Slimelns First Effort in Campaign Speech Slips
In a Fifth Avenue Hotel scene, Jake Kemple recalls Slimkins a young speaker hired for a political trial. Slimkins falters as hecklers taunt him amid mismatched attire, finally quitting the speaking list while Kemple recounts the awkward moment and a jab at the crowd.
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Jake’ Kemple
Spell‘binder
Fifth Avenue
State Committee
Stanton Street
Columbia
Slimkins
Jake
Fifteenth Assembly District
Palk
Mr. Kemple
Bowery
New York Tribune
Brainy Bowers Consider Self as Company For World Benefit
A humorous reflection where Brainy Bowers jokes about his mind power exhibitions and the idea of incorporating himself as a company to benefit the world. He speculates on how his life story will be written and the critical position of his intellect.
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Brainy Bowers
As & Company
A Father’s Advice On Finding A Practical Wife
An elderly man exhorts his son to seek a wife of solid worth not beauty or social polish. He stresses practical skills such as cooking, housekeeping, sewing, and canning, insisting these qualities are essential before marriage. The son affirms to follow this prudent criterion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delsarte
Sach
Modern Ideas and Classical Echoes in a School Exercise
A public school teacher recalls a class where students reworked classic subjects with contemporary wit. The entries riff on Melrose, Vanice, Tasso, dachshunds, and ragtime, prompting a shift back to Manhattan scenes for future lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanice Tasso
Manhattan
New York Sun
Laughlets. One or the Other in a Spectacular Reformer Snippet
A column of witty quips contrasts a social reformer’s dramatic theories with claims of posing or supposing. The dialogue references Packman working for yellow journals and a father serving a life term at Sing Sing, framed as satirical banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Packman
Sing Sing
Dandruff in a Ballroom and Health Advertising
A collage of old time ads and quotes notes dandruff on a gentleman in full dress and promotes Newbro’s Herpicide as a hair growth aid. It also lists cures and products for teething, hiccups, and pain, plus laundry starch and various remedies from multiple suppliers.
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Newbro
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Leslie
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Beatrice
Yenberana
Kysian Fields
Cox
Wis
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Dodd
Bright
Mr. Russell
Chippewa County
Wisconsin
Berlin
Bill
Defiance
J. W. O'Brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Geneva
Kidd Drug Co
Higin
Lil
J. R. Hurlbut Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Wigin
Minnesota
Thomas KH. Sime
Pioneer Press
St. Paul
Mina
West
California
Oregon
Washington
Colorado
Blue Line Transfer CO
Lowa
Binghamton, N Ye
Ifars, Gross & CO
Hair Bazaar
Suite
Chicago, Lin
Wilcox Bros
Tracy, Minn
Johnson
RADE
Magneric Starch Mfg Co
Wetmore
MM. C, Wetmore Tobacco Company
St. Louis
America
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