Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Minneapolis Woman
A Minneapolis letter extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles claiming full recovery within three months. The testimonial notes the tonic's roots and herbs and urges other women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Massachusetts as confidential and free of charge.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jenny G. Morpan
Aus
Second &T
North
Inn
Lydia & Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham
What Men Need A Witty Exchange On Wealth And Wives
A humorous dialogue sketches beliefs about cleverness and partnership. Mrs Rant questions male wit while Mr Rant concedes some men are clever. A friend notes the need for thrift and wealth in a spouse, sparking a quip about a wealthy wife as the key to success. The exchange riffs on social norms and economic status.
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Mrs. Rant
Rant
Mr. Rant
Girls and Musicians and Local Quips
A San Francisco musician cites Paul Stanley’s modest pride in la-ra-ra-boom-de-ay, while about youthful ambition shrinking with age. A Queen Ridge postmaster riffs on laziness with a tale of tying chickens to a post for future dinner and racing cars. The far western mayor jokes about a bank run and a hung up receiver.
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Paul Stanley
San Francisco
Ilka
Congress
Yeas
Queen Ridge
Zeb White
Fragmented dialogue spoofs in Yonkers Statesman style cribbed bits
Quotations and snips imitate a late 19th century paper’s lively dialogue from a column. It parodies memory and society with mock debates, jokes, and comic snippets about memory, smoking, fashion, suffragettes, marriage, and composers.
Father at the Summer Cottage
A rustic poem recounts a father at the summer cottage who, busy with chores and entertaining relatives, neglects reading and study. He digs worms, guides children in swimming, and manages fishing and boating activities, leaving him little time for books as family life dominates.
Humorous Fragments and Inquiries Across Cities
A collage of witty exchanges and clipped notices features Windig bragging of time between Chicago and New York, Miss Cayenne teasing cousin stories about Metre town Ohio, and casual chat lines from Yonkers Statesman. Snappy quips touch on meat, lobster in Saco, and a trunk question from a circus man.
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Windig
Chicago
New York
Miss Cayenne
Ohio
Redd
Saco
Greene
Yonkers Statesman
Emblem of Betrothal Court Delivers Notion of Ring Title
A Virginia court rules that engagement rings do not vest in the recipient until a wedding ring is given. The holder has only temporary custody by betrothal, with full title transferring at the nuptial altar. The piece notes betrothal as a fragile market and stresses the legal distinction between betrothal promises and completed marriage.
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Virginia
Grattee
Washington Herald
Breakfast grievance and timeless witticisms in Nebraska Journa
A humorous note on a recruit’s breakfast complaint aboard a navy ship contrasts with witty maxims from The Autocrat and Practical Person. The piece cites a fire marshal report about attic odds ends and a vivid streetcar scene showing an angry woman, all from the Nebraska Journal.
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Maxwell
Navy
Bar of Justice
Atlek
Illustrated Sunday Magazine
Kentucky
Nebraska
The Object He Had In View
A Rhode Island farmer sat a ban tam heo on 14 turkey eggs and caused a neighborhood scandal. Friends from far and near visited to see the odd sight as Silas explained he did not plan many turkeys, only to witness the peculiar scene.
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Rhode Island
Silas
Hiram Haggers
Harper's Weekly
Farmer and the goat tease buttermilk joke
A playful dialogue features a farmer asked which cow yields buttermilk. The farmer replies none, pointing to the goat as the source. The exchange captures a rural humor tone with a light, timeless mood.
At lantan wit and magnetism in quirky snippets
A collage of oddball quips and mini essays: editors spar over wit, law of attraction compared to romance, Quaker retort on truth, and advice promos. It mixes aphorisms with humorous asides, ending with brief moral musings and product pitches.
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Joel Chandler Harris
Atlantan
Simon Simpson
Mobile
Howells Rebukes Boasters At Maine Fourth
A Chicago editor recalls William Dean Howells rebuking spread eagle boasting in American rhetoric. Howells, now aligned with a women’s suffrage society, contrasted a prior July oration by Taney and ridiculed unearned pride, likening it to a child shaming a cocky hen over egg laying.
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William Dean Howells
Chicago
Howells
Men’s Society
Taney
Baseball Preacher’s Playful Sermon Slip Ends Inning
A devout Episcopal clergyman, an avid baseball fan, quipped at the close of a Scripture reading that “Here endeth the first innings” during early season services, then woke from the moment.
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Hame
Divera Divera Navy Training Tactic and Candy Quip
A training note describes English naval divers learning self rescue by filling suits with air and ascending to the surface for retrieval. The text adds a quip stating a woman with false teeth can bite off more molasses candy than she can chew.
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Bioinge
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Bey
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Nora
Amerprive
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Tegomaln
Crimsonbeak
Calloga
Tennyson
Ostend
Mamma
Reallam
Siri
Yonkers States
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Fie
Shady Nook
Dad
Diller
Cholly
Witha
Tommie
4 Statesman
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Youkera
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Farmer
Turkey
T. Pula Weekly
London
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Imost
Gifta
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Marian
Moony Order
Seattle
Gem of the Coast
Vory ¥ Inc
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Mavog
Ws. Sem
Washington
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Inate Atentington
D.C Huckatree
N. U. Chicago
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