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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1900
Page
3
Fragmented humor items from 19th century papers depict social foibles, weathered advice, and family quips. Jokes about husbands wives and children, lightly sketched scenes from daily life reveal early American newspaper charm and a taste for brief, pithy banter.
A rural dialect poem depicts animals and people preparing for winter. Chickens roost in barns while quail call in the woods. Hunters and corn huskers frame the season with frosty mornings, wood chores, and a sense of quiet, rustic labor before cold weather.
An untitled verse recalls how golf trains appetite, language, deceit, and desire to win. The speaker reflects on hidden misdeeds learned on the course and ends with the confession that the one thing not earned is the skill to play the cursed game.
A titled tale recounts Tom Bentley a capable yet blundering secretary who mistakes Miss Amanda Smith for a married woman. He discovers her wedding ring only after a cafe mirror reveals the truth and later learns of her actual single status. The narrator narrates the mistaken affair and later attends Tom's wedding as best man.
The article details long running mine fires in the United States. The Vulcan mine on the Green River opposite Newcastle Colorado has burned since a fatal explosion years ago killing about eighty. A Butte mine has burned since 1884 despite carbonic acid gas quicklime and acids. Pennsylvania also shows several burning mines with one site emitting a tall smokestack of black smoke for miles. Coal seams release gas that can ignite when mixed with air and water.
Frank J. Zeller, chief of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers No. 145 in Meadville Pennsylvania, credited a brother who recovered from kidney trouble using Dodd's Kidney Pills. After seven boxes he reports full recovery and returns to work, praising the remedy and noting its 50 cent price.
An elderly man wishes the engaged couple luck repeatedly, while the groom questions the need. The exchange underscores a light, humorous tone about forthcoming nuptials and good fortune.
An old advertisement promises cures for many ailments from headaches to cancer by cleansing bowels. It touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as the genuine product with metal boxes and C. G. C. on each tablet and warns to beware of imitations.
More than 2,000 Parisians work as fortune tellers and collectively bring in about 2 million dollars per year. The figures show a sizable informal economy surrounding divination practices in the French capital.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that the Toledo firm will pay $100 for any case of catarrh not cured by Hal's Catarrh Cure. The notice promotes the remedy and the testimonials, while Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac stage version has earned the author about $60,000 in Paris.
An old advertisement promotes Jell O in four flavors lemon orange raspberry and strawberry at 10 cents. It touts Mrs Austin’s pancakes for crispy autumn mornings and hints at a humorous aside about an actress image. Orders go to Leck Box 219 Fort Wayne Ind.
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