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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
2
George Hilot recounts a visit where a six year old tried to cut a bulldog’s ears with scissors. Blood ran from the dog’s ear yet it offered no resistance. The master planned punishment, but the dog interposed itself between them and licked the child’s face.
The text recounts inmate routines at Auburn including waking, cleaning, meals, opium use when idle, exercise, sponge baths, reading, napping, yard time, and night routines. It cites Autobiography of a Thief in Leslie's Monthly describing prison life and a bleak view on industrial era deaths.
A husband laments neglect at home saying he must hunt for slippers while courting days had the father served. She replies that her actions were to help his father sleep sooner, a kindness now repurposed for him.
A humorous tale shows a Frenchman deftly reframing a compliment to a white haired old woman. When she says she is old and wrinkled, he responds that the line on her face is a smile that has drifted from its moorings.
A man who had delayed proposing for about fourteen years visited his partner in a strange mood and asked her to sing. She sat at the piano and performed Darling, I am growing old prompting an immediate marriage proposal.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune collage recalls Archbishop Whately and a desert riddle about sand eating, Noah’s descendants, and Ham. It cites Smithers on genius as endless effort and notes Greanache as a man who seems to catch every ailment he hears about.
A quoted exchange shows stress in a strained relationship as one party accuses the other of abandoning them after a period of closeness. The dialogue hints at expectations and emotional tension without specific dates or places.
A Century article notes fifty sausage varieties reflect tastes from Italians to Americans. It describes using all pork parts including ham, head, feet, and trimmings, mixed with potatoes flour spices and water, pressed into casings from hog intestines, with snout sold as pickled delicacy to new Americans.
A young recruit on sentry duty unknowingly eats a sandwich brought by a friendly comrade. The major arrives in mufti and, unseen, tests the recruit by asking what the item is. The recruit answers casually, then questions his identity, highlighting the awkward first encounter.
A London echo recounts a comical scene where a sentry mistakes a major for a groom or the old man, reacting in fear as orders are balked. The piece includes brash ad copy from the Washington Times touting Foley’s Honey and Tar as a cure-all remedy and tonic laxative.
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