The Average Man
Poetic meditation on the value of the average worker. A speaker praises the silent laborer who builds society’s foundations and endures hardship, while anticipating a future reward for the common man’s toil. The piece emphasizes duty, perseverance, and dignity of labor.
Hundred Dollars Work Hard for Love and a Country Home
A modest couple, Charles and Jenny Evarts, inherit a hundred dollars from Uncle Moses Manson. They struggle to use it wisely, eventually placing it in a savings bank and then invest in a country home via a generous instruction from a lawyer, with the windfall shaping their family future. The tale ends with the hundred-dollar note preserved and their son Charley thriving.
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Charles
Ulas
Moses Manson
Jenn Clifford
Seymour
Charley
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Jennette
Moody’s
Moses
Greene
Harlem Bridge
Manyply
Mr. Mangply
New York News
A Republican Hat and a Witty Irish Magistrate
The New York Tribune notes poet Michael Joseph Barry was appointed police magistrate in Dublin. A detained Irish-American faced charged conduct and a constable swore he wore a so called Republican hat. Barry quips a crownless hat implies no crown. The piece ends with a quip about Alexander the Great and a collection.
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New York Tribune
Michael Joseph Barry
Dublin
Barry
Humorous Snowball of Postcard Jokes and Quips
A collage of light humor gathered from pills of jokes and quips. It features crosswise gibes about modern life. The items parody social manners and misadventures from newspapers across the era.
Poverty as a Blessing Endears Wealthy to Share
A spoof from the Change Times Herald describes a lecture by Andy Carniggy claiming “Poverty is a Blessing” as elites react with disbelief. The piece satirizes wealth, worry, and social pretensions, with repeated riffs on luxury and misused fortunes.
Beggar of High Standards in Oxford Features Quiet Exchange
An Oxford beggar with a boy guide stands outside a college gate daily. The pair discuss takings and prices, revealing a polite, nonpoverty driven scene. A later note mentions Francis Douce’s sealed 1900 box to the British Museum and pending formalities, followed by a trivia line on herring consumption.
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Oxford
England
College
Francis Douce
British Museum
Ram's Horn Sermon Urges Faith and Liberty in Christ
A sermon scene emphasizes Jesus as the sole mediator guiding believers to liberty through faith. Warnings against perverting the gospel, urges steadfastness, humility, and living the old gospel into the new century.
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God
How People Catch Cold From Cold Air And Body Reactions
Dr J H Kellogg explains cold exposure causes reflex vascular changes linking skin areas to internal organs. Neck chill may constrict nose and throat vessels, shoulder and chest chill contracts lung vessels, leading to congestion or inflammation in nose lungs. Prolonged exposure can worsen or trigger bladder or stomach issues if prior conditions exist.
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J. H. Kellogg
Steyn’s Cyrano Courtship Ends in Bloemfontein Wedding
In Bloemfontein long ago President Steyn of the Orange Free State won Miss Nraser after proxy letters and daily rides with a farmer as go-between. Rumors of a duel faded when Steyn married Miss Fraser with the farmer as first groomsman.
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Orange Free State
Miss Nraser
Bloemfontein
Europe
Miss Kaser
Philadelphia Post
A Simpler Method in a Kitchen Lesson
A Boston grandmother and her grandson debate yacht cup history and costs. A line from Miss M. Betham Edwards recalls a kitchen boy who learns labor by mischief yet finds a personal twist in ownership.
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