05 Feb 1910
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1910
Page
1
A cab driver's single minded view is explored from the high hansom seat. The narrator compares the cabby to Jehu and passengers to mere fares, noting contempt upon payment and the sting of forgotten pockets. The piece links the cabby's authority to the transom’s design.
A bustling city scene unfolds around Jerry O'Donovis as he drives a cab through festive streets. Amid revelers and a mysterious fare, he ferries a woman to the casino, where intrigue blooms. At journey’s end, he ends at the police station claiming his wife Norah Walsh, sealing a quirky, comic twist.
The article traces the evolution of chairs from seats of rank in medieval and early modern Europe to the modern armchair. It notes bishops and abbots used appropriate thrones, common folk on stools, and kings and queens on armed chairs. It cites Catherine de Medici and Louis XIV as influences, with stools called Inbo-Tets for courtiers, and asserts the armchair as a later innovation adding a back for comfort.
A kingly picture and a disjointed collage of phrases recount a romanticized image of Charles XII and a mocked dinner scene. The text shifts to casual dialogue about a banquet speech, weather, and a pun about an opera bus in New York, ending with a proverb about fame and a remark on an Abyssinian wife as head of the house.
A Chicago record-Herald feature explains the deceptive weight of money across gold silver and paper. It compares lifting 200 pounds of various money forms and calculates potential values in gold coins silver dollars quarters and large denomination notes. A related tale notes a skeptical romance between a working girl and a fastidious suitor.
A humorous exchange notes a wife not being ill but buying a bonnet for four dollars, contrasting with her prior sixteen dollar choice. The Yonkers Statesman captures the light remark on costs and fashion.
A brief, humorous exchange depicts a bookkeeper and the old man proprietor debating attendance at the mother-in-law funeral this afternoon, ending with the proprietor returning to his desk.
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