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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1922
Page
3
A judge comments on a tightrope walker who remains steadfast on a straight path. The dialogue begins with a question about Bessie and whether she is a friend, followed by acknowledgment of what she has been saying.
A mixed collection of home cooking recipes and reflective verse appears in a vintage page. Recipes include chicken timbale, grape parfait, cheese and endive salad, Boston prune pie, hot apple pie, raisin sandwich, potato nut cake, afternoon tea crackers, pickled fish, and apple marshmallow dessert with milk cooked chicken notes alongside softly moral lines about restraint and words unsaid.
A Virginia judge riding home along a remote road spots smoke from an illegal still. He orders the boy with him to stop it, fears breaking the law, and climbs the fence toward the source, then asks what to do if he does not return, illustrating stern enforcement.
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a cure all for constipated and irritable children. It claims a teaspoonful cleanses the bowels and benefits a sick child by tomorrow. It urges mothers to buy genuine California Fig Syrup from their druggist and warns against imitations.
A humorous anecdote recounts an invitation to a social dinner with a long married couple. A guest complains about cookies blamed on the mother of a participant, leading to light embarrassment and laughter among the group. The scene ends with a hurried departure after a pressing engagement.
A garbled Salem News fragment quotes a humorous remark about a "fin per" defined as a young girl with no education and world aversion. The text mixes stray phrases about offering friends a “sbemper” and a “flivver,” with playful references to pools, kisses, and wise men.
A compilation of brief, dialect filled anecdotes from Hurst per’s Magazine recounts two old gods at odds before discharge and a dying soldier urging a lifelong rival to settle old scores. A Missouri raised coach driver narrates a tale of identity and regional speech seeking clear belonging.
A clergyman used to tell his daughter a story each night, but one evening she sat up and asked if the tale was true or just a sermon. The saying suggests a man may tell the truth about others better than about himself.
A cartoonish dialogue features a man praising a bus and discussing a deal to buy a tile item with a car trade in. The prospect considers the offer, recalling past purchases of second-hand machines, while a cartoonish narration notes that many married couples could save money from a bachelor’s spending.
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