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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1917
Page
14
A cavalry horse and an army mule debate the rise of motor trucks as supply carriers. The mule argues machines fail on rough trails and in harsh conditions, while the horse concedes progress but the mule asserts the enduring value of sturdy, self-reliant beasts.
A parable about Charles S. Ostrakon, said to be the first man to eat a raw oyster, born in Etruria in 4711 B C, who after betting on Eben Tympanum’s election eats oysters and sparks a civic craze, prompting calls for a statue and public recognition.
Reader questions cover calories in stewed prune and whether William J Bryan wore a beard. Answers range from yes or unknown to humorous advice. The column also handles photography in Columbus era, redress for barber injuries, grammar choices, old coins, cheques, and business profit calculations.
A sharp satire blends foul cigar odor with broad humor about a smouldering cigarette and a political flare. It ridicules a Pennsylvania governor Brumbaugh over pressed pants and riffs on Spokane’s looming dam amid stock market jokes.
An Elyria Ohio man said at arraignment for shooting rabbits out of season that the animals had been attacking the Wabash railroad and that he wanted to protect it. He likened his act to a vaudeville joke about rabbits not biting and living.
A reader notes large industrial hand dryers dry quickly and asks why smaller blowers could not be used at home. The suggestion imagines a child’s cry being blown back after washing, as a cautionary or humorous remark.
The speaker longs for spring as February snow lies gray and dreary. He resists false oaths of warmth and recalls hearing a robin sing beneath the sun’s February rays.
A satirical piece notes New York diners tipping the coatroom boy after a dinner. It adds a proverb about fleas in a cascading chain and a Brooklyn truckman’s arrest for kicking his horse, joking that tickling was the horse’s preference and suggesting a pile-driver for punishment.
A fragmented voice seeks escape from duties as a Vers Librist. The speaker longs to be a hen, lounging in corners while sometimes forgoing egg production and cackling through long days, craving release from work and the axe’s demand.
Paper patterns crafted to exact base sizes of pianos help buyers gauge room requirements. The patterns, released with a 90 cent sirloin stunt in restaurants, illustrate shrinking instrument footprints for prospective purchasers.
A Russian gyroscope balanced two wheeled car draws taxi drivers’ interest for closer curb side position and sidewalk edge access. Regular chauffeurs fear lost revenue from fewer spare parts and the novelty’s appeal fades among refined owners as four wheels stay dominant.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company instructed conductors to say please when addressing riders. A few days later the stock price fell several points. The piece notes few New Yorkers understand courtesy.
A humor piece portrays a card party among matron club members and their dubious doctors. Mothers joke about family illness certificates enabling mischief, while neighbors trade quips on cures and dangerous acts as the curtain falls.
A playful savaged portrait of the Dove of Peace, a once gentle bird, now battered and mocked by hunters and society. The piece portrays the bird as maligned and injured, with a hopeful note that rest and care might restore health though scars endure.
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