Monday, September 1, 2014

1900 Chicago Chronicle newspaper cartoon




"She is very particular."
"How do you know?"
"When she caught that burglar in the house the first thing she asked was if he had wiped his feet on the door mat."

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Too Often the Case legal humor(1901)



Judge "Gentlemen of the jury, what is the verdict?
Irish Foreman "We found that the men who stole the horse is not guilty."

Saturday, August 16, 2014

1900 humor old mail



Clara "At Jennie's wedding last week owing to a misunderstanding, she had to wait at the church 30 minutes for the bridegroom."

Maude "Oh, well, 30 minutes isn't anything to a woman who has waited 30 years."

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

1900 cartoon from Der Dofbarbier

Many of the newspaper cartoons I have come across seem to come from other papers and are reprinted in other papers. I have been unable to figure out if this is the cartoonist or another paper but the cartoons are pretty funny.



Customer "Why do you want to make another plate? Was the first a failure?

Photographer "The picture was somewhat too close a likeness ma'am."

Thursday, January 9, 2014

sexist humor from 1901



"Why should a woman take a man's name when she marries him?

"Well, as long as she takes everything else, she might as well that that, too."

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

1900 Kern's Success Oats




Breakfast cereals had been around for a while before this 1900 newspaper advertisement but they were still considered an odd choice for breakfast, too light to satisfy a man's appetite and needs.