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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1914
Page
9
A 1914 mock version of America is presented at a New York suffragists meeting. The verse cheekily challenges male liberty and vows to grab wealth and power while maintaining a light tone. The piece is followed by weather quips and playful lines about heat and straw dag dealers.
A humorous note pairs Rosalind with Orlando in As You Like It as a woman in an insurance office jokes about insuring her house for a thousand dollars. The agent explains the process while a warming summer line follows, reflecting on upcoming heat.
A long serving African American waiter Mose at a downtown New York restaurant recounts leaving for a higher paying country home position. He returns, explaining his aim to rejoin public life and the restaurant, despite better pay and easier work elsewhere.
A hotel parlor scene sees a pianist miss several selections while guests discuss music. An elderly lady, Mrs Hiscomb, recalls Mozart's Twelfth Mass and her husband who served through the war in that regiment, prompting a vivid hometown memory.
A quoted remark describes a painter who calls his bare canvas a masterwork of the impressionist school. He claims the scene depicts the passage of the Israelites through the Red Sea. The punchline notes the sea and Israelites as hidden or arriving, portraying a dry joke about his art.
A light feature from Atlanta dated Sunday June, 1914 highlights a character or situation labeled as not being the fall guy. The piece notes local tone and editor emphasis in a traditional newspaper style.
James Peters shares humorous observations on Brazilian wildlife and natives. He notes many nuts inhabit the jungle, man eating fish with reluctance to bite, and jaguars that drink little water yet boast spotted skins. The piece ends with a light remark about Brazil being a great country.
A Connecticut wife petitions for separation alleging cruelty by her husband. The outrageous list of alleged abuses includes beating the car pet with a heavy broomhandle and other bizarre acts around the house and farm. The strange case cites repeated rough treatment and disruptive behavior.
A humorous roundup offers quirky tips such as breaking glasses yourself to avoid breakage by servants and tying a ball and chain to a fire to keep it from harming the home. It suggests unscrambling leftover eggs back into shells and notes cold ice cream as a refreshing summer dessert.
A composite item presents two playful poems and a health tip. The first poem laments extreme heat and a lack of cooling. The second poem celebrates strawberry shortcake as a seasonal treat. The weekly health hint warns against attempting to outswim a man eating fish.
A humorous collection of playful aphorisms about summer behavior and weather. The tips joke about packing ice, beating eggs, golf club file swats, and quirky month notes. It ends by noting that only asparagus tips attract attention.
A playful reminiscence surveys linguistic quirks and odd comparisons. It samples phrases about the River of Doubt catnip and misnomers, noting riddle like contrasts, unusual animal behavior, and a trivia style contrast about the Woolworth Building’s height.
A reader laments a silent parrot after buying it for peace at home while his wife talks endlessly. The letter contrasts his desire for quiet with domestic noise and humorously ends with a quip from a trapper about fleeing a grizzly bear.
A clergyman boasts to an archbishop about a providential incident after his aunt misses a train. He claims the delayed cab caused the crash that followed, sparking the archbishop to reply that he did not know the aunt.
Charlie Breeze recounts a comic Mexico visit for City Life editor to assess the “Mexican situation.” He jokes about Wilson, biased views, and a bogus civilian army plan, notes on Mexican soldiers’ coats, and unsafe rations, concluding with a tongue in cheek call to Congress to give troops a place to sit.
A humorous paragraph catalogues everyday scenes from a postman to a suffragette as signs of what people are doing or feeling. The piece mocks social behavior with comic interpretations of common sights and objects.
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