Miscellaneous 19th Century Humor Snippets and Errors
A collection of offbeat lines and punchy misprints from exams and essays. Highlights include mock historical misstatements about Polycarp and the Duke of Marlborough, jokes on biblical phrases, and a spoof note about Athens and a tea tax. A Bell Syndicate item notes playful errors and satire.
Peter Rabbit and the Tempting Garden Pitfall
Peter Rabbit cannot resist the Farmer Brown garden and a hidden sand pit. He drinks in the tempting smells and slips toward danger as a small voice warns him to stay away, leading to a narrow escape from a dark pit.
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Peter Rabbit
Farmer Brown
Peter
T. W. Burgess
WNU Service
Only Alone
A poem on self reliance in grief and fault, noting that true sympathy is scarce. The speaker argues inner truth and self judgment stay near, while public pity clouds or distorts judgment. Each burden remains personal, and healing comes from facing conscience alone.
Making of a good cup of tea and tea time drinks
The article explains tea preparation using an earthenware pot scalded and hot, with a teaspoon per person and 3 to 5 minutes steeping. It suggests variations with jams citrus peels and creams. A cheese cloth tea bag for large groups is offered. It ends with a ginger ale julep recipe and notes on preparing chocolate. 1933. Western Newspaper Union.
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Western Newspaper Union
Walter Travis Putts With Precision and Vision
Walter Travis charts each green with a fixed line toward the hole and a subconscious focus on power. He visualizes driving a tack into the ball, delivering a precise, hammerlike stroke to reach the target amidst slope and borrow.
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Walter Travis
Travis
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Good Health Rules for Teens Girl
Fresh air and sunshine are key to health for te en girls. Outdoor exposure should be gradual to avoid sunburn while building a tan. Vitamin D supports strong bones and teeth. Breathe through the nose and deeply in open air. Sleep in well ventilated rooms with windows wide open and keep bed clothes plentiful to stay warm.
Fifty and Fit with Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin
An advice style promotion extols fifty as a prime age and promotes Dr Caldwell's syrup pepsin as a stimulant for vital organs. It claims quick relief from bilious spells and constipation, praises safety for adults and children, and urges regular use to prevent auto intoxication. Drug stores stock the preparation.
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Dr. Caldwell
Sharps and Flats Playful Word Exchange Fragments
A collection of quips about musicians and readers, featuring lines about friends who are musicians, boasting, and reading others like books. The snippets mix music jargon with light social banter and pithy cautions.
Remember Only Medicine Helps A Sore Throat
Modern medical science highlights a new throat relief method using Bayer Aspirin gargle. It promises relief within minutes by reducing soreness and inflammation while lowering infection risk, advised by throat specialists nationwide with caution to use only Bayer products.
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America
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Athens
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By Thornton W. Burgess
Dada
Bell Syndicats
By Douglas Malloch
Court of Friends
Bar of Conscience
Douglas Malloch
Girligigs
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Jolf
National Roadbuilders
Detroit
Amelia H. Grant, M.A
R.N
Bureau of Nursing
New York City
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