ANNUAL MEETING
The Austin Weekly Statesman · January 7, 1897 · Austin, Texas
A snapshot of Austin's sporting social life in 1897 as the Rod and Gun Club held its annual meeting and elected a new slate of directors and officers.
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Wedding Bells
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Austin, Texas, USA
A brief society notice records the marriage of two Austin residents, whose wedding party immediately departed for Dallas.
A Visit to the Studio of Mrs. Temple, the Artist
The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger · June 16, 1872 · Mobile, Alabama
A whimsical, digressive correspondent describes a visit to a Mobile lady artist's studio, admiring her crayon portraits and paintings — a charming, half-comic slice of provincial cultural life.
Did Know About That
Rock Island Argus · May 7, 1898 · Cincinnati, Ohio
A brief marital jest from the Cincinnati Enquirer, poking fun at a husband's lecture on the money market.
Hindry is Coming
San Antonio Daily Light · March 22, 1895 · San Antonio, Texas
A brief notice that a sewer contractor is due to arrive in San Antonio, a small glimpse of the city's ongoing municipal works.
New Restaurant in Farmers' Exchange Building
Mesa Free Press · June 1, 1900 · Mesa, Arizona
A brief note on Mrs. W. T. Lipscomb's new restaurant, a tiny fragment of ordinary small-town commerce from 1900 Mesa.
Norris-Heileman Nuptials
Mesa Free Press · June 29, 1900 · Mesa, Arizona
A short local wedding announcement for Walter L. Norris and Miss Garnet P. Heileman, celebrated before family and friends.
A Fine and Healthy Girl
Mesa Free Press · June 29, 1900 · Mesa, Arizona
A brief, folksy local item announcing the birth of a daughter to a Mesa-area couple, typical of the personal notices that filled small-town papers.
In General
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 18, 1876
A column of short humorous anecdotes and filler items from around the country, typical light fare of a 1876 newspaper's back page.
Still in the Ring
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Austin, Texas
A wry one-line item noting that a police station night clerk, though ill with influenza, remained at his post.
A Club Meeting
The Austin Weekly Statesman · January 7, 1897 · Austin, Texas
Notice of an upcoming annual meeting of the Austin Club to elect new leadership, a small window into the city's social club life.
Monument Unveiled
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Austin, Texas
A small fraternal ceremony in Austin's city cemetery, unveiling a monument to a Woodmen of the World member, a modest piece of local memorial history.
Five in One Family
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Austin, Texas
A short local item on a sheriff's unusual duty of serving citations on five children of one family, a small window into rural law enforcement of the era.
A Slippery Place to Pop the Question
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 18, 1876 · Boston, Massachusetts
A comic set-piece from the Boston Times about a would-be suitor whose icy sidewalk keeps interrupting his marriage proposal — vintage newspaper humor writing at its most theatrical.
HUNTING 'POSSUMS
The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Austin, Texas
A brief note on a local sportsmen's late-night possum hunt south of Austin, a small slice of everyday leisure in 1896 Texas.
A Crow-Bar at the Minnesota Bar
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 18, 1876 · Minnesota
A groan-worthy pun about a newly admitted Minnesota lawyer named Crow, reprinted from a New York paper.
Saloons Fight Over Delirious Customer
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 18, 1876 · Virginia
A macabre little joke about Virginia saloonkeepers squabbling for credit after a man's delirium tremens turned holy.
Retribution for a Skeptical Advertiser
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 18, 1876 · Boston, Massachusetts
A one-line joke, reprinted from the Detroit Free Press, about a grocer who scorned advertising just as the sheriff arrived to close his shop.
A Schenectady Man's Hard Luck
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 18, 1876 · Schenectady, New York
A tiny filler joke about a would-be woodcutter thwarted at every turn — a glimpse of the era's taste for deadpan absurdist humor columns.
O'Conor Turned at Last
The Evening World · December 14, 1888 · New York, New York
A self-styled lawyer-tragedian, fired from a Twenty-third Street concert hall after insulting hecklers in the audience, now sues his former employers for damages in a wonderfully theatrical interview conducted amid his household's uncooked dinner.