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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1901
Page
8
A collage of light humor bits and quips from 19th century papers. Jests about ministers coughing on dust from family Bibles, lovers practicing love making, a couple paying their own car fare, and quick zingers on patience and marriage. Includes a verse on a faithful dog and a playful exchange about a boarding school synonym for success.
A Chicago Daily News verse excerpt recalls a brave veteran colonel toasting and recounting his fight for Old Glory at Seven Pines. Dick then asks which pine the colonel climbed, provoking a stunned hush among the gathered.
In a fragment from Sondays Nisse a speaker asks Porter about Herr Peter son being present. The reply notes he just paid his bill and Jett, prompting confusion over which Peter son is meant.
A mash of jokes and quips from Chicago Daily News Washington Star and Boston Transcript stock captions. It notes wives receive gifts, men offer advice, misheard exchanges, and a dinner speech stumble. The item blends humor about marriage, illness, and social routines with brief print gags.
A jumble of old newspaper snippets includes an advertisement for Nothing rausle St or Jacobs Oil promising relief from rheumatism gout sciatica and other pains. It is followed by brief, clipped quotes and jibes from multiple papers like Philadelphia Press Chicago Post Atchison Globe Chicago Tribune Punch and Riange Daily News, ending with a reflection from the New York Herald on wealth and appearance.
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