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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1916

Page

13

Zapp Solves Income Tax Mystery for Birsky in 1916

In a dialogue parodying 1916 tax talk, Birsky and Zapp joke about income tax rules and big figures. They dissect lines on deductions, wages, and profits with caricatured lampshade figures, imagining congress and famous magnates weighing in.

Zapp Birsky Rockafellar United States Supreme Court Standard Oil Company of New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Massachusets Ilinois Michigan Ohio

Poetry Boom Cited by Bugle Editor In Quip On Women

The Bugle editor quips about a surge of poetry while joking about discarding the fifth poet this morning. He adds a controversial line praising women who prefer dogs to children as beneficial to the race.

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Uncle Wiggily and Nurse Fuzzy Wuzzy Ask for Glue

Uncle Wiggily the rabbit visitor asks for glue to bring home after a walk. Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat housekeeper, quips about glue on his chair and jokes about sticky flypaper if his outings continue.

Uncle Wiggily Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy Fuzzy Wuazzy

Humpty Dumpty tale ends with a chick as new brother

Uncle Wiggily helps repair Nurse Jane's broken teacup with glue then encounters Charlie Chick and Humpty Dumpty on a wall. Humpty falls and cracks but a baby chick emerges from the eggshell, proving no rescue by king's horses is needed. Charlie welcomes the new sibling and all ends well in Mother Goose fashion.

Jane Uncle Wiggily Dall Doctor's Dail Rabbit Hollow Stump Humpty Charlie Chick Uricle Charlie Arabella Humpty Dumpty Mother Goose Uncle Old King Cole

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