The Arizona Kicker price cut and political spillover
A spoof issue recounts a soap offer six bars for a quarter and announces a new grocery section. It notes the governor’s handshake at the post office, a breach of promise suit by Widow Gibbs, a quiet upcoming city election, and a hazardous prank left at the door. It closes with satirical jokes and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Kicker
Kicker
Chicago
Arizona
Gibbs
Court House Ring
Pete Saumaker
Pete
Russia
Turkey
Detroit
Odd Newspaper Snippets and Witty Exchanges
A mash of humorous vignettes from old papers includes a hungry man offered yeast, a clerk spared from danger after a river joke, bank directors reacting to a failed investment, and light quips about writers and scribblers. The tone is periodical and brisk with sharp punchlines.
Quotable Jests and Tiny Tales From Vintage Columns
A collage of brief comic snippets and light verse from old magazines shows quick wits and social quips. The pieces feature an orator maybe wrongfooted by a burro, a lecturer to five hundred girls at Vassar, interruptions in debate, a humorous burglary exchange, a poodle joke, a belt claim about a runaway horse, a cellar heat inquiry, a trap of love and marriage, and a bread loaf line. The tone mirrors early 20th century humor magazines with short, catchy setups and tidy punchlines.
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America
Doolittle
Equatorial
LG. Noves
Warren, PA
L. G. Noyes & CO
New Savings Bank Building
Luluseal
Focal Paper
Boston Courier
Detroit Free Press
Darnville Savings Bank
Drake’s
Scrawler
Pennibs
Scribbler
Hollywood
N. Ki Wendelboe
St. Louis Republic
Digby
Vassar
Greenbagge
Mike
Toby
Belford’s
Allen
Papa
Harper
Monsieur
Courier Des Etats-Unis
Wes
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