Spring nests and quirky town notes in Hogwallow
A week of small town observations covers wrens scouting nests at Mr Luke Mathewson, Atlas Peck returning a borrowed suitcase, Cricket Hicks selling a patent collar button, and Col umbus Allsop near a fallen tree stump. Easter passed quietly, Tickville money talk raises health jokes, English sparrows and a post office checker game draw crowds despite bad weather.
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Luke Mathewson
Atlas Peck
Poke Eately
Cricket Hicks
United States
Clab Hancock
Columbus Allsop
Easter
Dock Hocks
Yam Sims
Washington Hocks
Wash
Noted Punchlines on Life Insurance in Cartoons Magazine
A humorous exchange from Cartoons Magazine features a jovial life insurance agent joking about needing wife insurance. The narrator quips that double coverage is desirable both for marriage and cremation, delivering a satirical, lighthearted snapshot of midcentury humor.
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Cartoons Magazine
Alice Joyce Stars in The Vengeance of Durand at Vitagraph
The article highlights Alice Joyce and her standout role in The Vengeance of Durand, adapted from Rex Beach by George Randolph Chester. Also mentions travel tips for camping trips and a note on Polish senate models, with prices for The Sun and Dallas News.
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Alice Joyce
Vitagraph
Vengeance of
Durand
Rex Beach
George Randolph Chester
Corinne Griffith Tops The Climbers Lead Role
Albert E. Smith of Vitagraph chose Corinne Griffith for Clyde Fitch's The Climbers. She has risen since leaving the South to pursue film work, with striking gowns and athletic training. Recent features include A Girl at Bay Thy Tower of Jewels Human Collateral and Deadline at Eleven.
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Albert E. Smith
Vitagraph
Corinne Griffith
Clyde Fitch
South
Miss Griffith
Thought-Rationer 1921 Aims One New Idea Per American
In 1921 the National Thought Rationer will grant each American one new idea annually. Beefsteak parties must submit dictaphone records of their conversations, with machines supplied gratis by the government. No movie may carry titles prejudicial to the ruling party or its administrators.
Selfish Thing Patience Reveals Engagement Troubles
Patrice admits engagement to Fred, yet she voices unhappiness about the arrangement. The dialogue highlights personal conflict and romantic doubt within a strained relationship.
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Patience
Fred
Patrice
Fragmented exchange teases a moral on selfishness
A Yonker's Statesman fragment presents a riddle about generosity and ownership. A speaker notes a fiancé asks for her hand and gives a ring, then questions whether the act proves selfishness. The dialogue hinges on ownership implied by using the hand to receive the ring.
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Yonker’s Statesman
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Hogwallow News
S. C. Horton
Swift & Company
Battle of Chamberlain
Poland
Philadelphia
the Sun and
Dallas News
Whitewright Trade
Luther Smith & Son
Bonham
M. Weinstein
Max Hermer
West Side Square
Bonham, Texas
Cor.inne
Griffith
Brain-Rationer
Sun
McCarty-Davis Co
the Man’s Store
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