Century Magazine Humor Year 1902 Contributors
The Century Magazine will mark 1902 as a humor year with a roster of contributors including Mark Twain F P Dunne Joel Chandler Harris Edward W Townsend George Ade Ruth McEnery Stuart James Whitcomb Riley Paul Laurence Dunbar Gelett Burgess Frank R Stockton Tudor Jenks Ellis Parker Butler Carolyn Wells Harry S Edwards Chester Bailey Fernald Charles Battell Loomis Oliver Herford Elliott Flower Albert Bigelow Paine Beatrice Herford and others. It also notes reminiscences and portraits of notable humorists such as Mark Twain Josh Billings Artemus Ward Bret Harte and Oliver Wendell Holmes among others.
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Mark Twain
F. P. Dunne
Mr. Dooley
Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus
Edward W. Townsend
Chimmie Fadden
George Ade
Ruth McEnery Stuart
James Whitcomb Riley
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Gelett Burgess
Frank R. Stockton
Tudor Jenks
Ellis Prker Butler
Carolyn Wells
Harry S. Edwards
Chester Bailey Fernald
Charles Battell Loomis
Oliver Herford
Elliott Flower
Albert Bigelow
Burlington Introduces Fast Denver Train Service
The Nebraska-Colorado Express departs Kansas City 9:35 p m and reaches Denver 3:15 p m next day, three hours quicker, with through chair cars sleepers and dining cars. A morning Denver Express leaves at 10:40 a m, and California excursions run via Scenic Colorado on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The Burlington-Northern Pacific Express is promoted as a premier daily trip to the upper Northwest. contact R H Crozier, L W Wakely, and Howard Elliott for details and quotes.
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Kansas City
Denver
West
Colorado
France
Paris
Burlington
California
Northwest
R. H. Crozier
Main Street
L. W. Wakely
St. Louis
Howard Elliott
Health Belts Offer Open Air Cure for Lung Ailments
Doctors urge patients with pulmonary complaints to seek dry high country climates west of San Antonio including Maria Fort Davis El Paso and Tucson. The West Texas plateau and Arizona New Mexico elevations are praised for year round outdoor living boosting health. Send two cents for Matter of Health and El Paso and the Health Belt to Southern Pacific or J H Lothrop St Louis.
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West Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
San Antonio
Maria Fort Davis
el Paso
Tucson
East
Health Belt
Southern Pacific
J. H. Lothrop
St. Louis
Rice prospects in Texas promise vast farms and profits
Oregon era pamphlet extolls Texas vast staple capacity with rice growing along the Coast Country near the Southern Pacific Sunset land. Irrigation enables prosperity. readers are urged to send ten cents for a 200 recipe Pacific Rice Cook Book from S. F. Morse and H. Lathrop in St. Louis.
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Tex
Texas
Pacific Rice
Sunset Limited Transcontinental Train Service
Sunset Limited offers a daily to thrice weekly schedule from New Orleans to Los Angeles and San Francisco. The operation includes multiple car types and a la carte dining, run by the Southern Pacific Company with literature available from J. H. Lathrop in St. Louis.
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Sunset Limited
Pacific Coast
New Orleans
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Company
Ott's prescription file at Arlington Pharmacy
A note indicates Ott’s prescription file is located at Arlington Pharmacy. The item documents storage location for Ott’s medications and file handling by the pharmacy staff.
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Ott
Arlington Pharmacy
Real Thing Honeymoon Mood Shown In Quiet Joy
A newly married couple share a tender moment on their honeymoon while an amused old man nearby boasts of his marriages. The exchange turns gently reflective as the old man claims paradise in marriage, noting he has wed three times and is off to marry a fourth.
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E.e.mcclellan
Ohio St
Jones
Academy
George
Jove
Dummy
Kin @erl
India
Ireland
Asto Strikers Winding Up Time Pun
A clock questions a man who winds it up while a calendar explains he and his companions struck previously. The clock notes absence of work and the calendar adds that taking a month off refreshes it, reflecting a playful newsroom quip from the Philadelphia Press.
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Philadelphia Press
Identifying the Idiots and Other Humorous Vignettes
A collage of comic anecdotes and jokes from Answers and other periodical pages. Tales range from an idiot asylum yard test to sign language mischief, a vanished Irish castle, piano jokes, and quips on manners, with brief moral or witticisms sprinkled through.
Reading Room Laughs and Golfing Blunders Across Papers
A collage of quips from Household Words Uncle George and Carries satire about Caxton and book indexes Boston Transcript humor from Old Golfer and New Golfer exchanges Harper's Bazar sketches show wit on life money books and golf. The bits reveal newspaper style humor of the era with quick one liners and puzzles.
Easier to Find Fault Than Use It Agaw
A brief note observes that it is simpler to spot faults than to apply corrective measures in Agaw. The fragment hints at critique versus practical use without detailing specific people or events.
Distress Call Aboard Far Sea Steamer Sunk Beans
In the China Sea a lookout spots a distressed ship with crew from Boston starving after seven days without beans. An officer lands a boat, finds Captain and crew weak and starving. A separate item notes a woman who hides valuables before shopping, saying she is over careful and pins a watch to her dress.
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Far China Sea
Boton
New York
Correct Conductor Applicant Passes Test
A street car superintendent tests a woman applicant for a conductor position. Asked to describe how a woman should get off a street car she replies with The wrong way. The superintendent confirms Correct and the applicant is hired.
Notable Evening Invitation Mention in Indianapolis Press
A brief dialog notes Mrs. Dibbs asking why not visiting and a reply about accepting a different invitation. The Indianapolis Press records a household exchange reflecting social invitation choices.
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Dicky
Miss Mabel and the Candy Box
A brief dialogue from the Philadelphia Press notes a humorous exchange about a box of candy. Mr de Trop asks if Miss Mabel is a rome, while the maid explains she is not but hints the candy box could be up for grabs if seen in his hands.
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de Trop
Mabel
Rome
Philadelphia Press
Muscular man ejects intruder after mistaken threat
A loud quarrel in Setlin ends with a brutal kitchen-turned confrontation. A man forces an alleged intruder outside by breaking a chair and upsetting a table. The twist reveals the coat holder is the wife, not the aggressor, and the attacker flees.
Washington Post remark on punishing rascals abroad
Quote exchange discusses how a country punishing its rascals enhances its reputation internationally while failing to punish harms its own image, contrasting views from the Washington Post and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Washington Post
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Man and Woman Quip About Sewing After Kiss Question
A playful exchange centers on a man chasing a kiss while a woman quips that she never learned to sew. The dialogue highlights a humorous misstep and a lighthearted tone.
Ap Able Sing Her Carrying Voice Impresses Bulletin
A Philadelphia Bulletin note praises a young singer who supports herself and her family with her singing. The observer remarks that her voice must have carrying power, highlighting her promising talent and family responsibilities.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Narrow rooms prompt bold landlord reply
Exchange in Kimnore American recalls a heated restoration of a cramped rental as Mrs Rentem complains the rooms are too narrow and the landlord quips that a cat could be swung vertically in them.
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