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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1908
Page
8
A father explains how laughter reveals character using vowel tones and warns against deceitful humor. The mother offers a simpler rule to judge nice people by what makes them laugh and the context of their jokes. The scene ends with the patriarch departing, claiming he never had a sense of humor.
A collection of epigrammatic lines on self regard and vanity. It contrasts self love with true virtue, noting how self praise, publicity, and public image distort judgment. It culminates in reflections on habit, routine thinking, and the inertia of past deeds.
The article argues heredity drives theatrical talent, tracing a Booth led lineage from Junius Brutus Booth to Edwin Booth and Creston Clarke. It notes John Drew’s family ties to Eliza Lane and Thomas Lane and links Ethel Barrymore to Georgie Drew and Maurice Barrymore. It highlights the Drew Barrymore line and Georgie Mendum Drew in theatre, and references the Jeffersonian connection to acting lineage.
A newspaper portrait recalls London’s youth and first fiction sale. He served briefly as a postal carrier in Oakland before fame from Alaskan stories, returning to high school as a rebellious, shaggy youth who wrote school papers and attracted attention after a public Socialist meeting arrest.
A Maiden Lane jeweler discusses American watchmaking noting Yankee watches as good value yet not matching the precision of a German Albany craftsman Charles Fasholdt. The tale centers on a gold and ruby pocket watch with five escapements and extraordinary accuracy, built by Fasholdt and tested on the Empire State Express, illustrating the old master’s belief that a timepiece should not perform multiple tasks at once.
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