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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1908
Page
7
Recounted fragments describe an elephant journey with an interpreter aboard a howdah. The narrator notes the animal’s dangerous habit of nearly cutting legs and the rider’s uneasy, vivid observations of river banks, trees, and telegraph posts.
An NH minister recalls a church tale told at a religious convention informal session. A deacon proposes five minute prayers to curb long remarks. The speaker uses his watch to signal approaching limit and ends with a final prayer.
A Punch dialogue recalls a veteran and a stranger in a Ninety ninth regiment exchange about memory, drink, cowardice charges, and duty. The loafer insists he is not the man the major expects, claiming lifelong service and a possible discharge with infamy is misattributed.
An east side resident recalls hearing a Wing conversation at a fast table where a mother reprimanded her child for speaking unkindly. The incident centers on a mother and child, with neighbors noting the tense exchange.
After a long wasting illness a north countryman was about to don his clothes for the first time. "Jock," called his wife from an adjoining room, "hes than getten all thy claes?" The good man, with a lively sense of his emaciated condition, replied dryly: "Ave, Aa's eetten me claes reet eneuf, but there's rowt to hang 'm on!"
The passage urges protecting readers by keeping eyes clean with morning and night washing. It warns that poor lighting and overwork harm vision and patience, noting eyes are faithful servants when cared for and deserve rest and proper care.
Mrs Wakeman notes modern schooling offers more general knowledge aided by pupils released from class. Mrs Northrop agrees. Johnny Greenfield is asked about his lesson and replies that octagons are many sided animals that grab you when you swim, eliciting a light lesson on shapes and humor.
A newlywed couple married by a Quaker faces a joke when the husband complains of trouble. The minister notes the crowd’s reaction as the wife proves naughtily troublesome, prompting a quip about which end of trouble was meant.
A bank president is approached by a tall man seeking to deposit one million dollars in cash as part of a business scheme built on two inventions, Glasspy’s shaving compound and a footpad discourager. The caller asks for immediate access to funds, but plans require a loan of 250 thousand dollars in treasury notes until returns begin. The banker’s aide ejects the visitor.
Two women unexpectedly meet on a Chicago streetcar. One woman learns the other has moved to a northwest suburb just outside the city limits, unable to specify exact location but offering to show it on a map. The exchange highlights urban expansion and suburban shift.
A Gazette excerpt notes habitual worry marks the face via the facial nerve, with dominant emotions carving permanent lines. It argues true beauty lies in a beautiful mind, condemning chin straps depilatories electricity massage and cosmetics as inadequate makeshifts.
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