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Newspaper
Correctionville News
Location
Correctionville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
7
An elderly man scolds a child making noise in a West Side residence. The scene shows a child insisting she is just a little girl as he lectures about laws and potential jail, while a bystander notes the speaker’s impaired sight.
A Sewickley couple smiles after a short engagement as their honeymoon humor circulates at a downtown scene. An elderly friend jokes about beefsteak after the wedding as a guest asks when proper to request the first meal. Waterfront tavern chatter recalls dense fog off Newfoundland and a sea anecdote ends with a humorous misadventure. An revival baptism scene includes a quip about baptizing a bald old sinner requiring a deeper, longer dip.
A schoolteacher notes a puzzle from Cane and Comment where a man dies leaving 1 090 006 dollars to be divided among his wife son daughter brother and foreign mind with one eighth to the wife one sixth to the son one twelfth to the daughter one ninth to the brother and the remainder to a foreign mind. The puzzled lawyer title comments on the setup.
A fragmented note shows a city editor’s friend learning modern journalism methods. The banter asks about staff size, revealing a figure of about fifty men five women and three society reporters in a light, dated metropolitan tone.
A fragmented dialogue hints at a tense garden encounter with a man and a woman, mentioning moods and a cryptic line about coming into the garden. The odd phrasing suggests satirical or literary humor typical of period cartoons. Names and precise context remain unclear due to the garbled text.
Survivors recount Father Byles and another priest aiding steerage passengers as the Titanic sank on the iceberg strike. He offered prayers, gave blessings, heard confessions, and urged calm while women and children were lowered to lifeboats. The tale blends faith, courage, and tragedy from the perilous voyage.
Luke and the Mountford claim confront a tangled case as Phillip de Mountford eyes influence over Lord Radcliffe and a Brussels tragedy echoes in London. An inquest stirs doubt about a murdered man whose body was hidden and a dangerous chase for truth unfolds with shifting loyalties.
In a November four years past a man was found slain in a taxicab with throat cut and killer vanished. London society browses gossip while Lord Radclyffe’s heir Philip de Mountford lies in a police mortuary, amid a party of intrigue and whispered rumors about murder.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt describes a visitor asking an architect for a fashionable modern home with a living room too large to heat and a kitchen too small to cook well. The dialogue contrasts costs of water and climate as a humorous backdrop to housing desires. Effie and Mr Carnegie are playfully referenced in the conversation about ownership and libraries. The piece blends social commentary with a light domestic scene.
A fragmented column blends quirky lines about Brinson a man facing fate and profanity, odd advice on selling, a note on suicide avoidance, and scattered notes on self pity and personal struggles, reflecting a noisy late period newspaper style with many garbled phrases.
A Rochester reader shares relief from headaches and backaches after using J. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes improved health and urges others to consider the remedy, mentioning prior pain and general weakness.
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