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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1898
Page
4
A collage of one liners and comic exchanges from early 20th century papers. Snappy exchanges touch on delays in public matters, wedding talk, elopement fears, fowl jokes, heirloom romance, misquoted poetry, mischief in church, and light social barbs. Notable names include Dollie, Mr. Comrox, and Mrs. Gossip, with mentions of Washington Star Chicago Tribune and Indianapolis Journal.
A brook of quick exchanges on manners and misreads. Fogg slows for a joke while others catch on late. Miss Wellwood flaunts lineage as Daughters of the Revolution pride. A dog buyer asks about a breed and the vendor camps a dark punchline.
A compact collage of jokes and quips from across papers. It ribbed manners about learning to bike and window trains to provoke laughter, with lines about ignorance bliss and sly barbs about romance in heaven. The humor samples include Meeker’s car metaphor and Cobwigger’s abusive letter clue.
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