Gladys and the Patients: A Sunday Outing on the Sound
Dr. Ogden Moore plans a charity outing for his eclectic patients aboard the Lotus, inviting Gladys Harte and others to sail toward Hell Gate. Tensions rise as a French Armenian guest draws attention, and Gladys confronts Moore about love. The voyage ends with a reconciliation as Gladys confesses, torn by emotion, while Moore contemplates the ethics of his clinic guests aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Bowles
Ogden Moore
Womain
Gladys Harte
Dr. Moore
Ogden
Gladys
Jack Reddington
Tse the Lotus
the Lotus
Lotus
Hell Gate
Bell
Yacht Club
Townsend
New York
Tilbet
Powhatan Club
van Beuren
Lajoux
Mrs. Townsend
Yarosian
Darlin
The Pot and the Kettles and Mrs Next Door
A Chicago Daily News pair of humorous exchanges shows a butler quitting over family friction as Mr Nouriah and the wife loom in conversations about control and respect. In a separate vignette, a neighbor’s endless chatter through the fence triggers a flippant response from a bemused Browne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Nouriah
Neurich
Chicago Daily News
Mismus
Browne
Oysters Family Supplied Prompts Comic Banter
A humorous exchange at a restaurant features Funny Fellow requesting oysters for his “family” while the proprietor humorously delivers a single, weary retort. The scene is framed by a satirical note from N Y Weekly about manuscript praise and a fictional writer Tom Hayseed from Hayseedville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
N. Y
Bits and banter on wives and railroads in witty dialogue
A playful exchange centers on a photo joke about a wife’s first husband and a self portrait at age 20. Dibbs and Dobbs trade barbams while noting railroads and congressional sessions. Washington Star conveys the commuter outlook amid rail policy talk.
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Dibbs
Dobbs
Congress
Washington Star
Notable Variety of Humorous Exchanges Across Papers
A collage of brief quips and jokes from several newspapers touches on marriage blindsides, neighborly rumors, and social pretenses. It features a light exchange about marrying a housekeeper, a Wag on social circles, a lover’s disappointment, and a playful take on plans and weather.
Terrible Itching Scalp Testimony Sparks Cuti Cure Use
A reader recounts a long ordeal beginning with an unbearable scalp itch spreading to hands and limbs. After failed treatments from a surgeon and an eye doctor, the writer used Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent, taking six bottles and regular baths, crediting them with relief. Address given at Philadelphia, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hades
Laa Wan
Erie
Preston
Wm. H. Ray
Ernon Bt
Philadelphia
Radium talk and hotel fire fears in a humorous exchange
A comic dialogue features Eddie and Uncle discussing radium and lunch contrasts while a girl asks about a hotel fire precaution. A nervous old lady on a hotel seventh floor and a porter joke about insurance. The exchange shifts to marriage rules and inability to smoke or go out. A turkey teeth joke closes the snippet with Nibbs asserting he has teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie
Willie
Mia
Nibs
Bibbs
Nibbs
Flattery and the Sex in Mails Debate
A fragmentary newspaper quote discusses mail communications and flattery with satirical remarks. It references Baltimore American and Puck, hinting at the capacity of males for soft soap and money as motive, in a brisk, editorial tone.
Teeth That Were Useless
Harry Leon Wilson, living among Connecticut artists, befriends two men and borrows a surrey with two horses. A runaway spooks the team. Wilson’s crash leaves one man with two teeth in his hand. The mugging question arises as the man begs what to do with the teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Leon Wilson
Connecticut
Saturday Evening Post
Wilson
Wileon
Pitied Pitcoe and the returning husband tale
A two week automobile tour ends with a cool reunion as a husband jokes his wife will scold him. The line elicits a punchy comeback about his wife giving him the deuce, a quip that lands. A separate gag has a waiter and a regular boarder over a recurring pie piece, and an expert gardener notes grafting as a public-swallowing trick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitcoe
Fnally
Anid
Detroit Free Prees
Fiala and Painted Duty Sparks Hen Egg Roast Tale
Deacons Smith and Jones, pillars of a Alabama colored church, debate mercy and cruelty when discovering a hen’s nest with a dozen large white eggs. One proposes taking the eggs to the house. the other suggests leaving them to avoid angering the hen. They decide to roast the eggs in a pine thicket to keep the act hidden, masking a misinterpreted moral duty with humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deacon Smith
Deacon Jones
Dea
Con Jones
Jonea
Dee
Financial results early in 1906 show mixed sovereign deficits and profits
Foreign Fortuna records Britain’s April public revenue at £419,895 and expenditures at £21,360,361. New London capital from Jan 1 to May 5 totals $298,788,915, down from $434,216,505 in 1905. Bank of Japan year 1905 operations reach $14,578,127,060, up $5,744,106,420 from 1904. Banque du Paris 1905 net profits fall to 10,804,883 francs from 19,411,421 in 1904. A 100,000,000 franc loan will soon fund French colonies in West Africa, chiefly Senegal and the Upper Niger, to improve river navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
London
Bank of Japan
Banque du Paris
Paris
West Africa
Senegal
Niger
Gracious society belles spar over age in Philadelphia Led-Ber
In a Philadelphia Led-Ber society column a witty exchange unfolds as one belle teases another about looking older while the other retorts with sarcasm about seeming younger. The tempers flare amid social niceties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Winter Wheat Per Acre Yields From Saleer's Hybrid Seed
A brief note on per acre yields from the Wed Crow Hybrid and related varieties including Winter Wheat and Berar Clovers. Mentions Kye and Brew sets, with emphasis on enterprise performance and potential market interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Soiri Venta
Kye
Berar Clovers
Brew Paar
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Puck
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Minn
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