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, May 18, 2008

Trials of A Bookseller

1895 The Frequent Mistakes Made In Giving the Title of a Book. "To be a successful bookseller," said a dealer in books, "one ...

Friday, January 25, 2008

Boys Compete for Title of King Cuckoo

Idaho, 1955 Something new in king titles will be bestowed on a Pocatello High school boy Wednesday at the annual Girls Coed dance. Seven boy...

Monday, April 23, 2007

He Thought He Was Shot, While Training Dogs

Wisconsin, 1907 HE THOUGHT HE WAS SHOT Jos. Milcharek Goes Out to Train His Dogs to Hunt and Narrowly Escapes a Serious Wound. While trainin...

Friday, April 20, 2007

Addressing Someone as "Esquire" on Letters

1903 "ESQUIRE" ON LETTERS. In a Great Many Cases Its Use Is Much Abused. About half the letters that go through our mails are addr...

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Saved by His Quick Wit Before Napoleon

1916 A Reply That Won Over Napoleon and the Duke of Modena In the French campaign in Italy, in which Napoleon I first began to win the laure...

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