The Joker's Budget and Motive in Crime Tales
A collage of quips and sketches from late 19th century papers, featuring jokes about motives in crimes, comic dialogues about social scenes, and humorous exchanges. Names, places, and brand-article voices echo across city life as snippets frame daily absurdities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. DeCosta
Sutter City
Cal
Enterprise
Strange miscellany from a bustling era of crime and curios
A long column of oddities reports wax figures of Cronin case suspects in a dime museum, counterfeiting trials in Chicago, an electrically fed horse tale, and exotic curios from Canada, Australia, and the United States. It notes notable people, places, and strange local legends with a breezy, lurid tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cronin
Chicago
Leavenworth
Kaw
Dispatch
Dr. Cronin
Dime Museum
Sutherland Sisters
Penasus
S. H. Shanks
Dixon
Duluth
New Orleans
Secret Service
Bear and hunter tale from a New York Sun clipping
A fragmented New York Sun excerpt describes a bear approach, a hunter, and a dog near Gras field. It mentions a mother bear defending or guiding her cubs and an eerie scene of animals and their behavior around a house and pond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Srete
Crawfordsville
Indi
Steig
Las
Bas
New York Sun
Venetian Saent cure for croup praised by parent
A longtime user testifies that Dr Tobias Venetian Saent relieved his children from pain dysentery sore throats cuts burns and croup. He reports saving doctor bills and urges the public to try the remedy sold by druggists for three cents.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tion
Chicago Journal
Ralphie
Philadelphia Press
Dashaway
Robinson
Cleverton
Weir
Puck
Wople
Fliegende Blaetter
London Punch
William
Detroit Journal
Freddie
Charlie
Kearney Enterprise
Hiram
Chicago Tribune
Washington Post
John
Jack
Yankee Blade
Crimsonbeak
Statesman
East Side
West End
New York Weekly
Barton
Assembly
Bazar
Peterby
Brunswick
Lawrence American
Philadelphia Times
Mrs. Hobbs
Mr. Hobbs
Willie
Hobbs
Merchant
Munsey’s Weekly
Dazzie
London
Stranger Than Fiction
Horace Baker
Australia
Scribner
H. H
Rockland
Katy Duncan
Phillipsburg
Africa
New Jersey
Harmony Township
Warren County
N. J
Katy
J. H. Ogden
Springfield
Penn
Jake
Darby
Halliday Jackson
Washington
Paul and
Albina Hellmuth
Baden
Germany
Charles Peterson
Woodstock
Conn
Boston
Peterson
United States
Pomona
Francesca Cordiolia
Cordella
Ameer
Bhkhara
Tor Hen
Marsh
Hunet
Miia
Nea
Puter
Ine
Mbs
Tae Pes Jones
Binghamon
Bingham Too
Luburg
Jous T. Rosset
W. L. Douglas
Vwalua
W. L. Deagiat
Brockton, Miss