The St. Louis Post DIspatch from the 1910's does seem especially funny. Do you know if there was a particular editor or something responsible for that?
I agree! I have no idea why they’re so funny, I’ve tried to figure out who the chief editor was but I haven’t had much luck yet!
I really do try to get away from the St Louis Post-Dispatch, but even when I do a site-wide search for something (there’s 4600 newspapers on this website for goodness sake!), they’re in the top results with something crazy that I can’t help posting..