Parole Controversy Over Wild West Show Sparks Kansas Protest
A Kansas circus featuring ex outlaw Cole Younger draws protests from Kansans and criticism of Minnesota for parole, with readers denouncing the shows as moral lesson perversions. The item cites Younger’s history, parole details, and allegations of broken promises and injustice, prompting calls to limit such displays.
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Cole Younger
Kansas
Rottings
Sunflower
Minnesota
Younger
West
Coleman Younger
Pemce
Board of Gardens
Colt
God
Minoneapolis Journal
Reminded Of Marriage In Social Mixup At Party
A celebrated belle with many suitors was in conversation when she drew a handkerchief and noticed a knot. She joked it reminded her she was married, as her hostess noted the remark. The scene unfolded with polite amusement among the fashionable attendees.
An Old Gormandizer And A Witty Business Of Taste
A clipped excerpt from an 1804 English magazine recounts the Duke of Qs daily meals in exhaustive detail from 7 in the morning to 3 the next morning. The piece toys with the notion of longevity through lavish sustenance and quotes authorities on life being composed of four elements. It also notes a humorous aside about a wife unable to see her skirt bottom, prompting a blunt husband’s retort.
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Duke of Q
Toby Belch
Agne Cheek
London Chronicle
New York Press
Remarkable Anagrams Speech Aboard Texas Murder Case
In a Texas murder trial years ago a defense counsel questioned a juror about serving on a case involving a black defendant. The juror admitted membership on the jury but could not recall the defendant’s fate. the sheriff hanged him. The passage also notes a list of notable anagrams with phrases like astronomers and parliament.
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Texas
A Neat Selection From a Boarding House Hall
A brief joke exchange notes a man selecting an umbrella for 1 cent from seven left in a boarding house hall this morning as reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Wedding Bell by Lucy and the Corn Seed Plan
In northern Sweden a poor couple's tale unfolds around a dowry and a church bell. Lucy motivates farmers to plant corn for a bell to secure her lover John, while their community funds the church and a wedding celebrates Lucy's clever scheme and her beloved union. ABIGAIL TREAT.
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Sweden
Jacobson
John
Lucy Peterson
Lucy
Old Jacobson
Pen and Ink Pirates of Literary Theft
A spirited reflection argues that great writers routinely borrow from others, citing Shakespeare, Dumas, Pope, Sheridan, and Fielding as examples. It contends genius lies in the art of transformation, with phrases from exchanges noting modern authors continue to borrow.
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Shakespeare
Goethe
Sheridan
Charles Reade
Alexandre Dumas
Alexander Pope
Pope
Lord Bolingbroke
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Charles Surface
Joseph Surface
Tom Jones
Blél
Fielding
Tabitha Bramble
Hubert Mackilligut
Mrs. Malaprop
Sir Lucius O’trigger
Home Charm Outshines Its Appearance in Child’s Eye
In a Pullman car a mother, Mrs. Bradley, extolled her home to a fellow traveler, while her daughter Grace listened with delight. Grace exclaimed that their own home sounded better in imagination than in appearance, revealing childlike honesty about perception of home.
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Grace
Not Very Flattering Sketch Draws Aide From Irishman
The artist finished a woodland scene by the suburban road and asked a grave Irish laborer if he could paint such a view. The man sighed and replied that anyone can do anything if he’s digging along the road, a witty retort captured by the Argonaut.
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Argonaut
Appetite of the Husband Cited in Baltimore Quote
A Baltimore American quip questions a husband’s appetite with a playful exchange. The wife replies the husband will eat anything if there is something to eat, highlighting humor over domestic detail.
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Baltimore American
Usually the Way
A fragment quotes Duele Eben on conversation as two people wait to speak, highlighting a local expression and social observation from the Washington Star.
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Duele Eben
Washington Star
Parson Quits Fishing After Barn Deduction Joke
A clergy group in Ohio visits their pastor with a complaint about his oath during a fishing trip. He asks for specifics and learns the exchange where a worldly man exclaimed about a “barned good bite” and the pastor answered “So have I,” provoking dumfounding.
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Ohio
Vision Help From Chicago Specialist Cites Eyewear Relief
Lenora Willette of Blue Earth and M M Cru schling of Ringsted report improved sight and reduced headaches after tests by Dr Addison Jones, the Chicago specialist. Andrew Sockness of Austin and Eer Kavota of Minnesota describe years of illness, stomach trouble, bronchitis and liver problems that improved after treatment by Dr Addison Jones, who offered further information by writing.
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Addison-Jones
Chicago
Jos. Orlowski. SR
Owatonna
Mina
Lenora Willette
Blue Earth
Addison~Jones
Mes
R. P. Cruschling
Rieater
Minn
Bright
Pinutly
Dr. Jones
G. Elliott
Liscombe
Tows
Mre Vi Smith
Medford
Tr. Addison-Jones
Aim
Andrew Sockness
Austin
Tie
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