Hoodoo Trout Fable and April Fools Tale
A long humorous trout fishing tale from Sullivan County recounts the legend of a wall-eyed phantom trout and a hoodoo tied to a Britisher’s wall by a river, with a cautionary moral on luck and persistence. The narrative blends a ghostly pool, a bold fisherman, and a later twist about the fish’s true fate and the April Fool’s day mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Marks
Sullivan County
New York State
Yom
Sunnyside
Chris
Colum
Pat
Erin
Shad
Ibore
Imperial Cmsar
Sol
The Pretty City Pigeon and Its Worldly Ways
The article surveys urban pigeons as the city’s native birds adapting to artificial surroundings. It notes their sociable yet unobtrusive nature, their feeding habits on streets and near horse stables, and their roosts on building roofways and elevator shafts. It mentions incidents of pigeons entering offices and courts and their winter shelter in chimneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Pigeondor
Demosthenes
Powers of Observation in Plant and Animal Study
A teaching piece by A J McClatchie stresses developing precise observation in beginners studying plants and animals. It argues seeing truthfully precedes accurate drawing and notes, with expression through drawing, notes, and oral discussion reinforcing truthfulness and moral growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. McClatchie
Popular Science Monthly
Well-Fed Horses and Eastern Stable Life
In a Persian setting, horses are fattened on green barley for weeks with no grain. Each animal is tethered by head ropes and leg restraints, tended by boys and a head groom who feeds them fresh barley grass all day. The narrator notes shiny coats, long tails kept free of flies, and the annual holiday of stripping the horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge
Persia
Dr. Wills
Poker in Alaska Makes New Yorker Long for Juneau Return
A Juneau poker tale from a New York traveler describes a lively night before departure. Players chase a growing jackpot with bold bluffs and banter, ending in kings and aces amid witty boasts. The narrator jokes about being “the oyster opened,” while returning to Juneau is urged by the Goodplayer’s setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juaneau
Juneau
Alaska
New York
Florida
Polly Chooses Love Over Wealth in Georgia Tale
A Georgia mother ridicules Polly for choosing Si Lovingood over a northern rich man, arguing Polly wastes a chance for wealth on a worn ten-acre farm. Polly offers a cryptic reply, saying Polly wants a cracker, as reported by the Cincinnati Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Si Lovingood
Polly
Cincinnati Tribune
Comic Fragments From Quotable Newspapers
A collage of puns and quips from multiple papers features jokes about prices in plays, rent, fashionable hotel wear, family records, and social missteps. Characters like Cora, Mrs Norris, Old Man Guff, and Mr Owens appear in brief exchanges, with humorous glimpses of daily life and etiquette across urban papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora
Jim
Atlanta Constitution
Detroit Prep Press
Dunn
Detroit Free Press
Fliegenden
Fogg
Ethel
Maud
Pearson’s Weekly
Red-Nosed
Mike
Philadelphia Record
Alarm Clock Prank Ends Quietly in Bus Ride
An engraver who times his work by a clock was victim of a prank when a brother fixed the clock to ring during a car trip. The noisy timepiece, held in the man’s hand, caused frantic attempts to hide it as passengers searched for the source. The alarm finally quieted after a few taps of the bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toth
Scullion
County Cork
N. Y. Sun
Mel
Mr. Goodplayer
Juneau
Columbua Dispateh
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Modest
Newport
Odenove
Na Masson
Puck
BY A. Livingstone
Harry Myers
Chef
Him
POKER
Chicago Post
Indianapolis Journal
Mount Washington
Pitteburgh
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