Mark Twain Turtle Prank Becomes Local Legend in Hannibal
In Hannibal Missouri, young Mark Twain allegedly trapped Fanny Pavey’s finger through a knot hole to play turtle, delivering a joke about thunder and his father’s slipper. The tale, shared by old residents, frames Twain as mischievous yet witty in his boyhood.
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Hannibal
Merk Twain
Clemens
Florida
Fanny Pavey
Pavey
Mark Twain
Fanny
Turtle
The Snaky Octopus Reminds a Sailor of Sea Fights
Frank T. Bulleo recalls a perilous encounter in Stewart Toland New Zealand when a squidlike creature clung to his legs as he waded for flounders. He freed himself with a sheath knife, a sepia stain in the water, and a musk odor signaling a near drowningsavior moment.
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Frank T. Bulleo
Stewart Toland
New Zealand
Cash Confession: Doctor Refuses Gift Then Takes Fee
An eminent physician in Pvt, who cured a little girl on a casis basis, declines a gifted purse. He states visits are rewarded only in money. The grateful mother offers a purse with five hundred dollars, but he demands two hundred as the fee, taking two hundred and returning three hundred.
Luckiest Man In Arkansas and Other Humorous Vignettes
A collage of humorous quotes and medical ads from a late 19th or early 20th century page. It includes H L Stanley praising King’s New Discovery for consumption, an offer for a free trial bottle through Rein hart’s Pharmacy, a mock marriage dispute, a quip about Laxative Bromo Quinine, a joke about Witch Hazel Salve from E B DeWitt Co, a real estate quip about rapid growth, and a barber joke about a child’s haircut.
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Arkansas
Arkai
H. L. Stanley
Bruno
King
Reinhart
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Francis Bodmer
WM. AR. Willer
Miller
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M. L. Herrington
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Liverpool & Londoa
Pirotb
Asia
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Western Assurance Company
By Canada
Hye Lusarative Company
Westenester Lusuiraice
Rochester German
Rochester
Qaven Dosurange Company
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Shepuerdauwn
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Washington
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Fayette
Arantee Company
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Harper's Ferry
W. Vaninturr
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Alexander
Fox
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Dandridge & Co
Shepnerdstown, W. Va
G. W Ferrell
Winchester Telephone Company
Rockingham
Augusta
S. L. Hoover
Winchester
Oliver
New York
Tiger
Deering Binders
Monera
Brown
Strauther Pendleton
Por
Troy Steam Laundry
Troy
Pendleton
Rein
E. C. Dewitt & Company
Chicago
Ili
Art's Pharmacy
Cares Grip
Dark Twain
Souther Backwoodeman
DeWitt
Reinhart's
Chas. W. Moore
Ford City
Geo. Cramer
Eldora
Germany
Cramer
Kennedy
Reinhart’s
Ccastor.a
Snaky Octopus
E.W. Grove
Tommy
Johnny
EB. C. DeWitt & Co
Jagedy
Mr. Balder
Johnny Balder
Papa
Cardus
Tee
Shepherd College
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J. G. Enutti
A. M. Snernkerstown
W. Va
G. T. Hodges
Shepherdstown, W. Va
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Prbtic Trea
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Albert Rice
Moure & Moure
Charles Town, WV
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Alexandr
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Ik Huw
Mw Bay
Diane
Rena Dallversd
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Exschange
Ragersigwr, MB
H.C. Marten
Shepherdstown, W.va
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Uilman
Ballet
Kourviti
Ealiane Town
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Moidolphia
Philadelphia
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Hagemore
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Bluefield
Pocahontas
Welch
Mtermediate
Diehl & Bros
United States Leather Company
Country Hide
Cumberland
Numler
T.C. Marten
Hardware Department
Muese
Moe
Atereay
Black Hawk
Paini and Ui) Department
Cabile
Frank Mitler
Black Lamb
Ukeam Sii
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