London liner page brings odd ads and wry notices
A London newspaper liner page delivers quirky ads and notices about notices, pageants, meetings, and theatrical scenes. It mocks English humor, comments on the Grace of Get pageant, Harringay Ethical Society meeting, and Congregational events, with playful social critique amid market chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harringay Ethical Society
Vening Saikome
Get” Goto
Darkacee and Light
Acton Congregational Chure
Harringays
Metropolitan Journal
Trains Stop Here Only Once Before They Start
A passenger asks how often trains halt at the station and the four station agents reply that trains stop only once, then continue on their way. The exchange illustrates the daily rhythm of the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morden Grove
Fragmented Notes On Graft Rumors And Odd Anecdotes
A hazy column bundles civic graft chatter in Pittsburg with comical vignettes about white lead repairs, a Swiss schoolmaster forcing cigars on children, a funeral-age quip between two boys, and musings on language and charity.
Four Jealous Beaux Try To Cross the Duwamish
In Georgetown a party of four couples plans river crossing with a boat for two. Jealousies force a schedule to ensure each girl crosses only with her beau or remains with a man whose presence satisfies the constraint. The Star promises to reveal the solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Duwamish
Bone
Narely
Sory Club by Edmund Vance Cooke
A humorous dialogue excerpt features a talking vinegator and a Dollychild narrator. The tale describes a hunt inside a kitchen, a baby bitten by the creature, and siblings chasing it. A girl cages the vinegator, proving girls’ cleverness over boys, while the plant-like animal is likened to a cup of coffee.
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The
Sory Club
Edmund Vance Cooke
Angel
Truepenny
Fitziwig
Tor
Giria
Willlediil
Fireywig
Tired of Doing Others Work in Boarding House
The cook complains the hamburger steak is not ground fine enough, while the star boarder key claims the landlady vows she will no longer prepare meals for the lazy boarders. The scene unfolds as tensions rise over kitchen duties and responsibilities in the boarding house.
Beauty Doctor Apollo Belvin and the Finery of Faces
A former beauty specialist recalls a colorful career where beauty helped business. He speaks of shifting fame, a mail order venture, and a nickname Apollo given by his mother. He reflects on thinning features and notes his wife values the appearance as a keepsake. He claims wealth came from treating others’ faces as his fortune.
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Fair Sex
Io Belvin
Apollo
Pointed Paragraphs and Quips From Chicago News
A collection of aphoristic lines satirically comments on wages, habits, and social ideas. It blends humor about fairness in pay, drinking, and wedding roles with mock wisdom and a playful critique of resolutions and patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Chicago News
Rabbi Hirech of Chicago Dominates Public Demonstrations
Rabbi Hirech of Chicago boasts a long list of degrees and eminent credentials yet eschews formal titles to shine in the public eye. He is an eloquent Hebrew orator and author who appears at major public and patriotic events, drawing nationwide attention with his outspoken patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabbi Hirech
Chicago
Lake Michigan
G. Hirech
The Touchstone Why Spring Weather Fails to Halt Painting
The poem fragment explores painterly stubbornness as wet conditions do not deter effort. It reflects a weathered attitude toward art and resilience, suggesting craft persists despite damp or uncertain spring days.
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Mee Miller
Britain
Boston
Porker
Abyssinia
Monelick
Theodore Hooosevelt
Missien
MR. Skygack
Mars
Josh Wise
Pittsburg
China
Mine Gibbs
Miss Gibbs
Fred Schaefer
Phest
B. C. Voris
Pioneer
Third Ave
Seattle, Wash
Ind
Ragbi Emil G, Hirsch
Touchstone
Ave
Bartelley
Het Wate
Tryn Thie
Rubber Room
Walderod
Hartell
Luitty Fountain
Helle
Bartell
Venus Hubber Gileves
Lorraine
Wakelee’s Cammeline
Pinaud’s
Flamenca
Septos
Waterbury
Thompson
Arnica
Allen
Scott
New York
Faxter
SWIFT
Arnica Galve
Talcum
Munyon
EPSOM
Lister
Bartell Qu
Bartell’s
Melbourne
Eng
Bartell Drug Stores
Second Avenue
Yesler Way
N —Main
Car
First and Pike
City Market
Ney
Lecre
James Garite Neiter
Ayer
Adele
Eversole Optical Co
Empire Bidg
Star Office
Majestic
Star
Majestic Theatre
United States
M. F. Backus
R. R. Spencer
Ralph&. Stacy
J. A. Swalwell
C. A. Spencer
E. Olmstead
R. 8. Walker
the National Bank OF Commerce
Second Ave
Madison
Seattle
Wash
Wagner’s Orchestra
Reliable Carcel Eastern Outfitting Co., Inc
Union Sire
Phking Moving & Ytoragh CO
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