The Lime Kiln Club Upbringing and Oddities
A collage of period humor and social vignettes from The Lime Kiln Club, featuring Brother Gardner and comic exchanges on merit and punishment, followed by anecdotes on marriage, race, and everyday life. Includes a gleaming set of observations from the era on Lincoln relics, printing in China, as well as curious scientific and cultural notes from European and American sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Gardner
Dean
George Washington
Pyson
Detroit Free Press
Paris
Dessmay
Chambers
The Indian Boy's Funny Composition in Brooklyn Humor
A collage of light items from urban life includes a Bronx boy's Carlisle School humor piece on monkeys, a New York Sun travel tale, an Ashland Avenue tale on clam chowder secrets, and a hiccup cure anecdote from a Fulton Street market, all reflecting late 19th to early 20th century newspaper style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King William's
Mary
Fort Beaufoye
New York Times
Fred Big Horse
Bronx
Carlisle
Fred
Dakota
South America
United States
New York
Ashland Avenue
Chicago Herald
Fulton Street
Albany Journal
Plain Word Revelations and Comical Exchanges
A quirky column excerpt parodies snippets from Wide Awake and local papers. It parodies misheard speech and playful banter about everyday misfortunes, fashion, and pets, mentioning Alice Wellington Rollins and lighthearted street scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Wellington Rollins
Mrs. Rollins
Somerville Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vienna
Sherman
Geo. W.T. Sherman
Lee
Falasen
Darky
Hying
Yensiee Abs
Washington
Deiry
Nebraska
Btate Journal
Boston
Bill
Mae Pera
Epoch
Cathay
North China Daily News
Shanghai
Pall Gazette
Lincoln
Libby
Chicago
Ford
J. Wilkes Booth
Charles. Rector
North Side
Gen. W
Blick
Johnson
Chicago Times
Eleanor
Blanche
Arthur
Annie Blank
Omaha
Royal Baking Power Co
Wall St
N.Y
C. E. Frederick
California
Cheyenne
Texas
Blackburn
Page & Coleman
Allen St.eet
Tom
Bsilone
Abizona
Cochise Hardware and Trading Co
General Merchandise
Iron and Steel
Allen Street
Studebaker
the People's Store
Fremont Sts
Summerfield Bros
Summerfields
Sala Schein, Proprietor
Hare & Page
Occidental Hotel
ST. Louis
Barrow
Auction House
Sam M. Barrow
Allen
Grafton
Cholly
Ponder
Howard —Weally
Algy
H. K. Tweed
Fourth and
Allen Streets
Tombstone
Arizona
Wv. Yonge
J. W. Vickers
Pony
Henry Campbell
Prop
Choice Brands
Porter
Papago Cash Store
Fremont St
Kentucky
Hinds
Lowes
Rane B
Austin
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