Pilgrim Joes Luck and the Red Hot Amble Showdown
In Red Hot a quirky tale follows Pilgrim Joe profiting from taxidermy style penny-type work and a public dog race scheme. A venerable old man extols virtue and humility as Joe pockets $85 after a canine contest, then leaves town with a calm heart and a lesson on integrity.
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C. R. Lewis
Drivin
Red Hot
Housback
Sted
Hosbback
Jama
Amantus
Red Hat
Jovrie
Owanl Baradise Valley
Bose
M. Quad
Vaudeville Manager Halts Act On Stormy Show
On a rough sea aboard an excursion steamer the vaudeville manager faced the crowd and announced the next number would be skipped due to the heavy rolling making the performer unable to sing songs like A Life on the Ocean Wave and Rocked by the Cradle of the Deep.
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Chilengo Trilane
A Little Fart Herself
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record features a kitchen dispute where one cook mocks lemon tart making and the other retorts that most lemons already taste tart, illustrating playful wordplay and culinary sarcasm.
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Philadelphia Record
After Twenty Years a Matrimonial Bust Up Ends
A fragment from Obicago News notes a long quarrel ending with the man getting the last word as his wife was away. The wife asks how he did it and he replies he felt as if he had eaten every cookbook item, reflecting a satirical tone from Puck. A Philadelphia Bulletin quip mentions a woman’s club debates renamed as debates.
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Gyer
Slimeon
Mrer
Puck
Nashville
Fur
Cave
Zeb
Providence
V'Ars
Wildcats
Roar U’ Bulla Jn
Zov
Sara
Store Woes After Vacation Echo in Verse
A Chicago Record-Herald verse laments post vacation weariness and emptied pockets. The poem reminisces about happier days, notes weary boys and wandering hearts, and imagines knights and ladies parting on a sandy shore as joys fade and store life resumes.
Moonshine Candidate Zeb Whites Nashville Trek
Zeb White recalls his moonshine controversy and unlikely rise to Tennessee legislature. with his wife accompanying, he faces hecklers and ridicule at the statehouse before winning by a wide margin. providence, fear, and a humble voyage from Beaver Cove frame this quirky political tale.
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Scanlow
C. B. Lewis
Tennessee
Nashville
Querulous Quatraing and the Summer Jest
A quatrain heavy piece mocks summer woes the joke about the ice man and price a jeer at soda fountains and naive laughter. The poet notes many jokes fail to amuse and lampoons the old quips about heat and needy humor across places like Nalshapur Babylon and Murphy's Hotel.
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Nap
Ty Tyuth
Nalshapur
Babylon
Murphy
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Jag
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Quad
New York Journal
Arxlote
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DR. Turbin
Berlin
Germany
Marshfield
Blodgett Hotel
Turbin
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Xceseca
Doctor Turbin
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Smith Premier Typewriter Company
Broadway
Milwaukee, Wis
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Friend Brow Clothing Co
Milwaukee
U. S
Canadas
Wits
WAMT
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