English Heiress Plot Thickens In Wyckhoff Hoax
In England, Lord Wilfred Vincent and Archibald Terhune uncover a ruse around the aggrandized Heiress Agatha Wyckhoff. Vincent spares a secretary and learns the real Agatha loves him, while Terhune contemplates the fortune and the unwelcome consequences of a fortune hunt.
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Lord Wilfred Vincent
Archibald Terhune
England
Agatha Wyckhoff
Wyckhoff Taatle
Agatha
Wyckhoff
Hotel Man Has A Conscience
A wandering guest in mountains stayed overnight at a hotel after a headache. The next day he received a letter from the proprietor apologizing for serving a dinner unsuited to his headache and enclosing a quarter as restitution. The anecdote argues hotel men can be conscientious.
Howlers Better Than Heaters in Rokitansky Family Tale
A fragment from a piece about Rokitansky the Vienna professor of pathology famed as the father of opera singer Binger. It mentions his two sons gaining medical celebrity and a quirk when asked about his offspring.
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Rokitansky
Binger
Vienna University
Parlor Quip Sparks Frivolous Exchange on Flowers
A woman laments bad luck with flowers while a comical parlor idiot jokingly suggests rain and umbrellas. The banter turns to women preferring cold feet to large feet in a light domestic moment.
Quaker Meditations from the Philadelphia Record
A collection of wry quips and moral musings on faith, language, and human folly. The snippets joke about a lumber vessel as a pun, discuss spelling of nave, and poke at flaws in morals, knowledge, and perception with light irony.
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Philadelphia
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A collection of satirical riffs on fashion fame and public life. The musings joke about baldness actresses and aging jokes sparking social commentary on charity, reform, and creditors meetings.
The Little Brown Jug at Kildare by Meredith Nichidon
Literary notes describe Meredith Nicholon’s latest tale The Little Brown Jug at Kildare. Towney Ardmore is mistaken for a governor and receives two jugs butter milk and moonshine leading to mistaken identity and ensuing mischief. The romance blends trouble wisdom love and politics in a light entertaining narrative.
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Kildare
Meredith
Nicholson
Rosalind
Red Gate
Towney Ardmore
Bobbs-Merrill, of
Indianapolis
The
Quarrel Sparks Blame Dispute Between Jack and Belle
After weeks of amicable relations Jack and Belle quarrel again over who was to blame the last time. The dispute centers on assigning responsibility for a past disagreement.
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Jack
Belle
Boston Transcript
Riffed Riddles and Reveals from a Curious Page
A fragmentary collection of quips and witticisms features a debate on two heads being better than one a cabbage merchant a three year delay in a lawsuit a rhinoceros zoo gag Adam and Eve grammar humor and a New York Sun quip about parental grammar. The tone recalls a vintage humor column with pithy one liners and wordplay.
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Adam
Eve
New York Sun
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Kansas City Directory
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Robart Keith Furnit
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