Pineapple Cheese Sparks Rivalry in a Borough Flat
In a tiny uptown flat four women share a chaotic life above a fire escape. Peg defends her pineapple cheese as others joke about a possible intruder from below. A fallen cheese triggers a morning quarrel ending with Peg blaming Jack Sheppard while a policeman arrives to file a playful complaint.
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Peg
Jack Sheppard
Grace
Eleanore
Margaret
Dan Flynn
Ladies
Police
Dan Flynna
Thur
Harry
Judith
Judith Faversham
Polly
Flynn
Pierce's Favorite Prescription Promises Cure for Nervous Weakness
An ad touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure all for nervous exhaustion hysteria neuralgia St Vitus dance and related female complaints. It claims the tonic strengthens the nerves aids sleep and improves digestion with Pleasant Pellets for the stomach liver and bowels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Coral Jal
Peng
St. Vitus
Advertising humor and a telegram from a journey
An unnamed author jokes about advertising a book by readers showing it publicly on trains. A friend later sends a telegram at a way station rejecting the terms. The clipping then mentions kidney disease and Foley's Kidney Cure as a preventive treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippincott
Foley
Knoefe
Evolution of public sentiment ends dueling and betting
The author argues that dueling declined when public sentiment treated insults as misdemeanors and indirect insults as unacceptable. He suggests applying the same moral evolution to curb indiscriminate betting by making bluff and bragging unworthy of gentlemen, thereby removing the motive for betting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Magazine
Humor Philosophy By Duncan M Smits
Duncan M Smits presents a humorous collection of aphorisms on politics health debt reform and self interest. Witty quips touch on kissing microbes political bosses cold cures debt paying and the vanity of work. Each line offers a sharp social poke with playful irony.
The Farmer’s Quiet Life Faced by Hidden Struggles
The poem paints a farmer’s life as pleasant from afar but troubled up close. It lists threats like frost, pests, drought, and parasites, plus price fears, that threaten harvests and turn labor into constant stress. The tone underscores persistent worry despite outward calm.
Local humor quip about smoking remedies
A witty exchange suggests a man broke his smoking habit and instead took a few wife. The brief joke plays on word misdirection and old advertising culture.
Conquering the Air by the Wright Brothers
The Wright brothers are praised for their aviation feats and vision. They aim for independence from urban transportation labor disputes and car costs, with a claim they have conquered the air and will push higher. Their groundbreaking work, seen as future standard by inventors, is presented with bold confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Disagreeable Exchanges On Wealth And Vanity
A dialogic snippet features speakers quarreling over haste, expense, vanity, and perfection. One asserts never making mistakes prompting a witty retort, while lines hint at social friction and pride. The tone mixes humor with sharp social commentary on women and self-perception.
Gems of religious thought from diverse denominations
A selection of sermonized maxims from Rev. E. W. Hunt and colleagues across Unitarian, Congregationalist, Presbyterian, Baptist and Episcopalian churches. The pieces stress labor as a divine right, divine majesty in nature, the value of timely eulogies, love, temper, charity, hope, universal faith, and following God’s plan without human alteration.
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E. W. Hunt
Unitarian
Boston
John L.scudder
Congregationalist
Jersey City
N. J
Henry Hepburn
Presbyterian
Aurora
Emerson
David McConnell Steele
Episcopalian
Philadelphia
Edward “Young
Pittsburg
Separate waistcoat style coats trend in waistline fashion
Fripperies of the hour present a bretelle shaped waistcoat that can appear as a jumper waist when the coat is removed. Readily embellished white blouses gain lace and satin stitch effects with soutache or chenille. A seven size jacket pattern offered by mail closes the piece, with color hints through pale ribbon and delicate lace.
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Valenciernes
Marines
Labor Saving Device From a Boy and His Dad
A Detroit Tribune cartoon caption features a freckled boy praising his dad for a clever invention. The idea attaches a shoe brush and whisk broom to a hound Bowser's tail so the father’s shoes stay polished and trousers dusted on Sunday mornings without effort.
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Sonny
Bowser
Detroit Tribune
Golden wedding toast highlights lasting harmony
At a golden wedding celebration the groom recalls a durable rule that his wife would settle small differences, while he handled the large ones. He notes they followed this plan, yielding a long, peaceful marriage without major quarrels. Lippincott's Magazine inspiration and period voice.
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Salad
Lippincott’'s
Thrifty Librarian Notices Holes in Books
A circulating library proprietor jokes about wear and tear as a book comes back with holes on pages 19 and 20. He points out the two damaged leaves while inspecting the returned volume.
Ebenezer chapel experience meeting quoted in dialect
A conversion event at Ebenezer chapel features a recently converted brother claiming ignorance of sin and warning peers to avoid temptation. A sympathetic deacon responds with a cautionary remark, noting collective awareness of past sins among the attendees.
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Ebenezer Chapel
Bradder Newcome
Puck
The Prize Puppy Was Worth The Fuss
Miss Gaddie-Yes and Miss Ascum-W recount a quarrel over a desire for a pedigree puppy. May Roxley vents anger at her father for refusing to buy the dog, a French count or German baron teased in the Catholic Standard and Times.
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Miss Gaddie
May Roxley
Miss Ascum
Catholic Standard and Times
Echo Cure Joke Quoted From New York Press
A brief joke from the New York Press jokes about marital discord. A husband asks how to handle a quarrel and claims to have taken his wife to McLemore’s core where an echo cured her by delivering the last word.
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McLemore
New York Press
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Isle of Manhattan
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New Eastand
DUNCAN _M.SMITS
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J. Q. A. Henry
Baptist
Los Angeles
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Edward Young
Bureau of Charities
Willard B. Thorpe
Chicago
Len G. Broughton
Atlanta
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Brooklyn
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the Tribune Company
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Ind
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West Tenth
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Main
Lower Fourth Snd
City Hall
Spring
Lower Fourth
River
West Signet
Pearl and
Reel House
East Fourth
Culbertson
Thirteenth
Market
Fast Eighth St
Culbertson Ave
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Glass Works
East Eleventh
Vincennes
Heeler
Vincennes and
Spring Streets
Main and
Oak and Thomas
Oak Streets
Weet Union
State and Green
Poplar and
Stone and Highteenth
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DLA Amwy
Lower First St
Southern R. Railroad
Chartres
Cherry and Constitution Atreete
Egat
East Tenth
Elm Streets
Fifteenth St
Culbertson Avenue
Charlestown
Bogsd
Vincennes Street
Robinson’s Pants
East Third and Railroad
Exin Avenue
East Seventh
Thrift
Daveney & Co
Eree Parker
Detroit
Tuller
Adams Ave
Ard Park ST
Bath
L. W. Tuller
N. A. Shaw
W BY
West Baden
French Lick
Camlabad OF America
B. E. Taylor
W. G. McDore
Bloomington
Eh Lick
North Wees
Louisville
Cage
Pullman
Sieger
Gelenial Country Club Hotel
West Baden Springs
Oey
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