Every Man Has His Niche A Dough Head Tale
A young man named William Brice endures repeated factory shifts as the ironmaster insists each man has a niche. After years of blunders he marries an elderly widow, gains control of land, and finally finds his niche in chicken raising, boosting his fortune to 50 000 dollars while the ironmaster laments the cost of patience.
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C. H. Sutcliffe
William Brice
Brice
M. Quad
Before and After in Marriage Joke
A satirical joke contrasts a woman's behavior before and after marriage. A sad eyed man and a graduate student discuss how gifts and a husband’s salary affect a wife’s reaction, with a punchline about seven eighths of earnings. The source cites the Chicago News.
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George
Chicago News
Rainy Berlin cab tale ends with field marshal reveal
A cab driver ferries a rain-drenched lieutenant who trusts in his fianc e s powerful kin. The punch line arrives at a wedding when the bridegroom meets the uniformed elder he praised as a hero, revealed to be the same man he paid compliments to in the cab.
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Empire
Reichstag
Field Marshal von Moltke
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Tam
von Moltke
Heinrich
Gott
Free Trial Box of Dr Shoop Catarrh Remedy Offered
A pamphlet advertises a free trial size box of Dr Shoop catarrh remedy for nose and throat catarrh. It describes a snow white antiseptic balm with eucalyptus thyme and menthol as active ingredients and claims instant relief with a test by addressing Dr Shoop in Racine Wisconsin and noting large jars priced at 56 cents sold by M M Sweet.
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Shoop
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Montezuma's Well the Curious Bowl in Arizona
The New Orleans Picayune describes Mon tezuma s Well in Yavapai County as a nearly circular depression 500 to 600 feet wide with vertical sides and a bottomless reputed pool. It is framed as a pit crater or cavern roof collapse and is said to drain via an underground channel to Beaver creek.
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Arizona
Yavapi County
Montezuma’s
William P. Blake
Beaver Creek
New Orleans Picayune
King of Siam Title From St James Gazette
A long royal epithet from St James Gazette details the Siamese monarch as supreme ruler and divine master of immortals, praised with celestial imagery and gilded riches. The description extols 101 crowns, dazzling gaze, golden palace, and universal dominion from sunrise to sunset.
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Kingdom of
Wom
St. James
How Hamlet Mistakenly Falls into Ophelia
A traveling man asks an acquaintance about stage success. He recalls performing Hamlet for the first time and stumbling into Ophelia, causing embarrassment as the audience seemed disappointed when he recovered.
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Ophelia
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