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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
5
A satirical essay contrasts Rome and American politics to joke about turkey scarcity. It notes rising demand for poultry, unscientific breeding, and speculators buying up birds, leading to concern that goose or rubberneck meals may replace traditional fowl.
A collection of humorous and homely pieces on Thanksgiving turkey culture, pigeon keeping tips, and poultry farming widgets. Includes a rustic poem about a father carving the turkey at Christmas and a fable about Opportunity with wings on his feet.
A New York Sun item reports a dog doctor preparing a monthly expense bid for a Japanese spaniel. Included are room rent board medical attendance and electric light. The owner insisted on electric light for the sick dog, two eight candle power lamps burning all night in a special ward for pampered pups.
The verb collar meaning to seize by the collar or capture appears in early modern texts. Examples include Steele in The Guardian, Gentleman's Magazine of 1762, and Marryat in Peter Simple noting a footman or soldier being collared. The sense evolves as a transitive action in 17th century prose.
In a street scene two women stop before a dentist’s display, one telling her mother to buy for the child while the other chides chewing on streets as improper. A bright youth considers the room’s prettiness but finds none present, muttering that no girl stands out.
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