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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1902
Page
6
In a vignette of social whimsy Grace and Bertha discuss a broken engagement with Mr. Stebbins as loyalty tests and love misreadings surface. The tale reflects flirtatious misunderstandings and a spirited, comic tone. In a separate quip a tavern keeper plans to modify a sign to read Accommodation for man and automobile.
A youth fails to whistle during a test but the merchant spots potential. He is told to hang up his hat and is praised as the boy they have been seeking for a future.
Benham comments on the biblical parable of the ten virgins. He notes the ratio of foolish to wise women seems unexpectedly small. Mrs Benham asks what is troubling him. He remarks the proportion of fools among women he has known is too low.
A man recounts mistaking a trust magnate for a friend and slapping him on the back. The magnate replies with cool irony, and the tale ends with Charcoal Eph’s Daily Thought about people waiting on the doorstep for calamities to unfold.
A brief exchange notes that illusion is the pleasant self fancies we hold, while delusion is the foolish notions others have about themselves, contrasting two psychological concepts in a concise quip.
The speaker muses that a darling little angel loves him and shares her troubles with confidence. A later narrator laments constant tales about servants and tradespeople from morning until night, describing a life filled with noise and chatter.
A sharp quip follows a discussion on higher criticism. One man questions if EH. Z. Life will act on penitence, while another expert retorts that the meaning is more about broadcloth and cigar ashes than true penance.
In a Rialto scene an inquisitive person questions a red faced young man about ghosts. He says he once believed but after long absence from sight he grows weighty skeptical and doubtful of phantom appearances.
A fragmented vignette quotes Hewitt asserting he is a public benefactor by saving men from disgrace. A Western Barkeeper, puzzled by a commission, asks about a “stick” in lemonade, which the Proprietor clarifies as wood alcohol. The piece also teases a quip about loved ones and political harmony in a stylized Punch-like exchange.
Mark Twain, visiting Egypt, arranged to meet a friend at a pyramid site. His two guides, aged Arabs, led him to the spot. He complained that despite knowing some Arabic he could not understand them. “You should have hired younger men,” he quipped. These toothless elders spoke only gum Arabic.
A dialog fragment shows Mr Tiereni declaring opposition to intoxicating liquors as beverages yet praising whisky as a life saver. Miss Cutting counters that the claim does not prove any human benefit. The exchange reflects a debate tone on alcohol use.
A Philadelphia Record item reports a tense exchange over blame in a social incident labeled Caustique. The report notes a woman’s comment about never being deceived and a counter question about who fooled whom, illustrating a sharp public dispute and reputational stakes within local circles.
A fragment shows dialogue about a man who slurs cities Boston Chicago Brooklyn Philadelphia and Hoboken. The speaker notes the man tries to appear as a New Yorker, raising questions about his true identity or allegiance.
In a playful exchange a comedian teases a pretty singer waiting for the encore. She counters with humor noting she has wings on both sides, turning the moment into a lighthearted banter between performers.
Washington July 5 The president declared restoration of peace in the Philippine archipelago and placed the islands under civil control, issuing amnesty to rebels. Secretary Root relieves General Chaffee of duty, with a general army order praising the work in Cuba and the Philippines. The amnesty proclamations promise clemency to those who resisted, with exceptions for certain crimes and a pledge to administer justice under civil authority.
National holiday observed in Manila with a flag draped stand parade of six thousand Americans and Filipinos. Amnesty announced by Secretary to the Governor Patt freed about six hundred prisoners and many military detainees. exiles expected to return on a special steamer amid full American flag observance.
Hamlin Garland denounces heroines of English and early American novels as insipid in a University of Chicago lecture. He says true novels mirror common everyday life and that love songs are less central than daily realities. He praises William Dean Howells as a foremost American prose writer.
Miss Vining, a Boston suffragist active in Massachusetts women's clubs, says she was shocked by the lax manners of Eastern society. In an interview she cites young women under 18 drinking whisky cocktails before lunch and the prevalence of profanity among Boston social circles.
A Servian government scheme offered two thousand dinars to young couples on wedding day to promote marriage. Many rushed to wed then quickly sought divorce once funds were spent. The plan did not boost population, so the premium was withdrawn.
Sir Eewin Avroold received extensive birthday congratulations on June 10 as he marked seventy years. A rare Newdigate prize winner, he earned enduring fame as a poet and has spent forty years shaping the London Daily Telegraph editorial voice to which he still contributes.
Hugh John Grant, prominent in Tammany leadership, born in New York City and a Columbia Law School graduate, built an early political career as alderman in 1883 but faced defeat running for mayor.
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