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Newspaper
Attica Ledger Press
Location
Attica, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
14
Pedro and his brother plan to witness a grand Christmas Eve service at the city church while the bells have not rung for years. Pedro stays behind to help a freezing poor woman outside the wall, giving his offering and hoping the Madonna-like figure will be cared for, sacrificing his own chance to see the celebration.
A humorous exchange features Mr. Dropline supporting a half cent while proposing holes in the coins to serve as sinkers, turning a fiscal question into a practical joke about utility. The banter highlights local wit and civic humor.
A conservative column notes a woman described as a girl by the newspaper is stated to be thirty. The piece questions whether she remains a girl at that age while acknowledging she is clearly mature.
A brief dialogue fragment contrasts a distant cottage with the burden of supporting a rich relation and the strain of a poor relation in a pointed exchange.
A newlywed couple recalls their first embrace on their honeymoon. He quips he felt time wasted in preliminaries, and she answers he will never forget. The exchange captures playful intimacy between partners.
In a tale of Eleanore and George Davidson their love is tested by clashing desires for city life and country tranquility. After a painful farewell she travels, tutors in a church rectory, and discovers quiet happiness while sharing nature with local children. Later, in a Christmas setting, a reunion on a churchyard leads to a renewed plan to live together in the country near town.
Two Indiana candidates for congress recall a Latin phrase as Vox populi, vox Dei. A bet of ten dollars hinges on translation. William boldly translates to My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, leaving Tom to hand over the money with mixed awe and regret.
A rich widower asks if a woman can prepare for a long journey next Thursday. She questions the type of trip and whether she would travel alone, noting Paris has many more women than men and a lonely man might seek companionship. The excerpt includes garbled dialogue about cars and a brusque line about a woman’s figure.
A quoted dialogue reveals a confusion over James's status. The speaker asserts James has steady employment in his business, while another says he actually has no walk in life and is merely a chauffeur.
The exchange features Senator Sorghum criticizing public taste for novelty and self contradiction. Two humorists spar over plans for planting flowers, with one accusing the other of being daffodilatory and the other retorting about weather and invariable customs.
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