Various Humorous Snippets Highlight 19th Century Social Tales
A collection of short humorous items and oddities from early 20th century publications. Anecdotes include women’s labor and leisure irony, rural illnesses linked to brain exercise, Antarctic expedition drink tastes, a quip about an undertaker, Harriet’s age joke, a sparrow impaled by a hatpin, and a classroom gag about illness versus invalidity.
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Veal
Swift
Jersey
Fox River
H. Pavlovsky
Wedeen
Smith St
Havemeyer & Elder
Elgin
Tyleheart
Drake
Arena Oats
Heide’s
Heinz
Campbell’s
Nina Bee
Cruikshank’s
W.b.corsets
Weingarten Bros
Makers
Broadway
New York
Imcain
P. D. Building
Perth Amboy
Fulton St. N. Y
Kodol
Evie Nol
A. Sexton
Philadelphia Inquirer
Mrs Lane
London Fortnightly Review
England
Wilson
Scott
Mr. Fixem
Chicago Journal
Harriet
Cleveland Leader
Bexhill
Freddie
Harper's
Halshores Grocer