Improving on Nature in The Moment by Roy K Moulton
A light verse column from The Spur section humorously ponders female arm augmentation and political doubles, imagining two headed politicians at banquets and other playful scenarios. It notes Hod Spinks plans to stop drinking after year start and mentions Grandma Peters perusing New York Hippodrome spectacles, with Amy Pringle preferring handwritten love letters over typed ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hod Spinks
New York Hippodrome
Ginger
Amy Pringle
Oddball Verses and Vignettes From an Old Scrapbook
A collage of humor and poetry fragments, hometown observations, and character sketches. It juggles rustic anecdotes about woodcutters and plumbers, antiquated jokes about professors and historians, plus memory pieces, cartoons, and schoolday musings.
Semy Mayde garments offer casual work from home
Advertisements urge readers to sell Semy Mayde children’s clothing with no investment, promising flexible, profitable part or full time work. The snippet also notes women’s fashion moves in churches with mantillas, while a Toledo-Cleveland report quotes Rev Dr O’Connor on hats becoming monstrosities and altar society scarf wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwer-Bodfret CO
Worth ST. Cir
St. Francis de Sales Cathedral
Dr. O'Connor
Altar Society
Society
Toledo Correspondence
Cleveland
From a Safe Distance and Other Brief Humorous Snippets
A collage of quotes and adverts features remarks by Mrs Bridges and former Congressman Frank Black about retirement and time versus money. Various witticisms touch on writing tools, eye care, form re designs, manners, and assorted promotional lines for Paxtine Antiseptic and Garfield Tea. The item blends light humor with product pitches and literary quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank §. Black
Telegraph Office Exchange Sparks Cold Weather Talk
A cadaverous man asks the telegraph operator to mail a telegram to his wife with payment the next day. The rushed office replies no overtime, as a husband and wife joke about winter furriers and forecasted cold weather.
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Ananiae
Rome
Isis
Hay
Harpers Weekly
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New York
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Sorghum
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Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
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State Street
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Golden Medical
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Signatur
Sioux City
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Douglas Shoes
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W.L- Douglas
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Tonia
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