Fragments of Local Wit and Banter From City Streets
Jokes and quips circulate on Trenton avenue and Dauphin street stations. A sergeant recalls Old Pete Flood in Franklin cemetery and a long running joke about whether any dying soul was buried.
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Newspaper
Emmons County Record
Location
Linton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1910
Page
7
Jokes and quips circulate on Trenton avenue and Dauphin street stations. A sergeant recalls Old Pete Flood in Franklin cemetery and a long running joke about whether any dying soul was buried.
The Montreal Herald notes Harry Whitney, a New Haven sportsman, spent nearly a year among Eskimos at Etah as part of the Roosevelt and Peary relief ventures. He endured the Arctic night, frost, and isolation, hunting for meat, sharing Eskimo life, and later recounting his voyage in Hunting With the Eskimos. Whitney joined Eskimo families, faced madness-inducing darkness, and witnessed brutal blizzards while keeping to simple, direct narration of his experiences.
Old Salem house once linked to Nathaniel Hawthorne sells for renovation. The three story wooden structure near a cemetery is tied to Hawthorne’s life and his Grimshawe and Peabody connections. The new owner plans yard development while preserving historic interest.
The excerpt reads as a fragmented romance passage with garbled lines and mis-spaced dialogue. It centers on a failed union, a harsh social judgment, and characters like Rodolphius Thesalvon and a practical girl, all conveyed in a chaotic, notebook-like stream.
An advertisement extols a dyspepsia remedy that claims to end indigestion sour stomach and gas in five minutes. It promises relief from belching sour breath heartburn and other stomach woes and cites a physician specialist in Fargo North Dakota endorsing the product.
A hurried scene unfolds as a woman, Mrs. George Mets of Highland Park, rushes to catch a train to Omaha while insisting the item about her not be published. A reporter records the exchange and notes the brief refusal during a telephone call to the Register and Leader.
Senator Bob Taylor of Tennessee recounts a rural tale where a poor woman pleads for her jailed husband Helis, comparing his crime to stealing bacon as the region laments a winter shortage. The humor hinges on dialect and social attitudes of the era.
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