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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1913
Page
7
In a humorous strip from The Scrap Book, August a German saloon keeper in Sioux City responds to rising rents and costs by posting a new sign after July 1. He notes landlord, barkeeper, and beer vendor requests for higher pay and prices, then changes his sign to ridicule the timing of July.
The poem extols daily small goodness over grand dreams. It asserts true worth lies in kindness and truth, not appearances. It links ethics to justice and personal conduct, urging a narrow straight path for humanity.
A young man in New York’s foreign quarter smiles at a window reading Sam Stew and corrects the missing letter in lamb. The next day the same restaurant offers Clamb Chowder, showing the humor continues with a spelling lesson.
In Carnegie Hall Charles Dana Gibson smiled at a circular inviting a $100 prize drawing for automobile advertising. He responded with a printed note offering a rival contest for his own designs, a $10 prize, and terms that the cars be brand new and shipped FOB New York, with failed entries remaining his property.
Tommy comes home morose after being whipped at school. He says the punishment followed wrong guidance from his father who claimed a million dollars was “a hell of a lot.” The exchange appears in the New York Post.
The Paris music scene buzzes as Florent Schmitt claims royalties for a psalm setting of David. At the composer society, he discovers only half his share. The attendant questions his libretto collaborator, recalling David as the librettist.
An American in London and an English acquaintance discuss language and cultural quirks in Percival Pollard's Vagabond Journeys. The pair joke about shared language while noting differences in pronunciation and idioms. The Englishman explains that manners and speech reveal nationality, then they ponder the weekend definition and social habits.
A Berlin church spire bears a large star above the cross due to a Kaiser plan revision. A blot of ink in the imperial draft led the architect to place a star, matching the ink mark, and the symbol remains as a curious testament to royal influence.
The thorny oyster of the Pacific coast uses a hinge joining its two shells as perfectly as any hardware store device. Nature offers other hinges, but the oyster hinge reaches the highest perfection. We have made little advance on this in patenting and inventing.
A Washington Herald item quotes a speaker claiming easy access to a spouse through the fire department, boasting a forty five second hook up. The quirky line highlights pride in quick connections and a playful take on public service roles.
A fragmented Victorian era exchange shows Mrs De Willoughby answering a visitor about unmarried daughters. She notes Minnie remained unmarried last week by Judge Cuttem, a cryptic detail reflecting social norms and court influence in marriage matters.
A dialogue shows a fair patron asking the post office for a special rate per ton for mailing items while his fiancee plans a short trip. The postmaster confirms mail handling by the ton and agrees on charges.
An early Louisville Conisler Journal snippet notes a girl chum telling another to accept a platonic friendship until something better comes along. The fragment frames social advice as a casual, coy exchange.
In a playful Outing Magazine piece, William Brady, M. D., recalls Charley’s habit of slipping away during games to return with a dainty bread and butter and sugar on held on the tips of fingers like a tray. The narrator notes the habit disrupted play and provoked longing among the others.
A Yonkers Statesman quip jokes about romance and proposal nerves. The exchange notes a man’s heart beating 92 160 times a day and plays on the idea of a match’s warmth in courtship.
A student paper claims General Braddock was killed in the Revolutionary War and that three horses were shot from under him while a fourth went through his clothes. The remark reflects confusion of Braddock’s defeat in the 1755 campaign preceding the American Revolution.
Benjamin Franklin argues war is unjust and expensive compares armies to devouring monsters. He claims conquest costs exceed peace purchases and contractors exploit wartime needs, urging statesmen to use arithmetic to reduce and deter wars.
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