Bowser Seeks Riches in Cabbage Venture
Bowser discusses a potential cabbage land deal with his wife, claiming a sure $10,000 annual return. She questions the feasibility, detailing costs from planting to shipping. A butcher dismisses the scheme as impractical, urging Bowser to abandon the idea. Bowser wanders in doubt, pondering the foolishness of cabbages as an investment.
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Bowser
Rock of Gibraltar
United States
Mr. Bowser
Acre
Fossa
Taft House Name Change Stirs Whittlesville Rumor
In a whimsical sketch from Puck, a patent charn man visits Whittlesville and asks when the local hotel was renamed the Taft House. The landlord explains the change followed the addition of a large bay window, sparking playful local chatter.
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Whittlesville
Puck
The Price of Courtesy Quoted in Pittsburgh Press
A dialogue contrasts politeness as free with the high cost of influencing a New York waiter to appear pleasant and utter thanks. The Pittsburgh Press features the exchange between a proverb quoting man and Sirius Barker.
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Sirius Barker
New York
Pittsburg Press
Observers Disagree Over Explorer Notes
An Arctic expert probes fellow researcher about unusual entries in explorer logs. One replies that most observations were personal and somewhat profane, reflecting informal or candid notes rather than formal scientific data.
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Washington Star
Wordplay on suffixes and place names in mock etymology
The excerpt playfully analyzes how the suffix ry implies a place and mocks a student’s misinterpretation of terms like bakery and pantry. It references Laking, Butler, Harvard, and Lampoon in humorous diatribe about language and schooling.
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Butler's
Harvard
Tempting Enemies in the Pantry Verse
A Chicago News verse warns about mince pie and turkey meat as tempting enemies. The speaker notes affection for these foods despite self control challenges, framing the pantry as a place of appetite and inner conflict.
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Bobby
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