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Newspaper
Attica Ledger Press
Location
Attica, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
7
A passenger protests exiting on the opposite side of a streetcar platform. The conductor refuses, urging safe boarding while bystanders request patience as the scene unfolds amid Harpers Magazine tone.
A reporter seeks a photo while a party questions public interest in an impending divorce. The exchange notes how press coverage once led to a new husband, illustrating media power over personal life.
The editor used a small, unassuming individual as an official bouncer to eject poets from his office. The act was insulting and notable for the contrast between the tiny man and the power he represented.
A colored man arrested for stealing chickens before a magistrate is asked for his name and replies Hennery. The exchange is recorded as the case moves through the local justice process.
A dialogue excerpt shows Jennie arguing a man’s soft spot is not in his heart but in his head. She challenges the idea that affection governs action, suggesting rational thinking directs feeling. The characters discuss affection and reasoning in a brief, witty exchange.
In Hrindlesburg residents debate progress and tradition with lingering old-fashioned views. Some locals deride new ideas as devilish innovations while others defend reform and open-minded discussion.
A playful exchange features a man who reads constantly yet cannot name Dickens. Another quips that his reading is to read gas meters, highlighting humorous ignorance about authors versus practical tasks.
A comic tale follows O Toole entering a shop offering a multilingual parrot for sale. He buys the bird for one dollar believing a bargain, but returns home to find the parrot only partly convincing and the language claim exposed as a joke.
A light exchange follows between a poor man and a drinking man about adulteration of beverages. The man defends larger drinks to ensure he receives the genuine article.
A city visitor mocks a country preacher as chasing money rather than vegetables or national causes. The country pastor replies that the preacher preaches for money, not for the public good, in a brief Puck style exchange.
A plan to boost sales through straight talk is unveiled. The firm has hired J Babbleton Swope, acclaimed fiction writer, as its new advertising man to lead this frank publicity push.
In a crowded train car a passenger jokes about a fellow traveler claiming he has no idea why the journey is five hours late. The banter highlights the mystery and humor of rail travel disruption.
A humorous exchange mocks Gribble as a chronic pessimist. He greets spring with optimism, then grimly predicts both will be plagued by flies again, highlighting a clash between mood and season in playful banter.
The article advises using wide veiling with ample material even on small hats. It suggests elastic cording through the veil to fit the crown, avoiding brim pins. Fullness should be spread around the crown, with edges tucked at the nape and drawn up under the crown elastic for a neat, secure look.
Fragmentary verses note power to elevate from flowers to joy. A Nameless speaker, quoting William Wordsworth, contemplates happiness in daily reverie and gratitude, with archaic spellings and mispunctuation suggesting a damaged archival text.
A list of economical meat dishes shows ways to stretch meat by adding vegetables grains and sauces. Veal with spaghettilike noodles uses small veal pieces onions salt red pepper sugar and canned tomatoes to create a filling dish. Mutton carrots and pork sausage can be cooked similarly. Also included are recipes for sauerkraut with rice beef Cheppe brown sauce and a curry seasoned Oriental Stew. Surprise biscuits with beef gravy provide a complete hot supper option.
A terse dialogue shows two men trading quips about anger and bravado. One asks what to do if a man curses him to go to thunder, the other replies that he would depart at lightning speed if faced with a bigger man.
Harper's Bazar discusses hosting a Chinese tea party in America. It describes simple menus and elegant presentation using Chinese decorations, lanterns, incense bowls, and Chinese roses to create an Oriental ambiance in a home setting.
A brusque young physician tells a dirt stained mother and infant that the child suffers from hydropathic hydrophobia. He quips wash its face and the disease will come off with the dirt while the mother protests. The remark ends the consultation amid confusion.
A Captain Druid and his wife hosted with a gray parrot as a pet. The bird, kept from the breakfast room during prayers, unexpectedly joined in as the Lord's Prayer neared its end, calling out loudly.
A vignette recounts Charles Kingsley as a devoted tobacco user. A.C. Benson recalls Kingsley admitting a fondness for smoking despite disapproval, once improvising smoke breaks with a pipe from a furze bush and storing pipes around the parish for sudden cravings.
A man who died in New England long ago left behind a vivid, yet sad, tale. For forty years he longed to fish but never found time or a nearby spot. He hid a fine rod and books on angling, perhaps fearing laughter or keeping treasures to himself. His unfulfilled wish mirrors a peasant’s lifelong longing for Carcassone.
Fashion experts predict a colorful coming season with daring hues from hats to shoes and stockings. shoppers note blue will remain common though not as dominant, as women seek change while maintaining practical blue suits.
A caller to a small Orange County hardware store explained he bought a dollar alarm clock set for 5 AM and discovered he did not need to wake then. He asked the proprietor how to unalarm the clock, causing a humorous miscue in a local shop.
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