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Newspaper
Connersville Curier
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
6
A mosaic of quips and wry observations from Connersville era column, touching on football, aviation, crime, social norms, and global affairs. It parodies contemporary concerns with sharp lines about taxes, war, marriage, aviation, and culture, naming no single event but reflecting the era’s anxieties.
A shipwreck strands American heiress Genevieve Leslie Englishman Lord Winthrope and American Tom Blake on a deserted island. Blake becomes hero guardian shielding Leslie and Winthrope while they survive sun heat hunger and predators. Tensions rise as Blake protects Leslie from Winthrope and a perilous jungle that includes a leopard hyenas and a poisonous snake.
A tense exchange aboard hints at danger and trust as passengers debate what to reveal about a hidden figure. The woman departs to avoid further discussion while Blake asserts the danger of a known sneak among them and the need for discretion until boarding.
After a cyclone, Miss Leslie and Blake endure ruin at the cliff. She repairs a torn flag hidden in a bamboo thicket while he salvages the barricade and searches for the owner of hidden jewels. They share meals, rebuild, and drift toward a wary closeness as dawn reveals renewed hope.
In a tense scene a burned man begs Blake for mercy and confession while Miss Leslie seeks truth about paranoia and a signal quarrel. Blake stops the plea, orders a guard, and asserts silence on a dead man’s words as they stand alone.
An old style advertisement promotes a laxative syrup marketed as a permanent aid to regularity. It claims to assist nature with proper nourishment and personal effort, urging purchase through the Pennsylvanie California Co and sold by leading druggists. notes a single regular price per bottle.
He expresses worship of Rosalie’s almond eyes velvety cheeks like peaches and cherry lips. Rosalie responds noting she is the new gardener.
A printed medical quack note touts a family cough syrup that allegedly cures any curable cough in five hours. It prescribes wild cherry bark, cardiol essence, and white pine syrup with detailed dosing for adults and children.
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont in New York discusses her book on child rearing. She cites a Maine story of a Dark Harbor fisherman who decries ugliness and then suggests the ugly man stay in the house, illustrating the need for restraint and courtesy.
A dialogue snippet shows casual flirtation as one character asks about Charley's wife and the other responds playfully that he might compliment her if speaking to Charley. The exchange highlights social dynamics and humor in conversation.
The ad touts Perry Davis Painkiller over seventy years of use for lumbago sciatica and pleurisy atitches priced 25 35 and HK and Bromo Quinine Tablets promise to cure a cold in one day with money back if it fails K W Groves signature on each box. A snappy aside notes doctors often mock each other. The final line makes a social remark about women and men.
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