Impudent Clerk Encounters Real Royal Messenger
A Youths Companion tale recalls Sir Evelyn Wood appointing quartermaster-general. A quick-witted visitor, Plantagenet Zama, reveals the joke by declaring his royal relation, exposing the clerk’s pretended impersonation and the room’s surprised earnestness. The clerk, realizing the ruse, admits his error as others resume work.
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Sir Evelyn Wood
Sir Evelyn
Windsor
Lord Wolseley
Main
Plantagenet Zama
Evelyn Wood
Inventors patent varied devices from bells to collapsible coffin
A Vermont man seeks letters patent for a mechanical egg boiling bell, Helena Montana patents a horseshoe sharpener, Harrisburg women a serving maid’s step ladder, Wisconsin a collapsible coffin, Minnesota a turning visor pole cap, Rhode Island an electric nail hammer.
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Vermont
Helena
Mon
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ambiguity Explained by Fogg Quip on Meaning
Fogg jokes that if asked for the meaning of ambiguous he would cite the sentence The merchant failed to make money from the Boston Transcript demonstrating the word in a grimly concise way.
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Fogg
Boston Transcript
Ihem
Journal of Education
Boston
Edward Eggleston
Hoosier
Soshel Eukette
Exrchange
Humorous Snippets From 19th Century Columns
A collage of witty excerpts from various papers. A nervous man finds relief in spinning a wheel while another recalls failed Hamlet recitals. A teacher’s correction joke, publishing quips, and a Scots coach tale close this era’s comic miscellany.
Pine Grove House to Offer Salubrious Board in Pronenurst NC
I A Flint of Stone Farm House Massachusetts will operate Pine Grove House offering weekly rates from eight to twelve dollars for a limited number of health minded guests seeking a pleasant climate during the heated term. Flint will be at the Pine Grove House to welcome those needing a home like setting and open accommodations.
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Ing, Mass
Pine Grove
Department Store Catalogue Adverts Offer Broad Stock
A historic department store lists its extensive ranges from dry goods and shoes to hardware and furniture. It highlights fresh meats in cold storage, hats and caps, laces and gents furnishings, and a full stationery line, signaling wide assortments and northern market sourcing.
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Ness
Indianapolis Journal
Washington Star
Oliver Herford
Life
Mr. Mitchell
Hixon
Bazar
London
J. Milton Robinson
Lenox
Pinehurst, N. C
United States
Canada
Pine Grove House
Jrst
N. C
New
Pronenurst
I. A. Flint
The
Stone Farm House
N. Reap
DEPT
New England
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