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Source: Up-to-Date Minstrel Jokes Source type: book Document type: dialogue Document title: “The Dew” Author(s): anonymous Editor(s): Wheeler, H. H. Publisher: Up-to-Date Publishing Co. Place of publication: Boston, Massachusetts Year of publication: 1902 Part/Section: 1 Pagination: 2 |
| Citation |
| “The Dew.” Up-to-Date Minstrel Jokes. Ed. H. H. Wheeler. Boston: Up-to-Date Publishing, 1902: part 1, p. 2. |
| Transcription |
| full text of dialogue; excerpt of book |
| Keywords |
| William McKinley (popular culture). |
| Named persons |
| Interlocutor; William McKinley; Tambo. |
| Notes |
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From title page: Up-to-Date Minstrel Jokes: A Collection of the
Latest and Most Popular Jokes, Talks, Stump-Speeches, Conundrums and Monologues
for Amateur Minstrels, Many of Which Have Never Before Appeared in Print;
Also, a Special Department of Female Minstrel Jokes, Stump-Speeches and
Monologues, Arranged Especially for “Lady Minstrels,” This Being the Only
Collection of the Kind Ever Printed.
From title page: Collected and Arranged by H. H. Wheeler. |
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The Dew
Tambo.—Can you tell me the difference
between the dew that falls on the grass and the late President McKinley?
Int.—I’m afraid I could never guess that one. You tell
us the difference, Tambo.
Tambo.—Well, sir, one is mist from the heavens and
the other is missed from the earth.