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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
4
A man visits a minister to vent about his wife’s alleged torment and lack of intimacy. In a humorous exchange the clergyman suggests a simple remedy as the couple’s children mock his chin and a broken music box becomes “papa’s music box.”
An expert notes that heavy punctuation printing by beginners stems from equal key force on imbalanced type faces. With practice, writers learn to vary touch, producing uniform, artistic typewriting. Also: Traving’s London Lyceum salary dispute. actor Alexander told his pay.
A New York Sun report describes an Me nomini Indian snake bag illusion. A red flannel bag with white feathered top is rolled to show emptiness. The bag is raised and danced around as two snake heads emerge and lengthen then retreat, leaving spectators convinced the bag is empty.
Objected to Guineas. At one time Mr. Alexander was getting £10 a week under Sir Henry. The remark reflects dispute over compensation during the period, highlighting the weekly rate paid and the parties involved in the arrangement.
A Buffalo man warned friends at a New York hotel about a scam where waiters in Buffalo receive Canadian currency as tips from transient visitors. He claimed waiters in Buffalo exploit free circulation of Canadian money, while travelers to the East would struggle to spend it elsewhere.
A Moody's Magazine anecdote recalls Commodore Vanderbilt boasting the New York Central’s 300 mile system while a rival with a 17 mile line requests annual passes. The rival answers that width matters as much as length, humorously equalizing the comparison.
A teller of a boarding school tale recalls a battleship tour in which a guest asks the captain’s name. The marine explains the shift from Converse to Mitchell during conflicts, prompting the girl to ask if names change with war, then the marine accidentally falls overboard as the crew jumps in to rescue him.
A meditation on Bible infallibility tracing the idea to translations and editions from Coverdale to the Authorized Version. The piece questions the notion of a perfectly preserved text and notes long manuscript history, including Hebrew Old Testament copies from the tenth century and centuries of copying. It ends with a comic Harlem dialogue about equal labor in marriage.
A New York theatrical manager scolds a comedian for dull delivery and demands more steam. The actor replies with witty understatement, saying the manager may be after a locomotive rather than an actor.
A Washington Star excerpt recalls a conversation in dialect between Erastus Pinkley and a friend about resisting temptation. Pinkley says he told Satan to back off and imagines Satan replying that both would end up in the same path, regardless of direction.
Quote from The Art of Singing by Bir Charles Suntley challenges the notion that a singer's life is endlessly joyful. It notes that despite applause and wealth, the life includes foil, worry, and disappointment, countering popular sentiment about a singer's ease.
A Kansas City Independent snippet quotes Mrs. Malaprop praising her son as a top student at an alimentary school. She boasts he is a first class sculler and adept with letters, plans to be an undertaker, and requests the confessor to pay special intention to the dead.
In a humorous exchange Freddie Snay teases about possessing three eyes. George replies with playful gags about placing an extra eye at the back of his head and the end of his thumb to peek through a fence and spy a ball game for free.
A London club tale unfolds with Mr. Daniels returning to find his wife cheekily answering an intrigue. Her friend, a noted mischief maker, reveals she sent the “old cat” to the cats home in a basket, ending the moment with calm, sly wit.
A Des Moines reader praises Peruna and Man a Lin for curing a scarlet fever related lung illness in their son Herman. The letter recounts severe coughing, near death, then recovery after Peruna use, claiming no illness since.
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