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New York Tribune, New York, November 12, 1905
Commercial Traveller - What have you got, waiter?
Waiter - Sheep’s head, calf’s liver and pig’s feet.
Commercial Traveller - Great Scott! I don’t want to know about your physical deformities; I want something to eat.
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The Evening Review, East Liverpool, Ohio, June 13, 1945
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Bismarck Tribune, North Dakota, January 11, 1884
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The Richmond Item, Indiana, October 25, 1915
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The Winnipeg Tribune, Manitoba, June 24, 1918
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The Appeal, Saint Paul, Minnesota, November 8, 1902
Don’ts for American waiters
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Boston Post, Massachusetts, March 3, 1921
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, December 9, 1900
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The Pittsburgh Press, Pennsylvania, March 25, 1912
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, April 24, 1910
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The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio, June 10, 1922
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, February 11, 1895
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, October 11, 1896
The room that you enter is vault-like and filled with coffins.
The undertaker-waiters call out in sad tones: “Welcome to death,” and “Choose your coffin.”
Having chosen your coffin and ordered your poison (probably beer), the waiter brings it to you, repeating some such formula as:
“Here is something to finish you off - a drink made from microbes and grave worms.”
All around you hear the undertaker-waiters repeating their dreadful phrases: “Welcome to death.” “Here is something to poison you.” “The dead cannot laugh.” “This will make you rot quickly.”
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, September 13, 1907
I don’t think that’s his name..
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Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society, New York, May 23, 1925
