Young Doctor’s Wry Diagnosis Provokes Laughs
In Stray Stories a doctor recounts telling a patient his illness involves liver stomach heart lung and brain. The old practitioner praises the honesty of the assessment and claims no risk of error.
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1915
Page
6
Graduation by Post Joke Echoes Postal Humor
A light humorous exchange plays on postgraduate status and correspondence schools. The quip imagines a dad asking about postgrad study and a student replying about emerging from a correspondence school. The line captures a period feeling of mail era wit and scholarly labels.
When We Want to Say It In French We Use Paris
A witty exchange on language boundaries where English and French speakers reveal hesitation. The dialogue hints at hidden phrases and the potential to profit in Paris if that elusive truth could be spoken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Automobile Lunch Joke From A Travel Parade
A humorous quip asks what an automobile lunch is and answers that it is the kind already prepared for a motor trip, reflecting light social banter in a travel parade context.
Warning on Castoria Counterfeits by Chas. H. Fletcher
The notice urges mothers to check Castoria wrappers for Fletcher's black signature and red signature on the bottle to avoid counterfeits. It warns of counterfeit medicines endangering children and stresses motherly vigilance in selecting safe remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Fletcher
Castoria
Just as He Had Said Hair Restorer Sparks Barber Fracas
A customer angrily accuses a barber of selling a hair restorer under false pretenses. The barber admits the product did not regrow hair and jokes that most people are born bald, concluding there was no deception.
Cuticura Soap Baths Ad Promise Comfort for Baby Skin
Cuticura Soap Baths followed by a little ointment claimed to ease infants skin troubles including eczema rashes and chafings. The ad urged free samples by mail with a book and asked readers to address a Boston department, noting sale everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
Adv
Record Atlantic voyage veteran Hinsley retires at sixty
Howard Ernest Hinsley purser of the St Reouls retires after six million miles afloat on the Atlantic highway with 2000 transatlantic crossings. His maritime start was in 1867 with the City of Baltimore, later serving 23 years as a purser for the American line and planning to settle on a Scottish farm near Dumfries.
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Howard Ernest Hinsley
St. Reouls
Baltimore
Antwerp
Navy
Hinsley
Dumfries
Scotland
Christian Herald
Dialogue About Widows and Widowers Sparks Judge's Quip
A courtroom exchange features a widow and widower debating intellect in a joke about marriage. The judge adds a punchline comparing the two wives as strong minded and weak minded, highlighting the humor in temperaments.
Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh Ad for First Aid Use
An advertisement urges keeping Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh for cuts burns bruises sprains and stiff neck with a guarantee and external use warning. It stresses readiness for accidents and promotes having a bottle on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanford
The Haughty Help in a Farm Talk
A farmer and a visitor discuss summer boarders with humor. The farmer says a summer boarder is welcome for companionship and is less bossy than hired help.
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Farmer Corntessel
No Compromise on Jiggers Vegetarianism Question
A playful exchange notes Jiggers’ strict vegetarian stance. He reportedly refuses cabbage due to its tie to corned beef, illustrating a humorous certainty about his diet.
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Jiggers
Dick’s Bashful Mood Behind Closed Doors
A brief exchange hints that Dick is shy in public but becomes bold when unseen, suggesting a private side not shown in front of others.
Paw Still on the Job Little Lemuel
A playful exchange between a child and a parent about a book worm. The father explains a book worm would rather digest a book by eating it than by reading it, prompting a pun on paw and worm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel
Spartan Women Suffered Untold Torture Ad
An odd classified note touts a product labeled Femenina for female disorders with a 60 cent to 1 dollar price, while a stray line mocks “chumps” and mentions a ship tattoo.
Enterprising White Sketch From Natal Game
A writer recalls a white boy in Natal encountering raw natives playing a bottle target game. The boy loads a muzzle loading shotgun and rewards success with a tickey from natives and three pence from a native for each hit. The boy defends the game as harmless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natal
Warrior of Today Poet Pepper Sees Evolving Warfare
George Wharton Pepper told a Pittsburgh luncheon that warfare has changed greatly in the past year. He cited the disappearance of the sword and recounted a World War I anecdote from the Argonne about a French chasseur forcing a German officer to surrender with modern weapons and chemical sprays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wharton Pepper
Pittsburgh
Argonne
Are They Still Friends In The Conversation?
The passage highlights young women discussing their ages and how appearance and speech affect others' guesses. One remarks people assume she looks younger, while another notes age guesses improve after hearing her speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Acting in One Lesson
A cartoonish exchange on acting notes that a moving image performer learns emotions by arousal. The worksheet-like advice links a heaving chest with expressing surprise fear or hatred in performance, illustrating early 20th century manners of stage to screen training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Mansfield Cough Bal Sam Adverts Curb Hacking Cough
A vintage advertisement urges avoiding doctor bills by taking Mansfield Cough Bal sam now. It targets a hacking hollow cough with a two price point of 25c and 50c. The ad emphasizes immediate relief and affordability.
Your Taste Stands Apart Yet Others Still Prefer
A brief remark contrasts personal taste with others who may claim higher standards. The line notes confidence in one’s own judgment while acknowledging differing opinions.
Illinois Cattle Quarantine Orders Texas Border
Austin TX reports Governor Ferguson declares a Texas quarantine on Illinois livestock due to foot and mouth disease. Effective October 20, the rule bans import of cattle sheep goats and swine from Illinois, with transit allowed only if animals are washed and cars disinfected under veterinary supervision. Additional states expected to follow suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Illinois
Ferguson
Texas
Beav erkill Trout Tale From Sullivan County
A traveling grocer recounts a Beaverkill trout tale in Sullivan County. Bill Sanders urges him to carry a gun after a bear interrupts a two one-pound trout haul and steals a four-verse fish basket in Shinhopple country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shinhopple
Beaverkill
Sullivan County
John Gilbert
Bill Sanders
Sullivan
John
Bill
Uncle Joe Bunker
Uncle Joe
Annymas
Waele Joe
Dodson's Liver Tone Promoted Over Calomel Remedies
A New York Sun excerpt promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative to calomel for biliousness and constipation. It warns calomel harms bones, touts a guarantee of relief from one spoonful, and asserts family safety and acceptability for children.
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Dodson
France Reveals Giant Armored Battle Craft
Paris reports a new French aerial army becoming a reality through rapid aviation development. Foreign correspondents viewed large battle planes and a fleet formation with twenty planes across and ten deep, wings spanning nearly a half mile. Each squadron includes nine aircraft and fifty crew, with transport by automobile lorries.
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Paris
France
Large Deposits of Novaculite Found in Texas
Chas Laurence Baker of the University of Texas bureau of economic geology reports large novaculite deposits in West Texas. The oil stone, previously known only in Arkansas, is located in North Central Brewster County along the Southern Pacific line from Haymond toward Marathon, with the bulk south of the railroad for about fifteen miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
West Texas
Chas
Laurence Baker
Bureau of Economic Geology
University of Texas
United States
Ouachita Mountains
Arkansas
Texas
Brewster County
Southern Pacific
Haymond
Marathon
Last Storm Breaks Records In New Orleans
The tropical hurricane that struck the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts two weeks earlier set the nation’s record for sustained winds. Dr. I M Cline reports Burwood station near the Mississippi River logged 122 mph for five minutes on Sept 29 and 120 mph for a subsequent five minutes.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
United States
I. M. Cline
Weather Bureau
Burwood
Mississippi River
Participant in Dual Is Dead in Louisiana Shooting
New Orleans Albert Thibe daux grandson of former Governor Thibedaux died Tuesday after being charged with shooting and fatally wounding Deputy Sheriff Edward Gauthreaux at Schriver last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Albert Thibedaux
Thibedaux
Louisiana
Edward Gauthreaux
Schriver
Corsicana approves $125000 school bond issue
In Corsicana Texas an election Tuesday carried a bond issue totaling $125,000 to fund several schools and related improvements.
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Corsicana
Tex
Fir Slabs Found of Value for Tanning Industry
A University of Washington chemistry student reports fir slabs contain high tanning content. From three slabs he gains extract comparable to a cord of western hem lock bark, with fir slabs costing far less per unit of tannin. Chestnut wood yields slightly more tannin, at about 6.62 percent, while fir slabs run 5.45 to 5.92 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
University of Washington
What He Used Them For Joke Excerpt
A customer asks for another fire extinguisher claiming use for chasing away late callers, revealing a joke about misused safety gear. The clerk notes repeated sales in a week. A judge provides the punchline.
Getting Even Conversation Sparks Tension
A heated exchange reveals a plan to marry someone to settle scores. The speaker claims it was the only way to get even, while another party acknowledges the lack of choice and the moral cost of the act.
The Advantage Bald Facts Aim for Clear Case Truth
A quotation marks a stance on presenting the bare facts without debating minor details. The remark emphasizes sticking to essential truth rather than splitting hairs over interpretations.
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