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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1909
Page
2
The item lists visiting residents and passers through Bly including Mrs Trob, Ethar HRadioke Ube, Miss Marie Jackson, Edward Swit, and attorney OM Phters among others. It mentions a neighborly dog story about a loyal pet that saved a family, and anecdotal exchanges at a social gathering about pies and shortcake.
A humorous mock dialogue from the York Press on household service. A fashionably dressed speaker laments relentless duties managing servants, shopping, and marketing, warning that excess staff demand constant hustling to keep position and avoid being outworked.
A mother talks earnestly with Jong about his poor marks, praising his effort and promising a special reward. Samm returns home joyful after earning a hundred, exclaiming he scored forty in reading and sixty in spelling, while the mother celebrates with hugs and praise.
The article notes extreme day lengths in places like Spltzberg, Finland, and Stockholm. It cites Stockholm’s eighteen and a half hour longest day and Finland’s Torena with a twenty two hour day. It also mentions Washington’s fifteen hour "lounge day" and other city variations.
In a wartime era tale from the South, a brilliant dinner party features Mr Alexander H Stephens and Col Johnson solving a breakfast and dinner riddle. The answer, written in the hostess’s Commonplace Book, suggests bread as what is eaten at breakfast and what is drunk at dinner, specifically toast.
The excerpt recalls Senator Proctor of Vermont praised by Vice President Stevenson for eloquent remarks in the Senate, prompting tears during the Ghent treaty ratification. It then sketches a 1806 London note on pot wallopers and ends with anecdotes on memory feats and a Boston Transcript quip about shoes and money.
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