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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1901
Page
5
A collage of humorous lines and exchanges from periodicals includes a golf joke about a man letting his partner win, a mask complaint from an automobilist, a ruse de guerre about avoiding meetings, and witty banter on divorce, faith cures, and fashion.
A collage of one liner jokes and brief exchanges from papers like the Boston Transcript Detroit Free Press Philadelphia Record Chicago Tribune and Glasgow Evening Times. Critics remark on humor about marriage money fear and dawn reflections.
Frank Stanton's Billville Banner notes candidates for mayor face a swiching party requirement to gain black type in major newspapers. The quirky obstacle highlights local political news and media access in Billville.
The Atlanta Constitution, New Orleans Times Democrat, Chicago Tribune and Baltimore American echo cheerful verses about roses in December and bloom in winter. Poets celebrate happiness, sun and rain, and local flavors from Luzeanner to Maryland scenes with festive, upbeat tone.
A society woman enters a broker’s office in silk and diamonds claiming to buy only the best stock. She rejects common stock, insisting on metal shares like steel, and storms out in virtuous indignation after the broker suggests a modest option.
A returning English soldier recalls billeting in Dunedin where a middle aged couple run a prohibition home. After tea the father offers a nip from a hidden bottle but the guest refuses, noting the household’s strict no drink policy. The anecdote highlights attitudes toward temperance during the wartime visit.
The piece recounts social contrasts and humor from a family visit and a broader digression on Henry Watterson. It describes a wife’s sly hospitality, a young man visiting a workshop, and the rising moneyed class while detailing two famous Watterson episodes of indulgent eating and public bravado in Louisville.
A witty exchange defines the golfing spine as the backache the old man once bore after plowing, with Cynicus framing the term as a humorous label for weariness. The quip contrasts modern golfing strain with traditional farm labor aches in a light, period tone.
Dialogue hints at a reserved speaker Oscar and a close companion. The line conveys a gentle, intimate moment about pleasure and care, implying a private, affectionate exchange.
A Georgia man seeking divine aid at dusk prays in a field. He hears wings, races home, and hides under the bed as his wife alarmed by knocking at the door assumes angels seek him. He confesses he lacks wings and cannot fly, staying behind the keyhole with fear.
A Vanity Fair account recalls an imperial forces member visiting Wynberg hospital where he found two Tommies from Vauxhall convalescing. When asked what ailed them they replied the home bill deemed them fit, yet they were mortally ill. Each man had a bed card reading congenital heart disease.
In a Washington B8tar excerpt the author notes disappointment not only from condemning reviews but from the mild, mean tone of the denunciations. The critic’s attack fails to draw attention due to its tepid, restrained language.
Senator William Mason recalls a Chicago post office veteran James McGrath who was injured by a street car. The ensuing lawsuit took time to settle and ended with the street car company paying McGrath $2,000 in settlement.
A senator quips that a cigar is his fee for work for McGrath. The moment shifts from money talk to a light exchange as the captain lends a cigar and Mason lights up, with the senator discussing Illinois affairs.
An evening gathering in Southampton features a young woman who sings with a fine natural voice but her words are misread due to muffled singing. A witty guest mocks her, guessing Mendelssohn wrote a famous song without words, provoking the subject’s cool reaction.
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