Ex Senator Russell mocks bore tale at Brooklyn school
Ex-Senator Charles H. Russell spoke to Public School No. 13 with strong applause and a humorous anecdote about a bore. A boy’s quip, calling a bore a senator, triggered roaring laughter and delayed the address. Russell quipped he prefers hostile crowds to schoolboys, then urged newspapers to avoid the tale.
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Charles H. Russell
Russell
Sonny
Mr. Russell
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Eagle
Scarecrows in Vermont Reach Artistic Heights
Vermont farmers treat scarecrows as art and display them in varied poses across fields. The piece notes the large, rugged army of scarecrows, their stylish dress, articulated limbs, and social role, with crows engaging onlookers and Vermont scenery as backdrop.
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Vermont
White River Junction
Satl
Vermaount
Massachusetts
Damacrow
New York Sun
Obeying Orders and Odd Exchange in 19th Century Style
A clipped dialogue shows Patrick Mulcakey charged with resisting an officer, arguing the blame lies elsewhere. The piece contrasts a New York World quote praising Chicago’s fashion of Tyrian purple with a defiant Rambler line about Chicago and Venice.
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Patrick Mulcakey
Patrick
Chicago Rambler
Cleveland
Chicago
Venice
Adriatic
Greece
New York World
Matrimonial Marketing and Humorous June Tales
A quirky Arkansas newspaper feature exposes the Arkansaw Male Furnishing Co offering to provide husbands to wives for twenty five cents in stamps with testimonials from grateful customers. The page also repeats light witticisms and social notes about birthdays and domestic life, including Bill Arp and humorous quotes from The Judge and Harper’s Bazar.
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Arkansaw
England
Arkansaw Male Furnishing Co
Mary SattleTon
Peter Finker
Mill Bayou
Martha Whickle
Arkansaw Traveler
Mre
Arp
Carolina
Bill Arp
Atlanta Constitution
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New Brunswick
New Yorks
Chicagos
Mr. Bently
German University
Joseph Cannons
Illinois
Cox
Cannon
New York
Iinois
Washington
Sam Jones
Cornelius
Rome
Alabama
Lafayette
Messenger
Clisseum
Sterling Freeman
Sterling
Paris
Claude
Ayres
Africa
Patagonia
Ayers
de Hobson Clarke
Mr. Durley
Durley
W. A. Hills
Oakland Valley
Iowa
Piso
Simmons
Simmons Liver Regulator
J. H. Zeilin & CO
Philadelphia, Pa
Adam
Meldrum
Buffalo, N. Y
Dam, Meldrum
Anders
Nutty
Main St
Buffalo, N.Y
Vibman & Philpott Mfg Co
Isis
Sam
Warren
WM. Spinner
Pualer Ia
Warren, Pa
Wy ES Savings Bank
Warren,a
Flynn
Clarendon, Pa
Nesmith
View Pree
Tageltine, Cashier
Wyetson
Errhodr
Brow Watson
Hunter
Worl
Juno
Alt
Hagelline
Pratt
Pratt’s
Bright
AMES
Morris
Johnson & Siegfried
Wae Pont
Sugar Grove Seminary
Sugar Grrove
Warren County
Norial Deill
Department of Music
Iight
Caudague
R. J. Wire
Prinedyuu
Sugar Grove
ORO Normal University
Ada
Lhat
Priv Pulu
HW. & Lev, Fees
Ada, Hardin Co
Llegheny College
Meadville
Ear Hersins
Pennn
Kies
G, Koebley
Ciresar
Owego
Ca. Co. Emmons
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Maryland
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