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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1918
Page
14
A column recounts a child’s bet over a ten cent rabbit Warren, then eight dollars and eighty five cents cause a rift between families. It argues teaching contract value by example and notes a neighbor who insists on obligations even for children. A pacifist elder praises grit and wartime duty through family tales and a boy going to war.
Luke McLuke’s humor column riffs on manners and morals with light verse and quips about husbands wives editors and urban life. The piece collates jokes about dentists owners farmers and everyday characters, ending with pithy maxims on pride luck and self awareness.
A health column explains rabies transmission from animals, incubation periods from three weeks to six months, and progression in bite victims. It details dog and animal behavior, signs in humans such as fever, spasms, throat stiffness, hydrophobic fear of water, and eventual paralysis and death, noting fear can mimic illness.
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