Armors and Armorer Work Revival at Metropolitan Museum
A visitor strolls the Metropolitan Museum's main gallery to view suits of armor and a hidden workshop where M. Tachaux and Sgt. Bartel craft modern armor models. The piece traces armor from the ninth century to today, noting government support and the aim to create lighter, defensive gear for contemporary soldiers.
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Metropolitan Museum
New York
Zasmerelot
Mustam
Murat
N. H. McCloster
New York Tribune
M. Daniel Tachaux
Ffimee
M. Sertaux
Bartel
Fr. Robinson
Baker
Bashford Dean
United States
General Pershing
Ordnance Department
Miere
M. Tachaux
Holme
Dresden
Switzerland
Japan
London
America
Saxom
Louis XV
France
Richard Coeur de Lion
Reims
Evangeliarium of
St.Louis
National Library
Fishing With a Shovel Report From Milwaukee Saloon District
A Milwaukee saloon owner finds six suckers, about a foot long, using a long handled coal shovel from a river side dock after discovering fish near the Oneida street Belttee area. The quirky episode unfolds as White observes fish and leverages the shovel to haul them up from the river. Ostrich flesh is noted as once prestigious but unpopular today with remarks on its digestion and regulation.
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Milwaukee
Oneida Street
Milweukee
A Shirker and a Bible Light Joke Turned Courtroom Gag
A riverbank idle fisherman yields no bites and no sport argues the effect of work. A man jailed for leaving his car in the street all night deflects by quoting scripture about letting light shine in a courtroom quip.
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Bill
Painful Suggestion and a Wistful Look in Conversation
A conversation features Crustiboy boasting about life insurance and plans for death. He questions a wistful look from Mrs Crustiboy during discussions of mortality. The dialogue pivots to genealogical pride as a woman claims direct lineage from an early English king and asks which kings England had.
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Old Crustiboy
England
The Horse Faces New Market Realities
The exchange between The Horse and Farmer Corntossel hints at shifting value with the rise of automobiles. Corntossel notes the high price of hay, suggesting continued relevance of horse-based farming despite mechanization.
Bridge Party Question for Maude Mrs Newone
A fragment notes Maude Mrs Newone never receives invitations to bridge parties and questions whether Evelyn plays too well or not well enough.
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Maude
Mrs. Newone
Evelyn
Absurd Expressions of Wealth and Economy
The keeper notes a man who imagines he has millions while a visitor remarks on his odd finances. A wife teases her husband about his ideas of economy and skipping bargain sales to save money.
Unappreciated Client and Lawyer Exchange
A terse courtroom exchange shows a client accusing delays ruined the case and a lawyer retorts that more delay might have occurred, highlighting tension over prolonged legal proceedings.
Plan to economize ends in wage cut for cook
Mr. Big horse announces tighter finances while his wife suggests renaming the chef to cook to justify wage reductions. The exchange highlights the couple's approach to trimming expenses.
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Mr. Bighorse
Hot One Quip Divides Dining and Debate
A brief exchange unfolds with one patron quoting a line about a kingdom while another responds that worry is unnecessary as there is no danger of invasion for conquest. The light dialogue hints at playful banter over philosophy and appetite.
Time Limited. Dix and Bix exchange early morning quip
Dix asks what his wife said at four in the morning and Bix replies she said she has work to do today in a weary exchange. The joke centers on the misalignment of sleep and duties in a comic dialogue.
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Bix
Dix
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