By: Ardis E. Parshall - May 04, 2019 The Southern Star — the weekly paper of the Southern States Mission, 1898-1900 — used these jokes as fillers in the year 1901: Heading Off Gossip Noel Little – “I say, old man, can you keep a secret? Well, Smiggins told me in confidence that – ” Noah Nuff – “Hold on! Can you keep a secret?” “I? Why, yes; certainly.” “Then you’d better do so.” Very Sharp Teacher – “Now,...
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