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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
6
In a New York Post item a class of girls note a teacher’s engagement, with keen interest in the ring. One ten year old remarks the token is small and questions whether the engagement is fully decided.
In a dialogue from the Roston Transcript Mrs. Green laments wasting money on a new refrigerator that fails to perform while she jokes with a neighbor about the added cost of buying ice. The exchange highlights consumer frustrations with appliances.
A fragment discusses a Q and A exchange about age and privacy. It notes Tabby the cat as a name link to Bagdad street atabe and watered silk coat imagery. It reflects on the timing of questions and answers and the wisdom of longer responses.
In a Baltimore American excerpt the term osteopathy is defined as the art of manipulating bones. A playful dialogue asks if an osteopath is a minstrel and a man, reflecting early 20th century views on the profession.
In 1748 a Twickenham resident planted a willow tree shipped from the Euphrates in western Asia. The tree withered but the habit arose to plant willows in cemeteries owing to their drooping branches. A legend claims this tree was the one upon which ancient exiled Jews hung harps by Babylon’s waters, the weight bending the boughs.
A brief word from Move in Independent notes a sharp remark about overquoting a bright man. The sister retorts that hearing him repeated becomes tiresome for the family, urging readers to consider if they themselves are repeating stories around the fireside.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quotation defines a sentimentalist as a man who sheds ears over the house he was born in but never tries to lift the mortgage on it.
The passage cites Philip Stubbes arguing football is a lordly fight rather than recreation with bloodied injuries and fatal overtones. It also notes Beethoven’s temper, describing rages in lessons and a sharp outburst at interruptions and insult to Prince Lobkowitz.
In a brief Sunshine Bulletin item, Mrs X invites Mrs Y to move into an empty flat above, as they fear quarreling over friendship. Mrs Y declines, citing their strong bond and reluctance to quarrel. A playful exchange about a light, Ma, and a small child follows, ending with curiosity about being seen through.
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