Buncombe’s Fourth of July Speech Fails in Public
The Buncombe family attends a rural Fourth of July celebration with Mr Buncombe slated to speak on American liberty. He overpreppares and flubs the delivery, audience laughter erupts, a mock owl chorus erupts, and he withdraws before finishing. The crowd cheerfully savors the cakes while his speech is burned in the kitchen.
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KR. Buncombe
Committee On Program
Mr. Buncombe
Mrs. Buncombe
Buncombe
Buncombes
Johnny
Philander
Mr. B
Old Doll
Bess
Peara
Malary
Besa
Doll
Untitled Verse Reflects on Burden of Daily Costs
A reflective poem notes how the day ends with heavy sighs as bills arrive for fireworks and entertainment. The speaker, watching a boy restless at his pillow, weighs the day’s expenses, portraying life as a costly cycle where personal joys come with financial strain and repeated burdens.
Quips and Quirks from a Dated Exchange Page
A miscellany of jokes and witticisms culled from exchanges. Observational quips touch on dentists, hay fever, fishing, housing in six-story flats, and Corn as a peace emblem. Quick one-liners cover love, marriage, prison, and social provincialisms with light humor and abrupt punchlines.
Merchants Use Bills to Reclaim Stolen Goods
A storekeeper explains a policy of billing thieves for items taken, noting leniency toward locals but firmness with strangers. He recounts a case where a mother resisted accusations as a daughter stole lace, kerchiefs, gloves, and ribbon. He also describes keeping lists of kleptomaniacs and sending bills to all suspected thieves, turning theft into profit.
Jay Gould Early Struggles and Rising Wealth
Harper's Bazar recalls Jay Gould as a young surveyor's apprentice in the Catskills who earned meals by marking noon on farm porches. The tale notes his savings funded a tannery, followed by gradual steps to securing Vermont Railroad money and his eventual ascent to Wall Street.
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Jay Gould
Catskills
Vermont Railroad
Wall Street
Harper’s Bazar
The Story of a New York House Mystery
A New York mansion story describes a grand house built by a wealthy man for his bride, its untouched wedding day tragedy, and the living reminder of a love lost. The piece recalls a House Bountiful, a doomed bride, and a solitary survivor funding good deeds in her memory.
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New York
Ladiecs
The New Nation and the Rise of American Art
Harper's Bazar contrasts ancient Greek beauty with a fallen civilization that excluded women and limited freedom. It credits modern America for vast freedom and opportunity, enabling art to flourish under national liberty while honoring women and the home, and imagining a future beauty in all aspects of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Bazar
Europe
Everglades
Pampas
A Process of Mending in Early Summer Blues
In a humorous exchange Travis frets about summer breaking him, Bloodgood suggests a post dinner run to ease the ache, promising a stitch in the side as remedy. The Durlington Free Press records this lighthearted banter contrasting discomfort with athletic cure.
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Travis
Bloodgood
Durlington Free Press
Worth Hundreds of Dollars Moth ers Friend praised by wife
A brief testimonial from Lincoln Parish Louisiana notes that the product Mothers Friend eased pregnancy, with the wife using two bottles before a third confinement and declaring she would not be without it for hundreds of dollars. The ad invites readers to write Bradfield Regulator Co in Atlanta for details and states druggists carry the item.
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Lincoln Parish
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
Learning baseball through a diner table verdict
A Washington observer, a woman who spent many afternoons watching baseball, announces at dinner that the pitcher does not try to let a man hit the ball. The quip, from the Washington Post, frames a humorous takeaway from spectatorship and the game.
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Washington
Washington Post
Widow Invention Sparks Postal Romance Joke
Mr. Dawson recounts writing to his wife Mrs. Dawson who had not replied for weeks. He fabricates a description of a charming widow stopping at their hotel to prompt a reply. The joke reveals the widow was imaginary and the couple reunites, ending the ruse.
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Mr. Dawson
West Shore
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F. M. Howard
Smithers
Bronson
Bill
Ike
Gerty
Papa
Strancen
Jack
Dreuauen
Chicago
Buroxson
Tropics
Art In America
Cragin & Co
Philada
U. S
Canada
Postare
New York City
London
Paris
Thirtythird Street
Fifth Avenue
Drucersts
Dr. Bull
Our Episcopal Convention of
Ohio
K. Coburn
Claire Scott
Hall
Diugglars
Moses
Beecham
Dawson
Mrs Wife
Tansill
Hond
Hood
G.I. Hood & CO
Lowell
Mass
J.L. McFarland
D.C
J. L. Stephens
Lebanon
Jireeman & Money
Washington, D.C
Q. DL Money
Congress
A. A. Freeman
Ktouer
Max Bcbralestown
Pension Lst
Patrick O'Farrell
de Ensio
John W.morris
U.S. Pension Bureau
Smu
Chicago Scale CO
Ills
Pozzoni
Partioe Peels Co
Phila
Ulars
Wilcox
Joseph H
Inc
AlAracs
James Tanner
Washington, DC
Penna. Salt Manuf’g. Co., Gen
Agta
Phila, Pa
R. T. Felix Gouraud
L. A. Sayer
Gouraud
Crean
Ryle
Canadas
Ferd. T. Hopkins
Vrop’r
Great Jones St. N.Y
Owen
Vane
Websters Dictionary
Express
Newspaper Union
Franklin Street
DE Mars
U.S
Clark
Trac
Bxosus Chemical Co
Cincinnati
GNU
G.h.ingraham
M. B
Amsterdam
DR. Dyche & Co
Druggglete
von R
E. T. Hazellinr
Warren, Pa
Isapolio
Real Economy
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