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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1907
Page
9
A household Catholic home crafts feature shares thrifty presents ideas from The Christmas Woman’s Home Companion. It lists orange marmalade, fruit cake, and coffee fudge recipes with steps for preparing, cooking, and packaging as affordable gifts.
A playful meditation on pronunciation and spelling differences. The essay notes how Ireland and colonies stress aspirated consonants, England often does not, and includes a village joke about a preacher and a misread text from Psalms showing rural speech quirks.
Worshipers at a chapel faced difficulty keeping straight faces when a man carried wax matches in his pocket and attempted to extinguish them during a service. Neighbors tried to help as confusion grew, and a clerk tried to smooth things over with a remark about noise while a hymn played softly.
On accession the new emperor travels in solemn state to the Temple of Heaven in Peking and declares to his imperial predecessors the new dignities he has assumed. Ancestors are invited to a ceremonial banquet with reserved seats for them.
An article notes that bad temper injures digestion by diverting blood to the brain, reducing the stomach’s ability to perform its functions properly. The piece links temper to physical consequences and overall health.
A fragment from the Coarler Journal remarks on a silesman with blunt humor. The line compares persuasive skill to a potential role in the Du bal government and a snowplow.
The piece argues that a small set of staples such as wheat rice and maize form most nutrition worldwide while many fruits vegetables and proteins remain secondary. It notes the limited variety in staple foods, with a humorous aside about new animals to replace traditional fare.
A collection of humorous slips and puns from historical figures and translators. The piece recalls Lord Beaconsfield on capital offense and Capoul hairdos, with jokes about dropping letters in names and ecclesiastical luncheon diet talk.
A camp tale recounts Private B’s chill, described as a big one weighing 20 pounds. The captain learns he is blue and sends him to the surgeon, while the corporal jokes that the doctor’s medicine gave him a chill as well.
A kind resident, famed for warmth despite sharp speech, welcomes a weary minister sheltering from a cold day. He promises his wife will light a fierce fire to warm him, joking it will burn so hot he cannot stay inside.
An art dealer quotes 1800 pounds for a painting, provoking a flustered buyer. The dealer insists the piece grows older with each day, while the buyer notes repeated price increases across inquiries. London Answers observations frame the humorous negotiation.
A fragment from Brooklyn Times with dialogue between Mrs Pobunk and Jonlab aboard a boat. The speaker notes an oversight as someone has not locked on this side recently, implying caution or danger.
The article notes that losses cover breakage, unsold goods and theft, with cheaper stores hit harder by theft due to less trustworthy staff. It cites insiders stealing for personal use as not theft, while stealing to sell leads to discharge and arrests. Outsider thefts mainly involve seemingly respectable women. newspapers avoid naming stores to protect customers.
The telling of Mosby and his Confederate Rangers in the Shenandoah Valley credits their success to boldness and sharp wit. A patrol encounters Mosby on the Winchester pike, and the colonel uses a feigned Yankee countersign to coax a surrender with threats. The tale ends with a Turkish proverb about wealth and debt.
In New Orleans a crippled man limps to a street vendor and negotiates over a glittering arab's box with bright brain nails. The vendor asks a nickel and the cripple hints at higher charges but accepts the nickel, saying he does not want to profit from the man’s hardship.
A Louisville Courier Journal piece sketches ancient slave values in Rome's golden age, listing costs for a laborer at 100 dollars, a scribe at 1000, a cook at 2500, a blacksmith 75, and an actor 5000, noting variety by trade and status.
A witty Windsor era exchange features a young man asked if he keeps his nose to the ground, replying his time is filled with nose against the grit stone as the pompous questioner moves on.
A London Express quip records a brief exchange where a lady comments on a commercial traveler about his wife missing him, then notes the man’s reaction as “for a woman she last remarkably straight arm.”
A clipped remark from an overdressed man at a cafe highlights thrift habits. He boasts his clothes last by blocking and exchanges, citing a three year old outfit and multiple wear tests. The humorous exchange reflects budget conscious style notes.
A clipped line from St Louis Post dispatch mocks falsehoods with a witty quip about tongues and teeth, suggesting a world shaped by truth rather than deceit. The brief note captures a humorous newspaper voice and dialect.
The Philadelphia Press reports a plaintiff asking why the suit yielded nothing. The exchange implies a failed claim for damages and that a lawyer did not secure compensation. The dialogue references a litigant named Noa and a predicament with legal representation.
A shabby beggar, feigning hardship, clashes with a wary citizen who questions his claim of military service. The exchange ends with the beggar admitting he has quit, illustrating a small urban street interaction.
A brief London Sketch caption shows a child Richard resisting indoors after an instruction from a nurse promising heaven or punishment. The scene captures a domestic quarrel over obedience and affection. The tone is light comic family humor set in a London household.
In a puzzling exchange, a seedy man asks the butcher for slices of a plain puree while the butcher cautions about a cold shoulder and danger. The odd dialogue hints at a hidden motive behind simple cuts.
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