Bonhomme’s Compliments and the Wardrobe Scheme
In a 1918 Mec McClure tale a furniture shop owner Bonhomme battles noisy young suitors. He orchestrates a bedroom-wardrobe diversion to spook the callers, delivering “Bonhomme’s compliments” to the visiting pairs after plotting with stockroom theatrics. Marie and Mr Corson figure in a comic salon plot as Bonhomme gleefully outmaneuvers the interlopers.
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M’sieur Bonhomme
Marie
M’sieu
Sieur
Bargain Day. Four extra innings to this game
A Louisville Courier Journal note highlights a baseball game that stretched into four extra innings, with light humor about enjoying the lengthy contest and its cost. The exchange suggests fans' fondness for the sport and a casual, witty tone.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Giant Swallowtails discuss life and transformation
In a playful dialogue Miss Grant and Mr Giant Swallowtail explore what it means to be interesting and a butterfly. They describe metamorphosis from eggs to caterpillars to chrysalises and finally butterflies with ambitions and the joy of flight and sunshine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Giant Swallowtail
Miss Giant Swallowtail
Miss Grant Swallowtail
Giant Swallowtail
Skunk
Uss
Cannon Fodder at Belleau Two Prisoners Captured
A Serbian sergeant recounts a close combat near Belleau with twenty Germans. He says three enemy soldiers were killed by him using bayonet, rifle butt, and trench knife, while two prisoners were taken and no allied casualties occurred despite the intense hand to hand fighting.
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Belleau
Don Martin
Record Dive Almost Causes Death At Sydney Water Carnival
Alick Wickham of Solo Mon Islander set a new high diving world record at 205 feet during a Sydney water carnival for war relief funds. He stayed conscious for the first 150 feet but then blacked out, hitting water in a semi-prone position and remaining unconscious for over ten minutes. He was hauled from the water bleeding from multiple wounds.
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Sydney
Australia
Alick Wickham
Wickham
Senior and junior trade quip about a professor
A humorous exchange contrasts a bookish professor with an early rising co-ed. The brief joke highlights campus stereotypes and student banter about scholarly life.
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Bonhomme
Mec
McClure Newspas
Moorson
M’sieur
Amselle
Ting
Ma’amselle
Balt
Gallery No
Madame
Mr. Moorson
M'sieur
Ma’ameechie
Gallery Number One
Ma’amielle
Mr. Corson
Mr. Carson
Mister Barron
Mr. Barron
James Moorson
Cookson Avenue
Arthur Corson
Marion Terrace
Corson
Model A
Bonhommie
Claire
Bob
Jack
Smith
Dodd
Swift & Company
Swift
U.S. A
Eatonic
Estonie Remedy Co
Satan
N. Y
Cincinnati
DR. Tutt
Spohn
Spahn Medical Co
Goshen, Ind
Joker
Cog
Brugia
Wren
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