Wit and Wisdom In the West Humorous Quips Archive
A collection of brief humorous anecdotes and wry observations from early American columns. Includes a Swede hosting Indians with a joke about heavenly mansions, a Boston Christian Scientist teasing Earl of Dunmore, an editor and office boy exchange, a hay fortune note from Colonel Hawkthunder, a traveling salesman detour, and a quip on orators by Senator Sorghum.
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Lippincott’s
Boston
Earl of Dunmore
Lord Dunmore
Beacon Street
George
Washington Star
Humorous Vignettes and Quips From 19th Century Columns
A collage of jokes, anecdotes, and brief items from various periodicals. It includes satirical lines on Napoleon, dental quips, family exchanges, shop notices, and light humor about lawyers, criminals, and social folly. Notable lines involve the Moniteur remarks on Napoleon, a dentist pun, mother and child dialogue, glove buyers, and a burglar’s oil pitch.
Boise Caldwell Railway Timetables
Daily Boise to Caldwell and Caldwell to Boise schedules listed with multiple departures in each direction. Trains connect at Middleton with Idaho Northern Railway and at Boise and Caldwell with Oregon Short Line services.
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Boise
Caldwell
Eagle
P. Ly. Star
P. Ly. Middleton
Ly. Caldwell
Middleton
Idaho Northern Railway
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Short Line Schedules West and East Trains
Oregon Short Line timetable lists Boise departures and arrivals with Weiser Passenger and The Pony service. Westbound trains depart Boise 8.00 am and 2.40 pm for connections. eastbound from Boise 2.40 pm and 4.30 pm with links at Nampa for Nos. 5 and 6.
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Boise
Weiser
Portland
Nampa
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Hay
Colonel Hawkthunder
Senator Sorghum
THE
Idaho Scimitar
Napoleon I
Elba
France
Corsica
Gap
Grenoble
Lyons
Dijon
Bonaparte
Paris
Fontainebleau
the Tuileries
Pele Mele
Tommy
Monte Deeler
Rymer
Shelley Buncum
Kansas
Sur
Pye
Morocco
London Telegraph
Baltimore American
Mr. Nagget
Mrs. Nagget
Washington
Congress
Washington Herald
Oregon
No. 6
E. Arney
Scimitar Office
Overland Building
Boise, Idaho
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