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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1902
Page
3
The piece argues the quick light midday meal keeps American professionals alert and productive, contrasting with European dining habits that allegedly cause lethargy. It notes experts see Americans drifting toward a lighter lunch and heavier evening meal, suggesting the quick noon bite may aid efficiency rather than hinder digestion.
Washington Times notes Heron of Alexandria described a flat automobile moving shrine using a drum rope and weighted lead to pull a cord. The device moved in a straight line or circular path by wheel arrangement, predating modern slot machine patents and illustrating the saying nothing is new under the sun.
A Chicago Tribune item describes a grocer presenting a six month overdue bill to a customer. The grocer insists the charges are exact and verifiable, while the customer questions the total before writing a check for roughly half the expected amount.
A humorous exchange from the Catholic Standard and Times features a doctor advising a patient to get used to Elgar after meals and the patient joking about giving up meals to avoid the elgar. The punchline plays on the patient’s mishearing and persistence in resisting the instruction.
Tests measured decay length for fifteen woods buried underground. Dirch and aspen decayed in three years. willow and buckeye in four. maple and red beech in five. elm and ash in seven. larch, tu pipes, and arbor yellow in eight years. Doctor-You seem very anxious not to get lockjaw. Patent-Well, you ae, I couldn't get back at the old woman.
An Indian trick uses a flexible stick with a bone needle baited by corn grains to trap ducks that swallow the needle. The passage also notes Cape Cod fishermen using cod liver chunks as bait on lines to attract seabirds for capture and processing.
A peacock dish described as the most gorgeous on the Christmas board was prepared by skinning and preserving the feathers, stuffing the fowl with delicacies, roasting, and finally reseating it in the skin with gilded beak. The royal serving appeared as trumpets blared and revelers applauded.
Mrs De Style laments missing today’s sermon about the idolization of fashion. Mr De Style quips about tight finances after paying for Sunday wardrobe, sparking Mrs De Style’s blush at the sermon’s topic from New York Weekly.
The temperance advocate asks what brings the visitor to the prison. The prisoner replies I am a wife beater and the jailer notes another case of Sek'er with quiet humor, reflecting a grim but plain exchange from the Philadelphia Record.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat summary notes the rise of comprehensive secondhand shops beyond furniture. Buyers chase the latest styles, driving turnover as old items are replaced by newer goods across utilities and ornaments, turning junkshops into up to date secondhand houses.
The Philadelphia Record recounts how novelist Frank Stockton failed to publish poems with Canadian periodicals. To prove editors failed to recognize poetry, he and his brother John sent Milton’s ode to an editor, who sent back a check and thanks, joking that the editor knew poetry after all.
A fragment cites Uncle Jerry praising the shovel fish of South America as highly accommodating. It notes the nine snout shovel shape and that the fish may jump onto the bank to dig bait for catching.
Curio about letters by William Weeks a Harvard graduate and Continental Army officer preserved in the ink yard library reveals home pride and military service. Valley Forge letters describe dinners with General Sullivan and General Washington while pondering pay and a future degree amid revolutionary hardships.
The Chicago Tribune notes a ten year span as typical for rank and file actors before attrition or shift to other fields. It argues few ordinary performers rise, most either gain distinction or leave the stage, and that the idea once an actor always an actor is false.
The King and Queen praised Sousa after he played Hands Across the Sea Capitan King Cotton and Star Spangled Banner for an audience that included the Prince of Wales. The monarch pinned a medal on Sousa and the Queen invited a march dedication. The royal party left near 1 a.m. amid high praise for American music.
Eskimo mourning customs are described with emphasis on death superstitions. The text notes practices of moving a dying person to an abandoned hut for survival without food or care, and after the death of a spouse a survivor cuts the front hair short and fasts for twenty two days.
A collection of quips and short anecdotes from late 19th century humor pages. Items include sharp lines about romance and society, a joke about dramatic clubs, a witticism on powder and light, and a tale about a failing soapbox show. The piece closes with the legend of the “poor sinner's bell” and its tragic origin.
A string of historical vignettes on royal superstition and personal foibles. James I, Napoleon, Frederick the Great, Marlborough and Churchill are cited as superstitious, with references to Catherine de Medici progeny and Cromwell. The piece blends satire with literary allusion and a mock dialogue from a newspaper page.
In a lighthearted piece readers note parishioners at a service where devotion to hats dominates. The Banter Sermon features Brooklyn Lisa and witty exchanges about bonnets, ages, and fashion, with amused comments on church hats and social chatter.
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