Jackson Chases Cobb Like Star Slugger Amid Season Confidence
Boe Jackson of the Cleveland Naps declares he will surpass Ty Cobb this year and earn the batting title as he aims to outslug Detroit’s star. The piece notes other sports items including James Thorpe’s amateur status case and collegiate basketball selections.
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Boe Jackson
Cleveland Naps
Ty Cobb
Wiksedson
Joseph
Maud
Jackson
Cobb
Thorpe
James Thorpe
Amateur Athletic Union
Stockholm
San Francisco
James Sullivan
A. A. Ul
Sullivan
Dr Sharpe
Cornell University
Ways of Cooking Lobster from a Vintage Recipe
A compendium of lobster cooking methods with shell extraction tips and multiple preparations. Includes lobster meat removal, making lobster stock, lobster stews, buttered lobster, and grill friendly preparations with specifics on heat, seasoning, and serving.
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Chopin
Sr Selssors
Pork Chops As Breakfast Delicacy And Cookery Tips
Various pork chop preparations are described including pork chops with potatoes and tomatoes, mock fried chicken with onions, fried and broiled chops, and general tips on selecting chops from the best loin or leg, trimming fat, and cooking to avoid off flavors.
Humorous Quips and Racy Lines Across Columns
A collage of jokes and witty exchanges from early 20th century papers. It includes quips about rulers and nobles, a joke on a reporter, a teacher defining intense, a child’s misinterpretation of Indians living in tents, and light anecdotes from households and battles.
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Emma Garwood
Walthler
Garwood
Kansas City Star
Odd campaign quips spark voter talk in headlines
A Washington Round Man quips about a wife voting and desires for a larger home on the seacoast with a new limousine every six months. The New York Mail calls him one of the “ci phers” as a jab in a column about political chat and social satire.
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Seacoast
Washjuton Sta
Beling
New York Mail
Scrap Book anecdotes mix theatre mishap and wit
A collage of humorous items from Mark Sheridan and others recount stage mishaps in small provincial theaters where actors once used a basin as a dressing room and a back curtain mishap exposed a performer. It includes jokes about Susie Clemens and Peter the Great and a noted Uncle Joe Cannon anecdote.
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Wren Sheridan
Mark Sheridan
London
Marie
Mark Twalp
Susie
Father
Kansas City Journal
Optical Delusion and Sword Prompt Captain in Barracks
A martinet colonel misreads a captain who borrows a sword to test his memory. The captain returns the weapon. the colonel fumbles for his point, and the exchange ends with a笑 at the memory lapse. Also features a quick Irish tale and a stage anecdote about Auguste Van Blene.
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Martinet Colptain
Martinet
Calla
Buck
Harrack
Pennyless man drops gold in stage mishap
The performer cries penniless and raises his handkerchief, only to reveal a bag of gold spilling across the stage. Van Blene stares in astonishment as the audience erupts in laughter at the surprising mishap.
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Auguste van Blene
Ralse
van Blene
An Invalid Craving Aims at Washington
Speaker Champ Clark writes a friend in failing health with no funds. The invalid asks Champ to send magazines tobacco goods and cigarettes papers. He requests Sir Walter Scott novels and a pink Washington Star as reading material.
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Champ Clark
Washington
Xo III
Clark
Champ
Sir Walter Scott
Masterful Horse Trainer Outsmarts Ill-Prepared Adventurer
A story from Sporting Stories recounts Cap O Flanagan chasing a sensation and stirring heiress dreams. Trainer Leffart insists on discipline, sets a 12 o clock trial, and when the adventurer resists, Fortunatue buckles and ends with O Flanagan toppled in the mud as the trainer mocks his failure.
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Fi Thomanby
Impressionalle
Cap’ O'Flanagan
Gan
Leffart
Fortunatius
Indies
Seffert
Fortunatue
O’flanagan
Picker
Walking feats in 1807 and Cambridge stilts challenge
The London Chronicle recounts Captain Bennett’s 22 mile walking match from Whitechapel church to Ongar, Essex, in under three and a half hours for 100 guineas. It also notes a Cambridge bet on stilts covering 12 miles in under four and a half hours, completed in three hours and fifty-five minutes.
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Bennett
Whitechapel Church
Ongar
Essex
Cambridge
London Chronicle
Small Village Justice Prepares Marriage Scene Misstep
A village justice of the peace, juggling duties of judge and marriage officiant, presses the bride and groom during a wedding. The groom’s defense is asked after the bride consents, highlighting the clash of his roles.
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Mlnstrirte Zeitung
Sam's Diamond and the half dollar hoax
Sam the chore man returns from the city with a scarfpin containing a large so called diamond. Villagers quiz its value and authenticity while the boss asks about its history. Sam replies the diamond is fake if it hasn’t been scunned from a half dollar.
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Sam
Waal
Youthful Misinformation From a School Examination
The exam included humorous misstatements such as Qrosa ignorance being 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance and a playful description of an ancho rite hermit who has anchored hisself. The fragment ends mid sentence with a note about the liver.
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Qrosa
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