The Three Professors in a West Town
In Cheyenne and Deadwood two scholars arrive under assumed titles Professor Henry Thosn botanist Yale and Professor Charles Witbeck criminologist Harvard. They debate science and character using flowers and facial features then collide over crime and botany in comic rivalry until a mysterious third professor Twister enters with wild tales. The townspeople prepare a bonfire as the episode escalates into a comic caper.
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T. C. McClure
Cheyenne
Deadwood
Henry Thosn
Yale College
Charles Witbeck
Harvard College
Texas
Dakota
Thorn
Professor Thorn
Burdock
Professor Witbeck
Witbeck
Leore
Professor Twister
Columbia College
Great Plains
West
Meadows
Epitaphs On Headboard Spur Curiosity In Town
A quirky inscription on a headboard recalls two professors who tried to outsmart another professor and the town. The double epitaph warns against theft with a playful line about not stealing the board.
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M. Quad
Off and On Words and Jokes Across Papers
A compact collection of brief humor lines from multiple papers. Quotations include quips about language usage and a photographer’s amused snippets about cats and hotels. The items note witty exchanges and anonymous captioned exchanges in classic newspaper style.
Same Old Story and Other Bits in Fragments
A compact collage of quoted snippets. A poemish lament on the iceman, a witticism about Miss Bloomer’s youth, and a light romance exchange about a tight glove and intoxication. The pieces read as breezy social quips from period magazines.
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St Louis Republic
Royal baby name announced in cable news summary
In the St Paul Pioneer Press sample a brief notice reports the delivery of a new royal baby and the press aims to distill the key fact: a newborn has arrived with a named infant.
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St. Paul
In New York State’s Innocuous Despitude Quip
A fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer contrasts a thought absorbing heat with a humorous exchange from Harper’s Weekly. It presents a humorous quote about a race horse framed as a quaint New York State moment.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
New York State
Harper’s Weekly
Striking Wordplay and Witty Quotations Across Papers
A collage of humorous snippets and quips from various papers. Includes jokes about autos and son in law, a warning poem about Mr Microbe, a boastful youngster, seaside banter, and reflections on hour and wealth. Ends with a witty exchange about a titled son in law's business sense.
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Mr. Dustinstax
Washington Star
Lighthearted Snips and Jests From Various Papers
A collage of brief humor items and vignettes from multiple newspapers. The bits include quips about reptiles, puns, mistaken stories, a carpenter savingboard, a bee metaphor, and jokes about church music and civic pride. The fragments end with a note on a poor marriage beginning.
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Lippincott’s
Stella
Bella
New York Sun
Philadelphia Press
Chicago News
Northwest
Chewawa Gril
Catholic Standard and Times
Richman
Duke
Philadelphia Ledger
New York
New York American
Tommy
Chicago Tribune
George
Maria
Detroit Free Press
Chicago Record-Herald
Minneapolis Journal
Cornell
Mr. Baker
Egbert
Yonkers Statesman
Askitt
Noitt
Burns
Waal
Bill
Jill
Peter
Parshall
the Creamery Cafe
Halbert & Webber
H. Roberts
Prop
Southside
Wash
Wenatchee Realty Co
W. B. Estes
Moro Clark
F. W. Bromiley
Wenatchee, Wash
Wilt & Adams
Aia of the Christian Church
Bowers’ Hall
O. P. Barrows
Bickner, Ind
City
Grace Woodruff
B Street
Miss Turnbell
Cal
Jones’ Ranch
Arthur L. Bond
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