Well, This Ends My Commercial Career In Flying
The grocery drummer returns to his hotel smoking room and reveals plans to buy half of a flying venture. He aims for a New York to Chicago or St. Louis service with fast passenger and goods transport. He intends to write to the Mikado to provoke war and selling war powers. He jokes of destroying fleets and forts for fees. He claims wind can be blocked by a thousand foot fence.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Mikado
United States
Joe Kerr
A Summer Affair and a Henpecked Moment
A poem laments a summer passion for Jessamine and the belief that love is mutual by mistaken names. A joke ends with Henpeck describing his wife’s grip using a rolling pin and a poker during a long handholding scene.
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Henpeck
Henderson
Sure Thing Dialogue Neatly Frames a Doctor’s Trade
Two characters discuss cars and a father who is a doctor. One says automobiles ruin his business while the other quips the father is a horse doctor. The exchange highlights humor about professional identity and misperceived impact of cars.
Montana Golf Talk Turns To Poker On Train
A Boston man and an Ohio champion discuss golf on a train to Iowa. A rough fellow at the back joins, proposes poker with a deck from his pocket, and after an hour wins each man $50. The trio ends by staying seated, smoking, and raking in the winnings.
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Iowa
Boston
Ohio
Mebbe
Montana
The Wise Man Returns to the Countryside
Joe Kerr recounts a vacation critique of rural life versus city comforts. He laments meals, beds, and harvest-time delays while recalling hedges, hogs, and a wandering dollar straw hat. He warns against dwelling on discontent as next summer may mirror this one.
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Man
Meadows Green
Joe Kerr
Lawyer In Will Drafting Sparks Family Dispute
A quip about hiring a lawyer to draft a will suggests it avoids fights among heirs. A druggist earns jewels by selling cheap suds, illustrating a talky vignette on greed and prudent planning.
Never Forgot the Suitcase Key Prank at the Depot
A man boasted three days of packing for a trip and checked items from shirts to needle and thread. In a rush he realizes his error and shouts to stop the car upon discovering he left the suitcase key at home on the mantel. The humorous exchange ends with Joe Kerr as the storyteller.
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Joe Kerr
Porter and Porter Discuss Tip Etiquette
A dialogue shows one porter praising a large tip and another insisting on natural, proactive gratitude to avoid obligation. The exchange implies social expectations and subtle pressure about reciprocity in service contexts.
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Miss Sweet
Sweet
Mary
Howard
Vivian
Jessamine
Nigson
Jigson
Josh
Montana Golf
the Wise Man
Rastus
Miss Snow
Jocco
Roosevelt
Leo
Sam
Jesn
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