Nightmarish Hobo Convention Lures Laughs at Clifford
A shaggy panorama of hoboes gathers at Clifford Michigan for the National Hobo reunion. Weary Willie and Slothful Sam headline a carnival of sleeping contests food booths and a parade. Rules proposals spark laughter and uproar as the Fraternal Order of the Unwashed celebrates with humor and mischief.
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Alberquerque
Clifford
Rest
Association
Sam
Weary Wille
Ragged Rufus
Tom
Roejgnald
Dinky Dan
Hank
Peter
Loping
Loule
Ng Walter
Francis
Mike
Tin-Can
Teddy
Unwashed
Rolleal
Sighing Sinkera
Despluings Street
Chicago
Weary Willie
Sinkers
Garth
Lyon
Wakeful Wailea
Dinky Pan
Rob
Order
Giam
Guralug Bia
Raijroad
Riverview Park
Sentry and the Sickness Mystery from the Old Post
A retired officer recalls a 19th century western post where a cowardly private feigned illness during night sentry duty to avoid fear of Indians. The surgeon and officers used coercion to extract the truth, revealing the man faked sickness by placing nicotine-tainted tobacco under his arm to mimic withdrawal symptoms.
How to cook a husband from a recipe
An old magazine excerpt offers a satirical domestic guide advising wives to trap and “cook” a husband using a jar of carefulness and a fire of conjugal love. The piece mocks marriage norms with exaggerated steps and cautions about secrecy and moderation.
Gratifying Confirmation and Free Luncheons Highlight City
An exchange reveals a humorous misidentify of an old hen between a pretend and real family head. Meanwhile in New York the Children's Belief society provided 26,043 home delivered luncheons to poor children on vacation days in Manhattan's lower east side.
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Maria
New York City
Lower East Side
Manhattan Island
Children's Belief Society
Grow Bamboo In United States Profitably
The department of agriculture demonstrates that Chinese and Japanese bamboo can be profitably grown in the United States and will experiment with drought resistant forms from India.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
India
The Markets Financial Notes From New York and Pittsburgh
New York money rates and exchange listed with government bonds steady. Grain, provisions, and livestock prices appear in scattered OCR. Pittsburgh reports cattle prices and market activity with varied figures and misreadings.
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New York
Sterling Exchange
Peruna Advised For Sudden Colds Soldiering On
A reader recalls a severe cold in 1901 rapidly eased after using Peruna. The witness praises the remedy, noting quick relief from catarrh, restored appetite, and renewed health within days, urging others to follow bottle directions.
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Peruna
Dosnri
Mic
Perna
Misa Helen Sanerbler
Pernaigan
Ten Years Hence and Other Oddities
A compact collection of humorous quips and jokes about the future and contentment. It contrasts a millionaire wish with a meager future and closes with a wry note on success versus happiness, alongside brief, whimsical vignettes about diet and patient care.
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Ife
Georgia
Grace
Bia
Ah OG Y. Wess
Oasay Rie
Ise
Glaveland
Ogt
Tank Broaiwey
Emivenhalos Wathers
Orkore
Pittaburg
Hoton Saderblon
Joseph, Rich
LEN Sauerbier
Smiss Thelen Ee
Judes
Allen
Dodds
Hainkow
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