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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1893
Page
4
A witness swears the moon shone at the time and claims long blindness does not hinder reading a promissory note for sixty four dollars and seventy five cents from sixteen years ago. He testifies the note bears no endorsement and asserts he can still see well enough to read it.
A cartoonish argument unfolds over a peppermint tepenrie machine that fails to help a farmer write his name. The punchline has Witherby noting the safe is hardly used by the wife and the farmer boasting he stores collar-buttons and shoestrings inside.
Liveryman demands advance payment for Amateur Rider's hire, joking that the horse might return without the rider. The caper turns on a humorous exchange about trust and payment. The Boston Globe framing suggests a lighthearted anecdote rather than a serious incident.
A fragment from a humor piece shows an old woman watching two sons amid a barber scene. The barber complains of nerves while a customer waits and jokes about shaving sufficiency and a lion. The tone is humorous and anecdotal, with dated diction and stray dialogue.
A garbled exchange shows a man taunting a postal worker and others reacting with fragmented phrases. The mispunctuated dialogue mentions Uncle Sam, a post office, and a newspaper’s typographical distortions reflecting a chaotic overheard scene.
A fragment from a 19th century pages mixes curious vignettes about courtship and punishment. Scenes mention eloping with Medan, a ten dollar cake dash, and a zeal for capital punishment contrasted with domestic discipline. Characters Carter and a bride figure in awkward moral tableaux.
Chicago Inter Ocean notes a gas escape tragedy where a man dies after witnessing the first month’s chill. A humorous quip contrasts a wife’s expected support with her husband’s. This brief item blends a fatal event with a domestic joke in a column of mixed humor.
Dialogue fragments show a strained scene with a hollow laugh after dinner. A tailor labeled Green praises a compliant youth who accepts anything without price, while Old-Ireland notes mutual tolerance in paying and firing. Johnny’s Theory and a family quip close with a domestic joke about resemblance.
A fragment quotes a speaker describing marital tension as the husband rarely sees his wife who is deeply involved in many organizations. The remark highlights social expectations and personal time within family life.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox critiques bragging among American girls in the April Ladies' Home Journal. A bachelor recounts judging a would be wife by an ordinary hat costing $20, revealing pressure to display wealth and fear of costly wardrobes.
Mr Jacob B Gaunt of Medford Burlington Co New Jersey credits Salvation Oil with curing his rheumatism after eight to nine months of crippling pain. He states he can now perform as much work as others and endorses the remedy.
Edward W. Bok in Ladies' Home Journal urges mothers to send their sons into business, noting demand for capable young men in New York and other cities. He stresses honesty, a clear choice between being a society man or a business man, and maintaining consistent conduct both in and out of the office.
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