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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
5
The piece describes how flowers conceal nectar in honey pits and tubes. It details crown imperial lilies, snowdrops, columbines, dead nettle, honeysuckle, and monkshood with vivid notes on how nectar is stored and accessed. A humorous exchange follows about three eyes and a ball game.
A young lawyer, unable to collect fees, agrees to consult the tailor about a suit while the tailor demands payment. The twist reveals a $75 consultation fee and a $6.50 balance, pushing the tailor toward legal action as the clever unemployed attorney proves ironic.
A university preacher faced a prank by irreverent undergraduates who pasted Bible pages to mislead his reading. He began to read and found the verse describing Noah’s wife as a structure of one hundred and forty cubits long and forty cubits wide. He remarks it as evidence that we are fearfully and wonderfully made.
A man recalls dropping a penny in a board walk crack and failing to retrieve it with a wire and stick. He leaves, then returns with a plan to drop a quarter to make it worthwhile. His friend Joe encounters him as he explains the idea and its humorous logic.
A man tells a lawyer he collected a debt of five pounds and is told his fees are ten. He gains no cash but the satisfaction of justice. A tactful host and guest share guarded observations about a dull visit, while a family battles fatigue before guests arrive.
A letter from J Milton Waldr on and William Monroe Trotter as leaders urges Black voters to abandon the Republican Party. It argues for independence, criticizes Taft and Roosevelt, seeks funds for a national campaign, and calls for at least twenty five speakers and ten thousand dollars to press for rights and recognition.
In a Bos ton Transcript excerpt characters discuss how perspective shapes humor and consequences. Tol fet is teased by Cloughs billygoat while Tol fet lacks humor, illustrating how different viewpoints alter reaction to events and backbiting.
An early 20th century vignette describes a robber swinging a sand bag at a citizen who barely dodges. The citizen quips he mistook the impact for ballast from an airship, prompting the robber to apologize saying his method is outdated.
The speaker describes T De Witt Talmage observing ships on a windy beach. He notes the same wind drives vessels in different directions and ponders why people respond differently to the same forces.
A Buffalo man tells friends at a New York hotel dinner of a scheme where waiters in Buffalo diners filter Canadian currency as tips for transient visitors. He claims Buffalo accepts cross border coin freely while travelers eastward face trouble passing it elsewhere, a point waiters allegedly exploit.
The anecdote recalls Commodore Vanderbilt dismissing a smaller railroad president’s request for annual passes by noting his system exceeds 300 miles in length while the other spans 17 miles. The counterpoint claim is that despite length, the railroads share a common width in scope. Moody's Magazine.
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