Sleeping-Car Comedy on a Dodge City Train Berth Mixup
A traveler from Dodge City narrates a humorous misadventure aboard No 1. In a Pullman berth mishap he tries to sleep curled up on a beat and then runs aboard with clothes under his arm. The conductor explains he must dress in the berth, resulting in a two hour delay while the man adapts.
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Dodge City
Se Ware
Topeka Hinte Journal
Condiotor
Perth
Condetor
Tiresa
Lightning Kills Five Geese Near Hanford, Troxler Wins
A Hanford area incident reports Moses Troxler watching geese that dodged his aim until a thunderstorm struck. A lightning flash toppled five geese at his barnyard, all killed but unharmed by burns or injuries, leaving Troxler amazed at the unburned birds.
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Ife
Berbid 2 Wao Yeor: Dialogues and quips in old humor
A fragmentary caricature page features dialect banter and vignettes. Characters plead for a lock of hair and avoid quarrel as a doctor reassures a patient. Jokes reference death’s door and comic mispronunciations across mocked conversations.
Woman chops wood to care for family in New Jersey tale
A New Jersey correspondent reports Mrs Daniel Downey of Vineland used a horse and ax to continue wood cutting after her husband could not work. She moved to the woods, hauled logs, cut, split, and sold stave-length wood to support her invalid husband and children, earning about three dollars daily. Her act draws praise from locals despite her family’s poverty.
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New Jersey
New York Journal
Daniel Downey
Vineland
Httle
Downey
Volf
Danny
Daniel
Pun
Mra. Downey
Dan
Poor Man at Door With Wooden Legs Declines Help
A visitor with wooden legs arrives at a residence seeking aid but is told by the mistress that no assistance is available. The St. Louis Globe-Democrat is not involved in the exchange.
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Sersant
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Faralug to Chall and the Chalk Death Tale
A Saloon keeper in St. Louis named Frank Hitler is described as turning to chalk as doctors remove his left leg in chunks due to a mysterious disease. The piece also mocks a Chicago shoe dealer who inflates patronage and claims a No 4 foot can be fitted with a No 1 shoe, while noting Thames shipping traffic with five hundred trading teasirs leaving daily.
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Man ‘Faralug
Chall
Frank Hitler
St. Louis
Chicago
Thames
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