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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1907
Page
2
A Reconstruction era tale describes a venerable black justice of the peace in a Georgia backwoods district. After testimony and closing arguments, he offers a simple instruction to the jury with a humorous twist, saying he will charge them a dollar and a half per juror.
A New York woman who married an adventurer endures poverty and disgrace with him. He serves a Sing Sing term for forgery, she stays nearby to aid him, secures a commutation, then deserts him late in life revealing his letters were copies to his first wife.
A six year old minister’s daughter discovers a decoy Christmas doll while her family hides a second doll for next year. Also included are quips about Bach, a tale of a rich man who returns money to heaven, and a nuisance newsboy incident related to Senator Ingalls.
A collage of brief vignettes features a doctor pranking Ingalls with an articulated skeleton, a frightened boy fleeing a grimacing prop, Minnie’s Prayer for fashion, a cow’s railway lawsuit twist, a boy omitting his father in prayers, and a waiter serving as an alibi in a Welsh rarebit joke.
A collage of quirky anecdotes and faux dialogue spans time checks by three boys ending in a scientist named Helmholtz and a legal quip about jury panels. It moves through Civil War era slang, a Shiloh scene with misheard commands, and a comic tale of a miswritten writ Punctuated by wordplay on German jargon and a mock endorsement on a Michigan warrant.
The piece argues Jimmie Johnson rose through firm drive and ambition, showing that proactive pursuit and self promotion helped him achieve success. It emphasizes that advertising and personal initiative played a key role in his ascent.
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