11 Feb 1926
Page 1
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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1926
Page
1
A wry verse scene combines a paper valentines motif with a grotesque Cupid and a joking Colunbine. The speaker imagines Punchinchle caught by clumsy clowning, a mingling of romance and satire set in a stage-like vignette.
A 1920s trend shifts Valentine Day notes from grand declarations to snappy modern lines. Old long letters give way to brisk can-you-be-my-valentine asks and dice or crossword puzzle cards. Collectors prize unique tokens and Mauritius stamps are popular with philatelists.
A reflective piece by THOMAS A. CLARK recalls a student Valentine found in an envelope marked M I, exploring tenderness and gratitude. It contrasts old secrecy with modern open flirtation and laments the decline of sentimental notes and honest expression.
A scrambled quip filled page shows a teaser for the next puzzle solution. It references a past week’s crossword style challenge and hints at the upcoming answer, with stray letter fragments and clues interspersed.
Instructions explain filling a grid by horizontal words from white segments to the first black square and vertical words from white segments to the next black square. It notes initial letters index a definition list and that only dictionary words appear except proper names. abbreviations and initials are marked.
Valentines recount a twenty one year old man spending dollars on a card for his lady while a five year old boy and a four year old girl share a public kiss. Neighbors recall the scene as a harmless young romance vignette from a small community.
Nancy Tewett, living with Uncle Martin and Aunt Jane, becomes engaged to Jonas Goodrich. They drift through a protracted engagement with thrift lessons and travel, then reunite for a private supper and dance at an inn where Jonas proposes marriage by elopement.
Fragmentary text appears to mock a speaker with garbled phrasing and unclear references. The readable portion suggests a humorous or critical口 style but lacks identifiable persons or organizations.
Pharmacists claim Joint-Base coats joints to ease sore creaky inflamed rheumatic joints and promise quick results. At sixty cents a tube, it is advertised as a clem ning penetrating remedy sold by druggists nationwide. When Joint-Easa enters, joint misery supposedly exits.
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