Showing posts with label 19th century. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 19th century. Show all posts
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Friday, June 30, 2017
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.
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Saturday, June 10, 2017
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?
Friday, June 2, 2017
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
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."
Friday, May 19, 2017
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."
Sunday, January 1, 2017
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Friday, December 23, 2016
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Monday, December 19, 2016
Sunday, December 18, 2016
Friday, December 16, 2016
Monday, December 12, 2016
Sunday, October 9, 2016
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.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Thursday, September 15, 2016
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