Emperor of the Air Saga on a Party Telephone
A man on a party line overhears a distressed call from a girl named Ethel about her aviator brother. He hunts through Merton Avenue to stop the brother from harming the girl, helps place the brother in an asylum, and learns the tale ends with the narrator crediting a party telephone wife for happiness.
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John
Ethel
Merton Avenue
Andes
Tilly
Maud
Maya
Sam
Amu
Xhed
Merton Srenve
Mars
S&s
Emperor of the
The
Space
Neptune
Emperor
Sexus
John Gooding
Ethel Houghton
Tee
Anid
Actress vows engagement to Swiss crown prince joke
A Chicago Record-Herald quip has a beautiful actress telling reporters she is engaged to the crown prince of Switzerland, then admitting no crown prince exists and planning to deny the rumor first. The gag highlights the era’s press sensationalism and celebrity speculation.
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Crown Prince
Switzerland
Chicago Record-Herald
Anchored In One Spot
A Detroit Free Press humorous note about buying a house on installments. The joke suggests the buyer gains a lasting home with less urge to move in spring, implying marital stability as a side benefit of fixed payments.
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Detroit Free Press
The New Arrival Asks If Fatal Burns Happen Here
A fragment from a New York Press piece presents a dialogue with the boy asking if anyone is ever fatally burned in the place, reflecting a grim kitchen or factory setting and a stark inquiry about danger.
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New York Press
Poem Laments Suffragette Goads and Adam and Eve Roles
A Yonkers Statesman poem mocks suffragettes who argue about biblical roles. The verse suggests they would claim Abel’s discipline came from Mrs. Cain, satirizing gender debate with religious imagery.
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Abel
Long Lived Dancers and Royal Patronage
Louis XIV endowed L Academia de Danse in Paris and backed dance as a path to dexterity and warlike bearing. The aristocracy of dance apparently enjoyed long lives with examples such as Vestris at eighty, his son at 102, and relatives reaching into the nineties. Pettipa died in 1898 at eighty, a brother near a century in St Petersburg, and Lou’s Merante’s kin at Rouen in 1902 reached 102.
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Louis XIV
L’academie de Danse
Paris
Vestris
Pettitpa
St. Petersburg
Louis Merante
Rouen
Rus In Urbe Scenes From Childhood Sold To Film Firm
A nostalgic narrator recalls beloved rural sights such as a woodpile bayfield and grindstone then notes the old farm near the lay of life is sold to a large moving picture company. The piece reflects contentment and a moneyed luxury while a decge fragment ends the passage.
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Urbe
Bayfield
Decge
Suffragette Row Sparks Family Debate in Chicago Record Herald
A Chicago Record Herald excerpt portrays a domestic dispute sparked by a suffrage debate. A husband challenges a wife's reading as unfit, while she rebuts with references to voting rights and past actions such as voting registration, highlighting tensions over women's suffrage.
Testing an Egg in a Humorous Domestic Tale
A maid tests an egg by swinging it by the ear and hears a murmuring sound. The egg slips and pockets a policeman in the eye, yet the cook believes it was a good egg. The scene ends with the maid distraught and the mistress listening for a murmur.
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Jane
Think This Over Why Do You Take Yourself Seriously Life
A concise reflective note asks why individuals pursue seriousness in life. It presents a spoken question about self importance and perspective, inviting contemplation on how people value their time and actions.
Rigid Economy
A young clergyman tells a friend his congregation is tightfisted, joking that when he asks them to sing Old Hundred they choose The Ninety and Nine. The remark appears in the Emporia Gazette.
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Emporia Gazette
The Notion of Rastus and Noisy Cars
A Detroit Free Press quip on mortality and fame contrasts with a New York Tribune joke about urban noise. The poems critique celebrity, death, and the relentlessness of modern life.
Fewer Women Marry Now Says Miss Jones
In a Personal View exchange, the speaker notes fewer women marry than in earlier times. Miss Jones agrees the trend is true, citing her own case as confirmation.
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Miss Jones
Close¢lund
Laip iv
Dr Harvey Wiley Marries Anna Campbell Kelton in National Event
The 67 year old chief chemist Dr Harvey Wiley, national crusader for pure food and drugs, wed Washington Ms Anna Campbell Kelton. The bride, daughter of a former governor and librarian at the library of congress, presides over the District of Columbia Woman's Suffrage League. The ceremony was followed by a brief breakfast and a bridal tour.
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Harvey W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
United States
Anna Campbell Kelton
Washington
Wiley
John C. Kelton
Soldiers’ Home
Hts
Woman's Suffrage League of
District of Columbia
Library of Congress
Extravagance Then and Now in Fashion and Spending
A discussion on fashionable spending by modern women versus past eras. It notes ongoing criticisms of women’s extravagance, contrasts with Josephine and Maria Theresa, and argues extravagance reflects wealth and desire for display rather than rank. Also includes a celery soup recipe with celery, rice, milk, and starch.
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Josephine
Maria Theresa
Napoleon
Europe
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