"To be or not to be; that is not the question for Tom."  From Henderson State University's 1975 yearbook.

From Northeastern's 1927 yearbook.

Q: "Shall we have to recoil before a deluge of foreign-made goods?"  (Colliers, 1916)

A: Yes.  Note how the artist didn't predict that said goods would come from Asia.  He figured it would be Europe (mostly France and Germany), with the occasional crate from Russia.

"Where does discontent come from?" (Nation's Business, 1946)

The longest answer we found said: "Discontent comes from desire for reward for the works done, from selfish ambition, from covetousness, from love of men's praise, from dependence upon earthly prosperity, from absence of religious ideals, from failure of the good of charity in the heart" (New-Church Messenger, 1909)

The shorest answer we found said: "Discontent comes from the imagination" (Thought, from the Learned Societies of Canada, 1961)

This book ends happy that it won't have to be weighed for postage, wondering how many stamps it would demand.  By our calculation, the book would weigh 1.1 pounds.  For a flat rate box with 2-day shipping, the book would require 37 first class stamps.

From I Forgot by Mrs. Frederick Field, 1888.

Q: "Do you remember?" -- a chapter in The Land Where the Sunsets Go (Orville Henry Leonard, 1917). 

A: "I Forgot" (Mrs. Frederick Field, 1888).

From Fliegende Blätter, 1936.  Is there special meaning in this for you?   See Divination by Punctuation.

Whence, What, Where? by James R. Nichols, 1882.

Eight question marks and a skull — the cover of a set of John Dickson Carr mystery novels.

How long is a jiffy?  "A little longer than it takes to define it, but just long enough to prepare [instant cocoa]."  This ad lies just as all ads do -- it says that the hot cocoa requires "no boiling," yet the chocolate is added to boiling water.  So there's no boiling, except for the boiling.  It's despicable, but such is the world of advertising.  From Judge's Library, 1896.

From Grip, 1888.

"When Mr. McDonald wasn't dancing."  From Long Lines magazine, 1921.

From Ambition magazine, 1911.

Q: "Is tobacco hurting you?"  From Popular Mechanics, 1930.

A: "Tobacco is hurting you."  From Popular Mechanics, 1921.

"There is a splendid statement in one of Herzog's films.  The main character asks himself a question and then says, Who will answer this answer?  Actually, there is no question, answers are all one ever answers.  To the answer already contained in a question (cross-examination, competition, plebiscite, etc.) one should respond with questions from another answer.  One should bring forth the order-word of the order-word.  In the order-word, life must answer the answer of death, not by fleeing, but by making flight act and create.  There are pass-words beneath order-words.  Words that pass, words that are components of passage, whereas order-words mark stoppages or organized, stratified compositions.  A single thing or word undoubtedly had this twofold nature: it is necessary to extract one from the other—to transform the compositions of order into components of passage."  —Deleuze and Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus

Q: "I wonder if the rabbit visits anyone in Cal?"

A: Not without a license: "It is illegal in California for anyone to possess eggs ... without a license" (California Farmer, Vol. 274), possibly because "The urge to find and possess eggs has driven men to distant and dangerous places" (Joseph Kastner, A World of Watchers).