How Jokes Are Manufactured in Humorous Periodicals
A guide to crafting joke material for editors, detailing how editors curate material, avoid stale gags, and the long process behind a single humorous piece. It explains methods for generating new jokes, rewriting old ones, and testing manuscripts by reading aloud to gauge editor reaction.
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Annie
Gauthers
Mark Twain
Edward IV
Rex
Johnny
Little Johnny
Regulus
Regey
S. G. Piglet
J_ R
New York Herald
Gray Hair Remedies Promised By Sage Sulphur Cure
An old advice column urges early action for lifeless or gray hair and promotes Wyeths Sage Sulphur Hair Remedy as a trusted treatment. The piece claims it cleanses, reduces dandruff, and restores natural color, with Pendleton Drug Co as a local seller.
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Wyeth
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Belgian town ends spinsters by wedding fair tale
A New York Sun report recounts Ecaussines Belgium where a bridal fair begun in 1902 became a permanent fête. Posters in Brussels and other cities urged marriages and attracted bachelors from France and Britain. By 1905 all ten signed brides were wed, then an unusual immigration of families followed aiding future marriages.
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Ecaussines
Belzlin
New York Sun
Mile
Marie Ghende
Brussels
Liege
Aintwerp
Ghent
Bruges
Bois d’Hajne
Louvret
Ronquieres
Beaussines
Belgium
Wan
Paris
Bordeaux
Lyons
London
Ouseau
Bcaussines
Ecaussiness
Mme. Wandrin
Indiana Road Convention Draws Notables And Speakers
Indianapolis December 13 The Indiana better roads convention opened with prominent figures including Vice President elect Marshall Governor elect Ralston J M Lowe of Kansas City and Logan director of the office of public roads to discuss highway improvement A session by the Indiana State Bar association will cover legal aspects of the good roads movement Exhibits from the department of agriculture and Purdue University highlight scientific progress in road work Also notes mention a future two and a half million dollar yacht planned for the Kaiser with initial instalments of 1.25 million dollars set for 1915.
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Indianapolis
D. M. Parry
Marshall
Ralston
Indiana
Jude J. M. Lowe
Kansas City
Public Roads
Logan
Washington, D. c
Indiana State Bar Association
Department of Agriculture
Purdue University
Hohenzollern
Will Build New Yacht for Kaiser
Berlin reports German naval authorities plan a new luxury yacht for the Kaiser. Details on design, size, and cost are not fully disclosed amid wartime secrecy.
Londoners Move to Bar American Films in England
London reports an organized push to exclude American films from English cinemas. The motive and leadership are unclear and it is unknown if all theater owners support the plan.
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London
Pendleton Oregon Ad Seeks Relinquishment Purchase
Local notice seeks to buy a relinquishment. Address given as I, BE, Stevens at 603 Garden Street in Pendleton Oregon.
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Stevens
Garden Street
Pendleton
Oregon
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