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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
2
A fragmentary Brimfield News page jokes about hats and robins, jokes on alarms, a smallpox quip, tax lines, and playful non sequiturs. It includes broken phrases about a college professor and a forger, plus stray names and odd musings. The text resembles a collage of random clippings and chatter from a small town sheet.
George Clinton reports Woodrow Wilson was sworn in as president at the east portico of the Capitol in a simple ceremony followed by Marshall's oath as vice president. Taft attended, the Senate and crowd observed, and Wilson then delivered his inaugural address before escort to the White House.
Washington March 4. A grand inaugural parade for Wilson drew hundred thousand spectators along Pennsylvania Avenue. Woodrow Wilson reviewed the procession as Maj. Gen. W. W. Wotherspoon led regulars, National Guard, veterans, civic groups, college cadets, and hunt clubs in a lengthy, colorful display.
The exchange parodies a business dispute as an American and an Englishman joke. The American asks about the father’s business and the Englishman responds that the father has no business, prompting the punchline about graft.
An elderly friend jokes with a Pittsburgh Post notice about a young couple recently married. The backslap greeting prompts playful talk on daily cooking and when to request beefsteak and onions after the honeymoon. Abridged humor and brief ad phrases follow.
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