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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1907
Page
2
A collage of satirical notes mocks leaders and press coverage from around the world. It jokes about King Leopold successors Congo affairs Russia Japan and Canada New France and laments transportation growth and wealth inequality while noting Churchill Rockefeller and William II as targets for light critique. The item blends humor with political commentary reflecting a newspaper readers’ taste for wry global irony.
The article argues most fortunes rise from humble beginnings, not inherited privilege, praising self denial and effort as essential to character. It cites public opposition kao against a UK soap trust as proof that popular will can defeat large combines, and recounts a daring theft countered by mail in a lodge treasurer tale. It also surveys pearl origins, presenting three hypotheses and Seurat’s parasite theory as common thread across oyster species.
A woman whose inventive brain gave the ice cream freezer to delighted humanity died recently in Philadelphia at an advanced age. The inventor was Mrs Nancy M. Johnson, and her device was patented to 19213.
Paris police dogs play a vital role in the Life Saving Corps training. Newfoundlands join the police staff periodically, training at the plongeurs headquarters near Notre Dame. Dogs mimic rescues using dummies, displaying keen intelligence and often performing without human help. Training lasts about four months and dogs also guard their masters against violent attackers using the riverbank arches.
A late hour huckster in Jersey Long Island trade sold one remaining cabbage for a nickel to a housewife, then sold the same head to a second buyer for ten cents claiming it was fresh and finest. A wry twist ends with the seller turning the dime to the first customer and remarking on profit.
In a Philadelphia Press excerpt Peckham quips about a photographer who urged his wife to “Look! Pleasant, now. Be natural,” calling the man’s talk some of the most nonsensical. The remark frames humor around a family graft metaphor.
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