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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1913
Page
10
A mother laughs at her child drawing a letter for Lily Smith because the girl believes Lily cannot read. A second vignette recounts a convict who complains of a hot cell. he explains a wasp once snuck in through a closed ventilator and stole his dinner.
It was a ding dong golf battle between Cuthbert Jones and Brown with lead changes. On the seventeenth hole Brown loses a ball in a ravine and returns, claiming three strokes while Jones jokes that three were echoes, leaving the match halved at the end.
Household chatter notes Mrs Rubber Plant plans to leave soon and rumors of jealousy over Mrs Rose's two daughters now at the conservatory. Mr Gas writes verse for magazines with critics calling his meter cubic. His later line laments debt. Saturday Journal reports a roller towel collapse and Mrs Wallpaper taking a new boarder after a long previous occupant.
A flashily dressed man visits a big jeweler asking for a birthday present for his sweetheart. He says his income is a pound a week, and the clerk politely directs him to a toyshop, suggesting he is in the wrong place for affordable jewelry.
A husband jokes about a chair in a domestic moment as he tests comfort and drafts. He asks if the cushions feel soft and if there is any jolting, then instructs the wife to move. The exchange ends with a playful request to swap seats.
A brief Tid-Bits gag recalls a man asking to borrow ten dollars six months earlier. The borrower insists he kept the money only briefly, while the lender notes it stretched beyond a short period. The exchange ends with an acknowledgment of truth.
Mrs Robinson asks if he was up the Rhine and Mrs de Jones replies she was at the very top enjoying a splendid summit view as reported by Tid Bits.
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