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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1900
Page
31
In Weepin Willer a traveler recounts debates on virtue and vice as he plays a poker game to expose greed. He contrasts morality with quick gains, risking money to prove integrity can triumph over temptation in a smoky cabin game.
The narrator recalls a rough confrontation where he defeats an opponent through persistence and strength, praising integrity and truth while noting pragmatic tricks. He remarks on keeping valuables safe and offers a blunt moral about relying on virtue or poker in life’s tests.
A terse dialogue shows a battered tramp snubbing farmers as potential hosts for food and shelter, arguing he prefers city dangers to digging potatoes or husking corn with rural workers. He cites decades of experience and numerous dog bites to justify distrust, suggesting farmers are blamed for his plight.
In a Seventh street alley a well dressed man groans with toothache while a passerby urges him to visit a dentist for extraction with laughing gas. A self proclaimed dentist claims expertise and reassures the sufferer it will hurt less than a fingernail. The scene ends with skepticism from the man.
A speaker recalls surviving countless highway incidents and being forced off a gate by a farmer and his dog. He rejects getting work from a farmer and jokes about near death experiences while traveling. He mentions Halifax as a possible place of interest.
A Washington Star exchange dramatizes how quickly a poem was written. A young man claims a moment sufficed while a man of affairs questions the exact time and jokes about hiring him at a fabulous salary if he can write in under half a minute.
An unreadable exchange shows a heated dialogue with threats and bravado. The fragment emphasizes physical discomfort and sarcasm as the speaker boasts about enduring pain.
A dialogue quotes Senator Sorgum warning that haste costs influence. He recalls a time he spoke a hurried sum of five hundred dollars, instead of securing it for one hundred and fifty, implying a misstep in negotiation.
In winter there are plums for the plumber and sums for the student in summer. Hams for the hammerless and grams for the grammarless. The merchant’s ear-drums for the drummer.
A condensed fragment notes that intent matters less than words as one climbs and acts ahead. The lines imply fortune follows those who choose their statements with care and persistence.
A Chicago Record note states Jessie is engaged to be married. The item humorously recalls a past remark about proposing to the same girl when time allowed.
A man on a Philadelphia streetcar recounts travels through Greece and tombs. An older listener asks about tombs and whether Julius Caesar’s tomb exists. The teller admits mixing Julius Caesar with Christopher Columbus and George Washington, then continues with the tomb stone tale.
A long haired passenger browses the railway lunchroom display and buys a sandwich for fifteen cents while admiring a petrified specimen, remarking on the remarkable case of petrifaction. The man, described as a student of geology, wraps the item in a silk handkerchief.
A West End grocer recounts a Chicago trip where a billiard room bet about the spelling of fulfill led to a bluffing scam. He was roped into wagering tens of dollars, got separated from his watch, and found the impostor vanished on the street corner.
A short verse from the Chicago Times Herald honors a man with a kind heart who sought to lift others. It recalls his daily stories meant to bring happiness, though readers groaned at the repetition and called it a bore.
On a Cincinnati street car two men discuss a man named James Adams. A speaker recalls being wrecked with Adams in the Indian Ocean and claims to have eaten him when provisions ran out. The tale shifts as the conversation clarifies Adams lives in Cincinnati.
An old man quizzes a companion about Abel’s killer. The reply jokes that Cain killed Abel, then laments a mistaken bet on Goliah. The humor pivots on biblical names and a boastful claim by Q. W. Jones.
Sue Brett explains she married fifteen years ago and has never been divorced. The unusual backstage exchange hints at personal history shaping a performance context.
A man recounts a bungled con involving a counterfeit dictionary attempt and a missing NY draft. After a $50 stake and a planned payoff, the scam collapses when the mark realizes the word fulfill had been fulfilled and confronts the offender near a hotel.
A Pittsburg lawyer questions the defendant about claims of defamation and the motive for a fight. The defendant admits being accused of lying and explains his strike stemmed from confusion over the insult rather than direct falsehood.
Dialogue shows Rodney assuring his father Pa there is no danger of wedding presents being levied. Rodney recounts persuading Pa that concern is unfounded and that no official action would affect their gifts. The tone reflects cautious optimism about family approval and marriage plans.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls a country couple seeking a city wedding. The groom asks the minister what a fee costs, then offers a chicken as payment instead. The minister accepts politely, amused by the unusual barter.
An amused traveler from Cincinnati learns locals back home may doubt his tale of cable cars. In a simple interview, he notes engines in power houses and grips on each car while preparing a report for townspeople who have never seen such tech.
A man recalls a plan to start a poultry business using a setting hen and borrowed eggs from Mandy's Aunt Sue. The scheme promised early profits with young chickens to be sent back if successful, but two years later he received a bedraggled chicken by express and paid $125 in charges before grasping the situation.
A boy asks to see the lady of the house but learns she is out. He leaves a message that the back of the house is on fire and should be attended to when convenient to avoid relocation.
A Pittsburg resident confronts a street hand organ seller at his gate. The vendor responds with stilted speech offering prices of two, one, or none cent, then departs after a brief exchange.
A man recalls Deacon Spooner visiting the town and witnessing three fires two fights a runaway and a thunderstorm in one day. He bragged of it afterward and was banished from the debating society, forcing his daughter to return home from singing school alone.
A traveler named Mr. Snowball-Gwine shares a meal while on the move. Miss Tilda declines the stop for school and heads off, while the speaker presents his lunch in a casual, roadside moment.
The Chicago Times-Herald notes an editor regrets not using a poet’s sonnet on the immutability of the oyster shell. The poet’s wife counters, claiming the rejection amused the editor and was intended as a joke.
The article quotes observers noting a man’s consistent willingness to aid what he deemed deserving cases. Dialogues reveal a self view of generosity without hesitation or bound by strict rules.
In The Point of View, Dixon notes his friend Mixer has been ailing for over a week and has switched to ale, while Dixon has not seen Mixer recently.
A Chicago Times-Herald exchange notes that horse hamstringing is now rare, while tire slashing in automobiles remains a continuing nuisance with occasional reports of new incidents.
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