Apparently, cannibals are born, not made.  "Sometimes, Bill, I sorta wish I'd a been born a cannibal."  From The Judge, 1922.

From Le Rire, 1902.

From The Castle of Grumpy Grouch by Mary Dickerson Donahe, 1908.

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"Excitation of firmness," from The Illustrated Practical Mesmerist by William Davey, 1854.

From Hunter College's Wistarion yearbook, 1913.   See How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

"The dragon's story.  (Guaranteed strictly untrue.)"  From Imaginotions: Truthless Tales by Tudor Jenks, 1894.

The Sphinx, 1932.

From Jugend, 1913.

Here's a precursor to Arrested Development's "Mommy, What Will I Look Like?" photo-aging service for parents who wish to see what their children will look like in 50 years.  From Le Journal Amusant, 1921.

Previously, we proved how Arrested Development is the grandest dirty joke in all of history.

Ultra-reclining seats.  From The Judge, 1916.

"I once attended a convention of vaudevillians and nightclub performers.... It was nonsense atop nonsense. Though the members constantly referred to Roberts' Rules of Order, they seldom followed or even understood them. If a member got the floor by claiming a point of privilege--whatever that meant--another actor-member, well aware of theatrical billing precedence, would call for special privilege, and another would claim extra special privilege." --Bill Smith, The Vaudevillians