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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1879
Page
1
A collage of witty snippets and puns from various sources. The notes lampoon society quips about charity, the Czar, love, and manners, followed by light advice on horses and grooming with oddball asides about historic figures and daily life.
A collage of humorous snippets describes a betrothal proposal at the gate ending in marriage, a drunken stumble on a Californian sidewalk, a rare flower grafted with curious growth, and a New Haven weather quip about probabilities. Also a Naples street scene shows a mysterious beggar woman evolving into a disguised young woman.
A London dressmaker testified that her fiancé, arrested for taking her presents, took her watch and chain at a jeweler’s and later bought rings and a pin. The magistrate discharged the man, saying a jury would unlikely convict of stealing. The dressmaker left, deeming it disgraceful.
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