Fragmented Humor Snippets From 19th Century Papers
A collage of quips and cartoon captions from papers like the Globe and Chicago Tribune. The items mix witty exchanges about life love and race in brief lines and jokes. Includes snippets about a ticket agent a maid a fishmonger and a hotel striker with sly punchlines.
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Atohson Globe
Binghampton
Pleasan
Yonkers
Algernon
Kitty
Chicago Tribune
Zumatt
Youngwife
Milton
Puck
N. Y
Wovelties in Jewelry Highlight New Fashion Trends
The article surveys jewelry trends for women, noting light gold slips, bead necklaces, pierced silver waist bands, gold lockets with onyx tops, woven gold moras, silver photo frames, and gold wire bracelets with diamonds. It mentions bon bon baskets and double bowknots as popular brooch styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allvar
The Wicked Punster Grand Pall Display
A jumble of stray phrases and quips from a historical paper page, mentioning horse pistols, Colts, a tramp with a potato sack, Canton flannel, birds with feathers, parilla drinks, yachtmen expenses, candles rising again, and an electrotype ad by Jones the butcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara
Colt
Jones
Broadway Philosopher Excerpt Reflections on Lies and Wrath
The item presents a fragmentary quote from the New York Herald styled as a dramatic dialogue about truth, deception, and public discourse. It evokes explosions of wrath, lies traveling faster than truth, and a critic lamenting pessimism in a satirical theatre/press voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elles
N. Y
Unconsidered Trifles and Domestic Warnings
A snippet reflecting on trivial concerns and the reliable but dull home man. The chimney-builder finds money in the wall while a carpenter’s work and family duties mingle with civic virtue. The piece notes the home-loving man as an exemplary citizen though not lively company.
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Indianapolis Journal
Modest rooms and gowns feature in urban notices
A fragmented urban item describes a bookkeeper’s misdeed, a penitentiary check, and others leaving. It mentions Miss Breckinridge studying law with a future partner, cloak and toque fashion notes, and gowns for fall and winter with silk and bright fabrics.
Memory Gems Reflections On Grief Love And Virtue
Fragmentary prose ponders grief and hardship shaping virtue and love. It juxtaposes earthly toil with the pearly hope of kindness and an economy of feeling. The text hints at innocence and pride as moral forces in a nuanced, poetic meditation.
Aphorisms from Smith Hugo and Cole on contentment and wit
A fragmented passage presents aphorisms about contentment and imagination. It cites Alexander Smith and Victor Hugo, touching on confidence, discovery, and the elusive nature of wisdom. The text also notes gender perceptions and aging as a path to understanding women’s cleverness.
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Alexander Smith
Victor Hugo
Cole
Philosophy Fragments From Texas In Odd Adage Style
A collection of quirky, misspelled aphorisms and rustic anecdotes from Texas style wisdom. Observations touch on mean men, aldermen, wives with brooms, ugly girls grooming, widowers, birds and bushes, neighbors, and fleeting notions of beauty. The piece reads like a carnival of proverb style quips.
A Hundred Tongues and Thousand Eyes of Eloquence
A curio of quotes and quips mixes verse lines with cabinet humor and brief anecdotes. The blend references Jay Gould, medical debates, tears at meetings, and everyday zingers from the Boston Globe to Oil City.
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Jay Gould
Bill N
Plainfield and connections schedule fragment
Train timetable fragment lists Plainfield service with departures and connections to Easton Allentown Wilkes Barre and Mauch Chunk. It references Sunday times and various destinations including Lake Hdrartosa and Bangor along with branch connections and intercity links noted in a dense OCR style.
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Easton
Allentown
Read
Harrisby Potteville
Mauch
Itamaport
Maqua
Wilkesbarre
Aten
Fiemi m
Bangor
Fiemi
D.L
Retown
Easteb Repipbem
Maneer
Mauch Chunnk
Witkesek
Manebee
Tormeth
Amore
Sundary
Mauch Chunk
Healtburg
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Georgia
Atlanta Consti
Stold
Sealskin
Gore
National Weekly
Philosophy From
TEXAS
Boston Courin
Ciotar and Furnisher
Neo Credit
Bummor
Moses
Saturday Evening Herald
Europe
Pie Eieans
United Stat
Plainfield Water Supply CO
W. H. Rogers
Central Avenue
Peter
Plainfield, New Jersey
Plainfield, N. J
Fes Carey
B. D. Newell’s
East Front Street
Plainfield, N.J
Laing
Iotel
West Front Street
Madison Avenue
Wallace V. Miller
Lehigh Coal
Joan E. Beerbower
Prop
M. J. Coyne
East Fourth ST
City Hotel
Second ST
Amd
William A. Coddington
Clliorney
Cancery
W. Papnr
Water Supply
Nelson Kunyon
Ofruke
Park Ave
Plainfield
N.J
T Am
Plainfield Water Supply Company
I. L. McVoy
OecSim
Willian K. McClure
Grinsellor-at
Supreme Court
First National Bank
Otylyr
Charles A. Reed
M. Clara IL. Karner
Masmachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Mass
Evona
N. J
Cape Cod
Cressus
Detroit Free Pree
Barber
Ham
Pwo MD
Waka
Ida Wl i
Wee Plainfield
Elie
Plain Field
Lotmerville
Iain
Axp
Bagror
Lake Hdrartosa
Plainfold
Lowa Braxen
Oceax Guove
Bound Brook
A. m
The
North Avenue Pharmacy
A. D. Mallinson
North Ave
Medi Ind
Stelle & CO
West Sixth Street
P. Stelle
L. Stelle
C. E. Clarke
William J. Stephenson
North Avenue
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