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Newspaper

Austin Daily Herald

Location

Austin, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Nov 21, 1908

Page

7

Thanksgiving clothiers and concert notes mixed in town

Local readers learn Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes are valued as a community good. The column weaves a Thanksgiving plea with letters from Von Bulow and Sarasate praising musical performances, noting a Brahms conference and private concert details.

von Bulow Sarasate Von Iaibe France Otto Goldschmidt Bulow Johannes Brahms

He Preferred Mules and a Chuckling Senator Magee

A Philadelphia Press anecdote portrays Senator Christopher Magee fond of his Pittsburg Times. He jokes about missing a railway wreck scoop and quips that his paper will be retrieved by males rather than men.

Christopher Magee Pittsburg Times the Times Times Fourth Avenue

Vanity of Men in Tea Room Bee Debate

In a women's club gathering over tea and cigarettes, speakers mocked male vanity citing bees as example. The group recalls king bee legends from Pliny and Shakespeare and notes historical denials of female rulers in hive society.

Pliny Moses Rusden Charles II Shakespeare New Orleans Times-Democrat

Uncle Joe Cannon comment on casualties in political fight

In Illinois, Speaker Cannon faces opposition tactics as friends of Uncle Joe are dismissed from public service. A supporter asks how to respond to Smith and Jones losing posts and Uncle Joe replies that battle brings dead and wounded.

Cannon Illinols Uncle Joe Joe Smith Jones

Precaution and modest plans in a humorous exchange

A father advises his son to avoid being too attentive to his daughter to keep funds for marriage. The dialogue turns witty as the young man contemplates marriage, while other snippets show a housewife dismissing help and Beefsteak Ben dealing with a bulldog.

Liverpool Mercury Beefsteak Ben

The Milkman Breaks Into an Exchange

A milkman fumes at a customer accusing his milk as defective. the customer replies with a witty line saying the milk can is a picture a fine water color. The exchange ends with the humorous remark.

The Poet Is Born Not Made Says Proverb

Restless exchange about a cook's passing and whether she will stay, with a quip that the poet is born not made. Bridget is noted as hard to please, reflecting a comic traveler’s humor in travel writing.

Bridget Boston

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Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Schaffner & Marx W. D. Bassler Ent
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