Witty Anecdotes From Aboard And In Society
A collection of jokes and humorous anecdotes featuring a basetail misunderstanding in Ireland, a Parisian Turk caricature, a ministerial marriage quip from Oklahoma, and a sharp hair joke in a courtroom. Also includes a Sargent portrait miscue, a warts pun, an astronomer’s obsession, and a thought reading trick on a Vienna to St Petersburg journey with a Polish Jew.
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Earth
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Cumberland
Nishno-Novgorod
Frederick the Great and the four blot campaign diagram
Frederick the Great asks for campaign plans and receives a diagram from cavalry general Hans Joachim von Ziethen. The drawing shows a central large blot with four terminal smaller blots. Ziethen explains the enemy can attack from any side and he will respond by attacking the appropriate blot, a plan the king accepts.
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Frederick the Great
Hans Joachim von Zlethen
von Ziethen
Frederick
No Hitch and No Wedding With a Last Minute Backout
A humor column recalls quotes about fame and memory from Washington figures. A reporter notes Senator Sorghum questions recognition as personal representatives. A joke about a witness revealing where money was hidden ends with the note he balked under torture. A wedding quip turns on a last minute bride retreat.
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George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Bisbee Life Recalled From Old Mining Days
A Pittsburger now in Bisbee, Arizona, describes life in the mining town high in the mountains. He notes a busy library, many saloons, burros pulling loads, water prices, and a curfew on Chinese and Japanese residents after 4 p.m., painting a rough picture of frontier conditions.
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Walter Douglass
Arizona
Sonora
Mexico
Bisbee
Kansas City
Taro Starvard
Yale
Milssouri School of Mines
Bank of Bisbee
America
Notable Miscellany Highlights From World News
A miscellany notes whale bones mass and city counts in the U S and Spain. It mentions a rattlesnake trader in Texas a Bulgarian women suffrage group led by the prime minister’s wife and a Yale skull. It cites Dr Martha Cannon in Utah and California equal suffrage efforts. Also Andreas Dippel the tenor birth in Cassel and career in Europe.
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Yale University
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Woman Suffrage Association
South
Martha Trughes Cannon
Utah
Hye
California
Cannon
Andreas Dippel
Cassel
Berlin
Milan
Vienna
Bremen
Matilda Evans
Columbia, & C
Josephine R. Upham
New American Seamen’s Friend Society Institute
West Street
New York City
Haven
Boston
Sunburned Lovers At Newport Season Aboard
A verse notes a student from Vassar and a Princeton man during the Newport season. The couple wore opposite sunburn on their faces drawing wonder and cries of disgrace from onlookers greeting the unusual tan.
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Vassar
Princeton
Newport
Topics of the Times Selections and Witty Observations
A column gathers satirical items on war aims and geography, gender roles, and politics. It notes internal trouble in Austria, a Chicago incident over a hat slur, and comments on women voters. It mentions Rosebud agents and chorus girl chaperons with a light tone. It closes with forecasts about balloon brakes and wireless typewriters. Western farmers’ crop value is cited.
Fanny and the Servant Problem Takes England by Storm
Howard Gould notes his wife has paid her lawyers 140000 since the start of alimony suit. No compromise urged. The new comedy Fanny and the Servant Problem has become a big hit in England, surprising many who expect no humor in the servant issue.
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Howard Gould
Fanny
England
Everly Nesbit Thaw vows no stage return or marriage
Everly Nesbit Thaw states she will not perform on stage again and refuses marriage. She asks for privacy and to be left alone, seeking accommodation in that respect.
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Everly Nesbit Thaw
Texas writers lampoon editors and politics in a toast to ambition
The Houston Post quotes a colorful line about a radiant Texas bride patching a stove to draw a symphony as a jab at media circles. It notes President Roosevelt’s Outlook salary at 30000 yearly and suggests a reporter starting at the bottom should have courage, hoping for journalistic advancement and honors.
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Bailey
The
Houston Post
Texas
Roosevelt
Outlook
Georgia Legislature Ends Convict Lease System
In a special session Georgia lawmakers passed a law to virtually end the convict lease system. Previously convicts were leased to contractors for forced labor in chains, poorly fed and clothed, and often subjected to cruelty. The system bred corruption and was deemed evil, and Georgia pursues abolition.
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Georgia
Australians Back Pole Region Excursion For Summer Cruise
A Sydney promoted excursion to the south pole region offers a month long cruise for about a hundred tourists. The plan includes at least a week on the ice pack and raises caution about the dangers of navigating ice. The article notes a surge in forestry since 1897 with more than 400 trained foresters and several forest schools, and national forest lands expanding to 7.5 million acres across 39 states.
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South Pole
Sydney
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Forest Associations
Reading as Investment in Books and Periodicals
The article argues Americans invest in books, noting rising forest land use and state forests, increasing libraries and foresters, and growing book sales. It contrasts amusement reading with profitable reading, urging readers to buy classics and build personal libraries for enduring returns and timely, in‑home literary value.
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Dresden
England
Thackeray
Australian Rain Describes Fourfold Contrast and Flood
An Australian drought tale contrasts weather with Scotland, detailing seven years of drought and a legendary seven week Sydney rain siege. The author recalls eleven weeks of ceaseless rain, mud battles, and a city run dry of galoshes before a fresh shipment arrived and the rain halted.
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Tropics
Scotland
Australia
Sydney
Galaches
London Mall
Nothing but Cod in a New England voyage interview
Kate Field visited the Isles of Shoals and fished with a New England skipper. He touts cod as best for boiling baking broiling frying and general purposes, claiming cod cannot be beat for general use.
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Kate Field
Isles of Shoals
New England
Sant I
Skipper
Folly, Youth, and Household Roles in a Humorous Exchange
The Chicago News quotes a back-and-forth about youth folly and allowances. It contrasts a wayward man and an older observer, then comments on women cooking for men and expectations of satisfaction, ending with a note on balancing hope with work.
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Chicago News
Bystanders discuss townsmen and flirtations in street scene
In a Chicago Daily News column style exchange, two girls gossip about persistent suitors outside a store. The coral necklace bearer recounts a man staring and a possible romantic angle while the other teases about appearances and caution.
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Merry-Widder
Jay
Sle
Jim
Kidder
Chicago Daily News
Porto Rican Coffee Trade Faces Shifts in Europe and U S
The 1907 Porto Rico agricultural report notes coffee exports totaled 3 406 082 dollars with only about one percent going to the United States. European markets, especially Latin nations, prefer Porto Rican coffee while U S demand remains weak due to taste and lack of duty on coffee.
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Europe
United States
Porto Rico
Brazil
Statistica
Memory of a Treacherous Mule at Tampa
A Buffalo Horse World note recalls a Memphis or Tampa incident where a mule killed a man after being abused by a former teamster. The animal demonstrated a long memory by killing the old aggressor upon return, while sparing a new driver. The column adds a tongue in cheek line about a woman choosing bedtime. A closing remark notes that a dangerous man tends to avoid trouble.
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Tampa
Receiving His Sentence
A historic recounting of a deathbed scene with Professor Schrotter and Kaiser Wilhelm II era figures. The narrative details the care and courage shown during a grim moment, including the crown princess and the physician delivering fatal news. The account emphasizes heroism in suffering and dignified acceptance.
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Professor Schrotter
Germany
Frederick III
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the Telegraph
Allah
Keggs
Oklahoma
Pige
Roger Minot Sherman
Mr. Sherman
Mr. Sargent
Mr. Bargent
Spain
the Times
Austria
Chicago
Mer. Falconio
Rosebud Reservation
Kicking Bear
Short Bull
Smith, Brown and Robinson
London
Li Sum Ling
China
Beaumont
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