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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
8
A humorous note on dieting's grip in England prompts hostesses to declare independence from dieting guests. The piece lampoons food worship and service staff revolts over catering to carnivorous, omnivorous, and frugal diners, with fictional exchanges from Tit-Bits.
The leading man from last week's show is married and has left the company. An advertisement in the dramatic paper announces he is “at liberty” now, prompting questions about his marital status and availability.
The article reviews wild silk from Antherma parnyli in Manchuria and its 15,000,000 cocoon annual output, the river barrier effect on squirrel races in Borneo, and includes notes on oxalic acid ink stain removal, water power projects near Bombay, autobusses in western France, shifting desert dunes in Peru, Philippine forest exploitation, and a comic exchange about dental and marriage quips.
Dr William H Thompson described a well known businessman who seven years earlier lost speech yet remained mentally acute and numerate. He could not read or speak but managed vast affairs through arithmetic insight. A misread word in his will prompted instant rebuke to his lawyer, and a certificate of competence helped his estate before his death.
A mosaic of statements covers cotton consumption in New York, royal adornments, Manhattan cost of daily injuries, Notodden’s Chile saltpeter output, immigrant refusals at New York, rare natural history anecdotes, knighthood records, corn and peanut crop data, West Point leadership, and Indigenous language ties. It also includes a Philadelphia Ledger quip about a bride’s cheek endorsement and social reflections.
A chaotic montage of quips and jokes from various papers illustrates slice‑of‑life humor, with lines on illness, marriage, money, editors, and social norms. Notable bits reference doctors, chauffeurs, telephones, obituaries, and twins, capturing the era’s playful banter and newspaper culture.
The piece notes famed misattributions such as Louis XVI’s supposed confession and Cambronne’s defiant remark at Waterloo. It argues many famous lines like Providence favors the stronger side originate with ancients or later writers, and that historians repeatedly erred, with old errors resurfacing over time.
A man brought before a magistrate in a London case faced charges of unbecoming and hilarious conduct. He muttered about “doing as the Romans do” as his defense. The magistrate deemed the remark insufficient and ordered him to pay seven shillings sixpence.
The crowd exchanges jests about a conceited Reberndoirt, a tow car incident, and a makeshift derrick. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup is praised for teething relief while Miss Homer from Boston draws attention as an intellectual guest. A hostess jokes about the Shakespeare Bacon controversy linking poetry to the meat market.
Fragmentary passage mentions nervousness and a Dr Jina bottle while a guard and interviewer debate detecting danger. The scene hints at enemy scent and entry by gasoline automobiles, but reads as incomplete dialog with scattered phrases and names.
A fragment discusses a figure named Pat-O achieving shorter hours last week with Mike-An and Pat-Faith. It notes ongoing nonwork and references a brochure from a Breach pamphlet called brocher, describing stitching in a small stitched book.
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