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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
3
A sprawling column of wry observations and pop culture jests from The Tribune. Notes on aviation dangers, fashion shifts, money ethics, politics, and social quirks through a string of witty vignettes and pointed quips. Includes jokes about airships, diamonds, weddings, and international duties.
Report notes women's hat sizes are decreasing while male purchasers have yet to notice a proportional price drop. The article highlights a shared trend toward smaller headwear affecting shoppers across genders.
The Philadelphia Inquirer questions why internal revenue acreages rise despite claims that men are drinking less, referencing 1910 census figures to illustrate the trend.
Indiana sources report 5 690 paroled under the indeterminate sentence law in 144% years. Earnings totaled 1 540 310 55 dollars, spending 1 266 180 06, saving 274 122 89. Of paroled, 2 percent died, 66 percent served full period, 8 percent discharged early, 9 percent remained in contact with parole officials.
The Continental Insurance company of New York sues in superior court to recover 1970.01 dollars claimed as interest paid to the state after being coerced by auditor James H. Rice. It says taxes were not legally due and that Rice threatened license revocation to force payment. The suit follows a prior Supreme Court ruling in the David E. Sherrick case.
A boastful man describes a street encounter about a lost purse and a political bet. He claims the square man motto saved a man who bet against the landslide and lost. He recounts returning fifty cents to the bettor, insisting on his honest nature and saying he is built that way.
Paul Withington notes football in 1908 and 1909 was brutal with harsh play and gruesome incidents. He recalls a Philadelphia editor recounting a November game where a mule from a coal dealer wandered onto the field, causing a fatal accident amid a fierce scrimmage.
An Atchison Globe reflection notes that aging men in business struggle with punishment in daily life. The piece urges readers to examine personal experience, citing home, streetcar, and road as daily pressures. It argues elderly men cannot endure hardship as well as in youth.
A pair of young men on the Market Street viaduct claimed to be looking for a white automobile after passing two auburn-haired girls. The exchange was noted in a tersely humorous moment in The Modern Way.
A reader attributes pale health and headaches to caffeine in coffee. After giving up coffee and switching to Postum, health improves within weeks and months, ending with a strong, well person weighing 148 pounds. The letter promotes Postum as the life-giving alternative.
A playful exchange centers on Calvin forbidding mice to drink champagne and Ruth questioning the ban. Calvin retorts that the prohibition lasts until his bill is paid, framing a humorous dispute over indulgence and payments.
Promotes Cuticura remedies for skin and scalp afflictions and hair care. Potter Drug & Chem Corp of Boston offers to mail free their 32 page Cuticura Book on skin and hair on request.
In a dialogue, Mrs ChugwaterJosiah asks for the origin of Milwaukee. The response asserts the name derives from Latin mille meaning a thousand and Waukee a Chinaman, rendering Milwau kee as a thousand Chinamen.
A vintage ad touts Mrs Austins Famous Buckwheat Flour as ideal for breakfast and available at all grocers
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