Quotable Satires and Oddities From Vintage Newspapers
A collage of wry quips and anecdotes erupts from various papers. It cites Mr Beecher and a Brooklyn wife, remarks on gender in authorship, a powder lifting weight, dynamite in a stove, and a gift tea store boasting art objects, plus a burglar misidentifying a Meissonier.
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