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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1907
Page
6
Kitty and I debate truth in romance and marriage, exploring whether honesty should dominate early or fade behind affection. We joke about the pitfalls of flawless candor, noting that partners often prefer flattering falsehoods to brutal realities. The piece unfolds with playful banter and sharp insights into love, deception, and compatibility.
A negro named Lewis caught a fat opossum at the rear of the post office on Wednesday morning. The town’s eyes say there are opossums in eastern Nico, but residents and officers know the real chicken thief is the neighbor’s enemy who could not find the possum to steal with his sweet potatoes.
A rural church has been without a pastor for eighteen months amid a flood of candidate letters. Various prospects failed to satisfy the congregation’s expectations, from dress and voice to scholastic claims. After testing many, they finally invited Dr. Shallow Splurge, whose sermon style pleased some yet failed to secure broad support, leaving the church to seek a shepherd who can both please sinners and fill the pews.
Henry Ronald Douglass MacIver a veteran of eighteen campaigns and a famed adventurer, died in his New York home on Monday. Born in 1841 near the Virginia coast, he served from India to Garibaldi, the Civil War, Maximilian’s Mexico, and more, surviving duels, assassins’ plots, and capture by Indians. His life bridged many wars from Cuba to Greece to Spain, ending after years of residence in New York.
The Promethe Mexican Herald notes the sombrero’s decline among Mexico City’s upper and middle classes as brick derbies and bowler hats rise. It laments loss of traditional garb like mantilla and sevillana, highlights Panama hats increasing in popularity, and contrasts tropical sun protection with foreign fashion.
A famed lower Broadway figure known for twenty years as a garter seller and covert bank detector has vanished. The man, longtime fixture on Park Row and Broadway, used an electric surveillance system and hidden doors to trap thieves and protect a major bank. Now promoted inside, he controls a vast safety apparatus to prevent escapes and alert staff.
A tale recounts Mrs. Social Stuyver who buys a cheap coat of arms and stamps it on every item from the sugar bowl to the butter. She grows fond of the emblem until a remark sparks a switch to a pricier design, revealing a comic shift in vanity and preference.
The piece reimagines Paul Revere's Ride with a humorous folk tone. It adds the line about the faithful horse and parodies stanza structure while inserting exaggerated modern phrases. An ad segment for Dr Shoop's Magic Ointment appears amid the verse.
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