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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1902
Page
3
A collage of garbled excerpts mocks medical cures and consumer notices with quips about rheumatism, kidney leaks, and fake remedies. Included are stray lines from periodicals, spoof ads, a Toledo notary affidavit about Hall's Catarrh Cure, and jokes about hat trimming and speaking tubes. The jumble preserves era voice and scattered names while offering no coherent single event.
Personal reminiscence from North Carolina vy Institute recounts Captain James Dinkins ace cadet James Bleecker misreads roll call. Major Hull quizzes him on his name and middle initial leading to a private joke about being just James Bleeker. Cadet endures arrest threat before proper roll restitution.
A collection of eccentric notes on giant produce from California including giant grapes in Santa Barbara, a monstrous rose bush, and oversized vegetables such as beets onions tomatoes and pears. Interwoven are quips attributed to Dwight Moody about poisonous books and a Kansas newspaper motto that redefines vices as virtues for supporting local papers.
Reading rooms in the German town of Jena boast seven free facilities housing newspapers and books. The author laments that nature cannot be applauded again for a repeat show when rain or snow arrives in a dry spell.
A digest of quotations from various ministers and rabbis on higher morality, religion, liberty, and social life. The selections include remarks by Rev. E T Root, Rev. M B Pratt, Rev. L G Hoeck, Rabbi A K Grossman, Rev. W C Partridge, and others, touching on purification of character, democracy of the saloon, justice of God, and the labor movement.
Description notes a Surinan lantern fly with two eye sets to catch light from all directions and head luminosity so bright it is readable.
A Brooklyn Eagle item quotes Miss Plumersquat of the ladies baseball team declining to pitch a game after a spectator yelled Get on to her curves from the crowd. The incident highlights crowd taunts affecting players in early women’s baseball coverage.
Town Topics quotes Johnson delighting in press exposure and LT noting his wedding notice reading at 5 o'clock the morning after his marriage, illustrating the vanity and preoccupation with public notices in local society.
In a brief, humorous exchange, Susie Robinson and Mamie Brown joke about wearing an older sister's clothes. Susie notes the coat feels oversized, while Mamie remarks it resembles a box coat and, for Susie who is short, an automobile coat. The Brooklyn Eagle captures lighthearted family banter.
Maude and Kitty discuss rumors and the lack of enlightenment about what others say. The exchange hints that both prefer not to be fully enlightened about gossip and its consequences.
An elderly Skin front utters a final line about a long journey as he lies dying. His friend, knowing the truth, responds that it is all downhill. The exchange conveys a somber farewell between two close companions.
Miss Soreleaf-Fashion tends toward last century costumes while Miss May Budd-How nice! Some people may be able to make over old dresses.
A Detroit Free Press cartoon comment features a quarrel between a big school girl and a little girl about grammar. The dialogue humorously plays on dialect and schooling as the girl boasts of already studying grammar.
In city chatter two men debate hunting costs with two dozen extra birds needed for a wife. An advance agent of the Giddy Burlesquers explains that talking about suppression could be smart advertising, but the show was actually suppressed.
Fragmentary line from Denver Times quotes a bantering exchange about marriage and reform. No clear people, places, or events are provided to name or date.
A witty exchange from New York Weekly shows Minke asking Winks why anyone needs six horses. Winks replies with humor that he keeps six so two will always be sound when needed for driving.
A fragment shows Sweet Girl recounting her father’s furious outburst and her fear to stay and listen. She is urged to appease him as Adorer anxiously questions the father's temper in a New York Weekly styled dialogue.
A Detroit Journal remark portrays the dog as a perfect companion for a young boy around ten, describing him as a refined, loyal hound fit for childhood companionship and everyday adventures. The tone emphasizes character and suitability for a boy rather than ownership by an adult.
A Brooklyn Eagle quip has a chauffeur asking how far Irvington is to Bridgeport. The answer notes about 45 miles as the flying machine flies, with the man leaning against a fence providing the reply.
Reported exchange in Pittsburg newspaper humorously references Mrs Gaswell and Mr Gaswell as the czar of Russia and his four daughters, noting a playful misunderstanding about czarinas.
In the Brooklyn Eagle excerpt a girl with a Mary Mannering curl admires a bracelet George gave for Christmas. Another girl, with crepe on her sleeve, sighs she cannot recall where he bought it or its cost.
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