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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
5
A London Tit-Bita item relays a chaotic editorial meeting at the Daily Doleful. The staff debates a marriage puzzle involving Shore and his stepdaughter, creating a comical cascade of kinship confusions and near cataclysmic misunderstandings.
A photographer sought portraits of 363 deputies in 1877 Republic majority but Rouge refused to sit. Gambetta advised using Sardou's portrait as a stand in. both men resembled each other closely. The trick left Sardou unknowingly in the Republican lineup.
A humorous scene in a barber shop features Judge Blank as a new patron. His young son watches the bald head and scant fringe with wide eyed curiosity. The boy asks if a quarter is earned for cutting hair in this lighthearted moment from Lippin Scott’s Magazine.
The article notes dogs in harness are common in the United States as people of all ages, including men, travel with dogs pulling either carts or small loads. It remarks on lightness of the dogs’ harnesses and contrasts small dogs with heavier Newfoundland types used for work.
In a drought scarred village, a brilliant aurora charms locals while the grandmere wails over a superstition that the eclairon portends poor harvests. Philippe and others fear the omen as they close doors and pray for rain to avert hardship this autumn.
A Philadelphia Record report notes a clergyman praising a married college girl for her baby's unusual calm during christening. He claims to have christened over 2,000 infants, yet the infant’s serene demeanor astonished him as parents joked about practice christenings with a pail of water.
Wide World Magazine notes Swiss law requires engagement notices to be posted publicly on front of municipal buildings for all to see, not simply filed in a registrar's office, exposing weddings to daily public comment.
A quip from Lord Kelvin about a deep sea sounding coil of piano wire. When asked its use the reply is for sounding and the questioner asks what note. The answer is quick and specific noting the deep C.
A school principal tells a father he has discovered Jerry is ambidextrous provoking the father's indignation. The father questions exposure and vaccination, noting routines and a superstition about a bag of assafiddity around his neck while others lie about events.
The article describes the barangayan as a dangerous and slow river craft used to transport cargo on the Pasig River and Manila wharfs. It is a bamboo raft propelled by poles, carrying large loads of people, animals, and goods, with steady risk of grounding, capsizing, and aboard-life roughness noted by travelers and boatmen.
The Moniteur notes Napoleon I’s movement through France with satirical labels. It records his approach to Paris and entry into Parisian sites, describing his progress from Gap to Fontainebleau and the Tuileries with ironic phrases.
A Cuban official recounts a tale of a Cuban millionaire moved by a beggar's graphic poverty. The millionaire, tearful, asks his servant to remove the man to avoid breaking his heart. The anecdote illustrates social contrasts through a humorous set piece.
A rambling verse from the Liverpool Mercury depicts Inveterate Jokist driving to a country inn and asking Rusticus to remove a horse from a vehicle and stabulate it while promising compensation at dawn. A startled yokel exclaims there is a Dutchman seeking the innkeeper.
A letter quotes a zinc-eyed critic claiming the so called quarter dollar is cursed by thirteen all over. The note cites thirteen stars, thirteen letters, thirteen feathers, thirteen lines on the shield, thirteen horizontal stripes and thirteen arrowheads.
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