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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1914
Page
21
A fragmentary verse tale mocks a lawyer who billed a dying man and claimed true success is making failures pay. It also shows a reception chairman offering tours of industrial sites ending with a risk filled trip to a race track with automobile motorcycle and plane races and likely accidents.
The Bagdad line will link Europe with Syria Palestine and Mesopotamia, carrying travelers from Paris Berlin or Vienna to Damascus and on to Mosul and Babylon. German engineers and Turkish sanction drive the project, with progress noted over recent years. The piece also surveys Wisconsin county schools for agriculture and domestic economy, their aims, and the shift from farm to factory life, highlighting rural education efforts and practical farming training.
A street vignette features a passerby dialogue with Mr. Smith about a counterfeit half dollar and playful exchanges. A clothing-store offer follows, suggesting a suit purchase. The scene ends with a humorous marriage proposal banter between two men.
A woman speaks of relief after divorce and plans to announce engagement to her next husband. She notes relief that her forthcoming marriage will be proper now that she is free from Henry.
A fragmentary quotation discusses insurance policy and marital tension. The speaker notes his wife’s anger when money is taken from policy funds and jokes about her belief that umbrellas guarantee no rain. The text reflects domestic humor and miscommunication themes.
A fragmentary dialogue captures a child asking if a miracle occurred and a parent replying yes. The scene centers on a mistaken umbrella switch involving Osee Amas and the exchange hints at a small, hopeful event amid everyday life.
A fragment notes a local event involving Sanewee Oat Tompelieg and an owed amount. Details are unclear, but the item references a financial matter connected to a community figure. Further readable context is not available.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a sweet reply about empties and a mystery interaction. The lines pair a gentle question with a mirrored, rhythmic answer, suggesting a domestic scene or stage moment. No clear names or places are present.
John Gibbons, night engineer at polite headquarters, found his midnight lunch stolen by three large rats. The rodents used a clever ruse, leering at him and wiping evidence from his whiskers before retreating into their holes.
Joseph James Hughes filed suit in the New York Supreme Court against the Department of Central Park West seeking $2925 for board costs. Hughes states his weekly pay is $26 and that his board bill totals $2929, with Bowich agreeing to cover part of the bill. He asserts additional charges are due.
A fragment from a Washington report notes women’s clothes described as pretty and sensible in today’s sale led by a seller named David Hous. The item highlights a shop horizon where apparel appeals to taste and practicality.
The town near Peroune, near auileus, earned the Legion of Honor for its defenders. Governor Heiour oel held out against siege by forces of Nassau during the Franco-Prussian era. The siege caused starvation, church bells melted, and bank silver hammered into ingots. Three thousand soldiers and civilians were taken prisoner amid heavy destruction. The episode is tied to Petesee’s siege and the overall war record.
A well known suburban businessman, usually home by 6:30, is persuaded to stay for an evening smoker. He wires his wife claiming he missed the train and will be late. On his return she coldly asks why he sent the 4:28 message.
The text recalls Mayor Gaynor’s disdain for sham and cant and for over-optimistic reformers. It cites a remark about a notorious scandal monger praising “kind” and “indulgent” behavior while insincerely speaking of others, illustrating distrust of duplicitous rhetoric.
Two brothers run a country store in southern Illinois with a large barter wool trade. One brother becomes devout and argues religion to his sibling. The other, named Jim, weighs the wool at the firm and resists joining the church, noting a firm’s must weigh the wool before any ecclesiastical decision.
Strickland Gillilan, famed for his "Of Ag'in, on Agin Finnigin" verses, prepared to lecture in a small Missouri town. He requested a small pitcher of ice water on the platform. when asked if it was to drink he replied no, I do a high diving act.
Misa Gladys Unger, famed for adapting French plays, comments that French humor is too broad or often vulgar. She recalls a French joke about two lovers with a punch line about initials on a handkerchief, highlighting cross cultural wit.
Two New Yorkers wait to cross as traffic jams of trucks wagons and autos surge past. The traffic squad fails to coax the pair across. The elder voices doubt while the younger tries to reason.
Fragmentary verse questions how a woman can win love amid playful gibberish. The lines mix exclamations and stray sounds, offering little coherent narrative or identifiable figures. The text reads as a stray OCR fragment with unclear authorship.
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