Antique Clippings

Antique humor and clippings, randomly discovered ephemera and interesting things! A lot of the things here are from before 1950, maybe way before. There will be things not politically correct today, ethnic humor, and enemies called names. The past is very messy.

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Sunday, July 15, 2007

Gibbon on Fame and Happiness

1910 Edward Gibbon, the historian, was not one to underestimate the pleasures of intellectual occupation or the value of literary fame. ...

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

A Street Incident and Royalty

1896 A significant circumstance occurred during a visit of the Emperor of Germany to England. The kaiser was for one day the guest of the lo...

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Queen Victoria Dead

1901 Passes Peacefully Away, Surrounded by Her Family London, Jan. 22. — 7:03 p.m. — A telegram from the Prince of Wales to the Lord Mayor, ...

The Ghost of the Tower

1901 Superstitious people in merry England are busy prophesying many gloomy events because it has been declared that the ghost of Mary, quee...

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Substitutes Mustard for Electricity

1900 A street faker in Kenton, Kansas, had a thriving business selling electric belts until someone examined one of them. Then it was found ...

Monday, May 28, 2007

Youthful Essayists on the Evils of Drink

1907 In the Hull elementary schools a prize was offered for the best essay on the evils of drink, and nearly 12,000 pupils competed. Extract...

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