Fall of Man Recalled in Quizzical Phrase
A fragment recalls a mythic moment about Adam slipping, framing a humorous or reflective note on the fall as an old time tale. The wording hints at a colloquial remembrance rather than a factual event.
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
6
A fragment recalls a mythic moment about Adam slipping, framing a humorous or reflective note on the fall as an old time tale. The wording hints at a colloquial remembrance rather than a factual event.
An 19th century Baltimore American ad praises Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children to relieve feverishness headaches and teething disorders while aiding bowels and worms. It claims pleasant taste and quick action, noting use for children and broad efficacy.
A brief, cryptic exchange appears from Ohio Sun and Washington Star clippings. The eminent visitor asks about an introduction while a prominent citizen counters with remarks about being talked over, hinting at a contested social moment.
The passage recalls a plea from 1848 when sea gulls and other birds helped farmers by eating grasshoppers that threatened crops. It imagines birds speaking to humans, asking only that their nests and young be spared and that they be allowed to continue their pest control instead of being killed.
Dexter Avery, owner of Wonderland theatre at Danvers, faces rivalship from Lemuel Foster who undercuts prices and drives crowds to Palace. A hungry stranger named Banks inspires a “Noise Maker” scheme using real props to amplify film scenes, boosting sales and saving the business. Joyce Darrell remains the object of affection amid the theater’s upheaval.
Tiall Caine's home Greeba Castle on the Isle of Man is filled with antique furniture from his world travels and early life relics. The library preserves Dante Gabriel Rossetti's couch, a Henry Hall Caine friend, and the firplace from George Eliot's home where she wrote.
A terse note describes Thear Wise’s financial collapse tied to an illicit deal labeled as a Black market activity and a subsequent capture or arrest in a related case.
In a London Tit-Bits excerpt a defendant defends a mock offense as a joke. He spins a jokey plan with old pistols and balloons to illustrate a pun related to “parachutes.” The magistrate, growing frustrated, sentences him to three months hard labor.
A fragment prompts jokes on shaving and raising prices. The piece mentions Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops for colds and bronchial irritation and hints at married men making ideal companions away from home.
Three women from Streator Philadelphia and San Francisco testify to relief from Change of Life with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They credit tonic use for personal and family benefits and urge others to try the medicine. The ad notes confidential advice from a woman at Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
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