Brave Little Lad Lost on Boundless Prairie
A brave young boy wanders across endless grasses with a new rubber ball. He searches for direction, throws the ball in hunger for play, but it remains lifeless. Despair overtakes him as the vast prairie surrounds him.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Tops Medicines in Merit and Sales
Hood's Sarsaparilla outpaced rivals in merit sales and cures with over 40 000 testimonials in two years. The remedy purifies blood cures diseases and eruptions strengthens the stomach improves appetite and rebuilds the whole system.
Statue to the Pilgrims on Plymouth Hill
The imposing statue to the pilgrims stands on Plymouth Hill with a granite base and seated figures at the four corners. A crowned female figure tops the pedestal, and the inscription lists every Mayflower passenger who came to America.
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Her Prettiness Tempted Him
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quotation presents a woman confessing to a sudden kiss and accepting partial responsibility. She tells her father that the act left her feeling complicit and partly to blame for the incident.
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To Get Eggs All Winter From Chickens
Instructions for winter poultry keeping cover housing ventilation vermin control and feed. Details include kerosene spray twice weekly insect powder monthly grit green feed beets cabbage and clover plus a mash of middlings and corn meat in zero weather with careful portioning. Pullets need more feed. Leghorns less than heavier breeds.
A Massachusetts Lawyer and a Lost Joke
A Massachusetts lawyer with a poor memory for details garbles a joke when repeating it to a friend. The friend, recognizing the tale as ancient humor, responds with a quip about the human race and flees. The lawyer then tries to reproduce the joke on another acquaintance, revealing his struggle to recall it.
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Doughnuts and Crullers Price Confusion Ends in Patchwork Wit
In a brief quip from the Catholic Standard and Times a baker notes doughnuts and crullers cost ten cents a dozen. The customer jokes that crullers have holes while doughnuts do not, sparking a light exchange on holes and value.
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Quotations and snippets from many papers of humor
A collage of jokes and quips from multiple papers including the New York Sun Puck and Philadelphia Ledger. Lively exchanges feature professors, storytellers and social scenes with quick witticisms about money love travel and daily life. The humor ranges from advice to misheard phrases and polite refusals prompt lively dialogue.
Great Nerve Cure Ad and Stage Rag
An eclectic soda of ads and quips shows Dr Kline Great Nerve Cure claims at 621 Arch Street Philadelphia. The page includes a theater anecdote about Miss Sadie Blugore and a joke about a new play’s surprising climax with a train robbery twist.
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Cure Deafness with Constitutional Remedies
The article states deafness arises from inflamed mucous surfaces in the Eustachian tube and that ten cases of Catarrh-related deafness can be cured by constitutional treatment. It offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills sold by Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Tailors Offer Free Samples From Columbia Woolen Mills
Portland firm Columbia Woolen Mills advertises made to measure clothing and tailored garments. Write for free samples and prices to obtain custom measurements and materials.
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Heavy Bombardment Joke From The Cleveland Leader
A Cleveland Leader comic bit recounts a husband arriving home late to find his wife angry yet showering him with flowers. He explains his black eye came from his wife throwing pots after she forgot to remove the flowers.
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Not Quite a Mistake in the Restaurant Scene
A witty exchange unfolds after a theater outing where a man recalls a prior encounter in a restaurant. The woman questions whether the man is the discharged coachman, noting she thought he could not afford the costly meal, adding a social tension to the brief interlude.
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Dr Cascaret's Pocket Cure Promises Quick Bowel Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Cascaret as a pocket remedy for heartburn indigestion and constipation. It claims fast, gentle bowel muscle stimulation without habit or irritation, priced at ten cents a box with six candy tablets.
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