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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
4
A New Yorker asks residents about trying smoke abating devices in town. A Pittsburgh man confirms attempts, while Yonkers Statesman recalls cigar stores ending coupon giveaways.
A quoted exchange notes a woman's modest tastes saying she abhors slinky clothes and only smokes for camera poses, reflecting social attitudes in a Birmingham newspaper item.
The Kansas City Journal reports Yorick Hamm staged a return engagement in Plunkville last week with the same company as before but not the same wife.
A London Tit-Bits vignette depicts a woman sighing that she has long suffered from dyspepsia while revealing her husband actually bears the ailment, prompting a wry commentary on hidden pains within marriages.
The Journalists' association in Peking urges European colleagues to focus more on Chinese affairs. The Peking Gazette, begun in 908, long dominated Chinese publishing before new papers emerged in the last 60 years. Ly Chao-pee notes China respects printed matter and educates children to revere it. Just had the pleasure of being introduced to a movie vampire.
The memoir recounts Theophile Gautier writing his Travels in Italy entirely from memory without notes. Maxime du Camp says the work was drafted in a printing shop amid clatter and noise, with no papers used. Gautier drew on memory, did not erase, and signaled errors on proofs with his nail.
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt features a wise girl's quip about love and marriage. The dialogue frames poetry praising love in a cottage against concerns about long years of poverty in marriage. It captures a mood of romantic idealism tempered by practical worry.
The Salvation Army in India counted 100 European workers and 2,000 native missionaries across about 2,000 villages in 1909, with the number continuing in 1918. The brief note highlights the organization's extensive field presence and manpower in colonial India.
A student debates the proper per centage of ice cream in ice cream soda, with a summer girl noting interest in the exact proportion rather than general alcohol content and percentages.
A humorous exchange shows a floorwalker with military phrasing guiding a customer to the hosiery department. The veteran directs a precise marching sequence to reach the desired section, ending with the correct location. The scene reflects early 20th century store humor and soldierly decorum.
A fragment from a newspaper page notes a humorous mix up where Peter applies for a dog license instead of a marriage license. The remark suggests the soon to be spouse will see through his error and Og’s life is teased.
A playful dialogue questions a wife's attire and finances while mentioning a health product called 666 claimed to relieve constipation biliousness loss of appetite and headache from a torpid liver. The lines mix humor about dress with a medical patent remedy.
Classified note advertises a Chevrolet car for sale from C. E. Gayden, claiming it is in perfect condition with 1800 miles driven. The rest of the text shifts to an unrelated medical advertisement about catarrh remedies and internal tonics.
A sketch describes the negative man who always sees the dark side and mutters complaints. He speaks habitually in negative terms, rarely offering positive remarks, and his temperament or habit makes him monotonously gloomy and unbright.
In a recent Indianapolis News item a husband’s garden joke leads to a sunstroke claim and a $200 health insurance payout. A man in a square with over $40 in unpaid accounts explains the milk man’s comment about poor collection, noting no reflection on the neighborhood.
A South side man recounts a peculiar conversation with a milkman early one morning. He insists he had not been out all night and recalls the milk man's strange remark about a poor collector. The report continues with local reactions and brief neighborhood context.
A collection of brief quips and jokes about music politics and daily life. Banter includes a critic on German music, a quip about Independ ence day losses, a woman speaking bluntly about pie, and a judge on prune slang. Also mentions a kitchen police joke and a medical tonic warning about imitations.
Rub My Tism is described as a powerful antiseptic that kills poison from infected cuts and cures old sores. The claim emphasizes its effectiveness for healing skin ailments and preventing infection.
A witty remark from the Boston Post riffs on spirits and a party gone past. The line plays on double meaning as the speaker teases Richard about his mood turning somber after a night of merriment.
London reports interest in a new line of imitation oriental carpets offered by Harrod's. Trade commissioner H G Brock notes exact reproductions of rare Eastern designs at low loom prices. Rugs include seventeenth century coronation pieces, Khorassan motifs, and a Sheik Ismail carpet. British factory production in last three to four years. W D Ager says Harrod's holds exclusive English agency and marks them Tri angle. Queen Mary reportedly ordered rugs for personal use.
An elderly Growcher scolds his nephew who recites a nursery rhyme about a cow jumping over the moon. The exchange hints at rising beef and dairy prices as noted in a Boston Evening Transcript phrase about how high dairy products have gone.
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