1900 fall tourists visit White House

A TRIVIAL OFFENSE 1900

Judge: So you stole from this man a gold watch with a plated chain?
Prisoner: Only the chain, your honor. But the watch was hanging from the end of it.

1900 Uncharitable

Young Wife: I made my husband's acquaintance at a charity bazaar.

Her Dearest Friend: And did he marry you out of charity?

1900 Good Understudies

John "Ah, you should get married, Janet, and then you would have someone to look after you."

Janet "Me! Me get married! What would I do with a man? I've got a parrot that swears and a monkey that smokes, and that's quite enough for me."

Indianapolis Press joke

Timmons "I don't want to be vain, but my writings often remind me of Tennyson."

Simmons "Me too, Tennyson is also dead."

NEW YEAR'S EVE GREETING CARD (1900)

BALTIMORE AMERICAN CHRISTMAS NEWSPAPER AD (1899)

SCRIBNER'S COMIC (1900)

Scribner's comic for Christmas (1900)

practical Christmas presents (1899)

CHRISTMAS SPIRITS (1899)

LION COFFEE (1890) FROM WOOLSON SPICE

Christmas comic (1900)

How the bad boys foozled uncle (1900)

Bertie's sad Christmas (1900)

Tottie: Let me order the dinner, Bertie.
Bertie: Oh, but you don't know enough about it, do you?
Tottie: Well, I can see what's the most expensive, can't I?

Candy Christmas ads from Baltimore American (1899)

1900 Baltimore American Coal advertising

This is about $115 dollars in today's money, so not much but it might be close to a week's wages back then and you would need to supply yourselves more than once a winter.

Ivory Soap 1900 "The Trick"

1900 Ivory Soap "To the man who thinks"

1900 Ivory Soap "A Little Big Waste"