Jokes in the British Army and Domestic Education
A collection of anecdotes and opinions from Victorian era publications. It recounts military mischief involving officers from the Lancashire militia and Third Linlithgow units, then shifts to a stance on early domestic education urging girls to learn kitchen duties and household management, criticizing cram schooling. It includes a quip about a miserly inheritance in Detroit.
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Mont
Marton
Lancaster
Mgr. Molyneux
Lilcaster
Molyneux
Romer
Lancashire
Ho Uso
London
New York Telegram
Quotations on Social Modes and Past Acquaintances
A clipped exchange recalls a blamed prominence shift from modest wealth to social airs. The speaker mocks a former lack of horse or carriage while contrasting their own claim of superiority. A brief line references Mr Hanger and Limew in a sharp social jibe.
Are You Going East Book Offer on Rio Grande Western
Travel advisory touts Rio Grande Western Railway offering three routes and scenic views for eastbound trips. The copy promotes an illustrated book Utah a Peep Into the Mountain-Walled Treasury of the Gods, available for 25 cents from J H Bennett Salt Lake City.
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Great Rio Grande Western Railway
J. H. Bennett
Salt Lake
City
Utah
Banned Phrase Sparks Brief Visitor And Host Exchange
A visitor begins with a quoted line about a plan while the hostess haltingly replies that no book is allowed to circulate, framing a short, ironic dispute over propriety and circulation. The fragment hints at a historical or literary setting with a constraint on reading material.
Coloron Servanta Exchange in Narper's Bazar Quip
In Narper's Bazar a cheeky exchange centers on the phrase colored servants. The humor notes a shift from old terms to a newer, more polished household image with a playful description of a remarkable new girl in the house.
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Micks
Narper
Beatty's Pianos and Organs Grows to Lead Nation
Daniel F. Beatty of Washington New Jersey builds Beatty's Pianos and Organs. Since 1870 he sold nearly 100000 instruments. plans to sell 200000 more in the next decade, averaging $100 each for a $20 million business, the largest of its kind.
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Beatty
Daniel F. Beatty
Washington, New Jersey
Washington, N.J
Hia
The Wrong Man and a Calculated Settlement
A Harper's Weekly vignette depicts Gladys awaiting a visitor after quarrels with her family. She embraces him in relief as she declares a desire to settle a matter, implying a tense, unresolved domestic tension within a front room scene.
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Gladys
Harold
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Wx. Nicholls
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W.N. Linimen
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Harper's Bazar
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Guarents
Ana
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U. S
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Georgie
Saleaman
Harper's Weekly
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Stillwater
Churchill Co
Herman
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Wadswortht Barber Shop
Carl Wallstar
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