids in England and Scotland that cows go dry if hands are not washed after milking, a belief subtly encouraged by cow owners.
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