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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1907
Page
3
A discussion outlines wit as intellectual, humor as emotional, shaping perception of resemblance and incongruity. It notes incongruity between theory and practice and hints at moral undertones. A New England farmer anecdote shows gentle surprise in humor.
Description of a strained horse and rough rigging at a rural fair. A gray pony struggles under tight straps while a farmer jokes about the overloading and the joke about a race for flying machines. The excerpt is from The Country Fair by David Lansing in Outing.
A cyclopedia canvasser visits a colonel who brags about his sons. The salesman pitches the book as essential for the boys, but the colonel replies that his sons ride mules and do not need a cyclopedia.
The co widow questions an advocate of early marriages, prompting a joking exchange with a scanty haired bachelor. The c w presses the point on youth and excuses, while the bachelor hints at a quip about selfies and youth.
An applicant boasts overexperience stirring up life for crowds, claiming past work as a street sweeper driving energy and millions of "garms" daily, during a playful interrogation with a circus manager.
A farmer near Qels dork while plowing near an elderberry bush unearthed an eleventh century silver coin vessel. The find highlights a medieval German legend that elderberry plants cover buried treasure and underscores the value of giving more than taking.
Mrs Margaret Emmerich of Cin ton St Napoleon O says after fifteen years of kidney trouble and back pain she found relief and cure with Doans Kidney Pills. She suffered dizziness poor eyesight and could not do housework for years. Doctors offered no help until Doans relieved her and she credits the pills with saving her life. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
A Japanese college student discusses how the kiss, once unknown in Japan, has become fashionable among the aristocracy. She recalls maidens fainting at a first kiss but later advocating the western embrace, noting the warm, exciting sensation and the lure of new experiences.
Mrs. Wilson suspects a burglar in the house and, upon hearing a man tiptoeing up the stairs during her husband Henry Wilson’s return from New York, she declares she will shoot if he is not her husband. The incident follows a spate of local burglaries.
A Blues Grass hostler finds work in a New York stable where he recalls Colts with names like Faith Hope and Charity. The owner notes how many horses his old master named Bible names and shares a humorous old tale.
Miss Helen Leonard, a young stenographer at a law firm, seeks escape from a predatory partner when she discovers senior member Mr. Clayton may marry her, but he steps in before scandal breaks. He protects her, marries her, and banishes the unwanted advances of Billings, her former suitor.
A New York Tribune analysis notes a doctored Hindu idol scene used to inflame sectarian tension in eastern Bengal. It argues the image, carried in processions, misrepresents fragile idols and merely hastens the Hindus’ own fate, while provoking violence against Muslims and others.
A New York newspaper print presents a home remedy for rheumatism using Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sargaparinla with two daily doses. The article also reports a courtroom testimony where a witness struggles with faulty memory during cross examination about a four to five year old event.
A Russian woman describes revolutionary groups targeting soldiers after the university’s reopening. She notes hundreds of girls meet soldiers at homes and in barracks to spread freedom talk, a dangerous activity that leads to court-martial and execution if caught.
A mother recalls her year and a half old son developing sores over his body. After tying his hands to stop scratching the wounds he nearly withered into a skeleton. A cake of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment cured all sores in about two months.
An English quarryman faced assault charges after a fight with a fellow worker. In court an eyewitness testified with a humorous and curious line about the blows from his pick which would have killed if struck as hard as described.
Twelve year old Rachel penned a composition praising arbutus liverwort spring beauty blood root and other blooms of dell and dale. Her editor father teased her for writing on both sides of the paper and she retorted that she ought to print on both sides of hers.
An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by focal applications. It promises to pay two hundred dollars for any case of deafness due to catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure and urges readers to send for free circulars.
A summer attraction in Colebrook New Hampshire features an ice cave in Dixville notch formed by a fissure in the mountain ledge that fills with snow in winter and remains shaded year round attracting visitors and curiosity.
Mr Malaprop returns from a trip abroad and voices odd enthusiasm about Rome. He claims churches and tombs interest and praises a vaccination plan with strange remarks about prestige and relief pennies.
An Italian correspondent for the North China Daily News notes plague prevention ideas urging households to keep cats to control rats. The piece cites revived Egyptian reverence for cats and argues that abundant felines would deter rat populations and the spread of disease.
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