Dialogue on Farm Talk in Self-Defense Scene
A short exchange highlights farmer talk about soil and corn in a terse self defense moment. The banter references generous soil, high corn, and a plan to plant a dwarf variety to stabilize growth.
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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
5
Stork Visit Triggers Freddies Curious Gaffe
A Delineator note sketches child Freddie’s indifference to a baby sister while joking about a stork visit. The passage contrasts social equality with petty biases and mocks how magazines treat topics like mad dogs for readers who care to know.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie
Freadie
Childrens moral vignettes and a teasing miscue
A collection of short comic and reflective snippets shows a mother warning Marlow about playing with Willie Burr and a boy named Robert reacting to his father's punishment. The pieces mix humor and sentiment about parenting, discipline, and human frailty.
Carnegie on Tariff Views Shaped by Smith and Mill
In the Christmas Century Mr. Carnegie explains that his tariff views were formed in the early seventies by Adam Smith, who was not a simple free trader, and by John Stuart Mill's celebrated paragraph, which he says sums up the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Carnegie
Adam Smith
John Stuart Mill
Doctor Greathead Endorses Housework For Women's Health
In a witty New York Weekly exchange, Mr Bilkins cites Doctor Greathead claiming no exercise aids health in women like ordinary housework, and Mrs Bilkins quips about the doctor's marriage.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised
A Norristown woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her female troubles after avoiding surgery. The letter promotes the remedy as a standard treatment for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and related symptoms urging others to seek Mrs Pinkham's advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tena Vv.lenry
Norristown
Not Always What They Seem
Dialogue sketches on appearances versus reality show onlookers noting a train trip where Yale president spoke and a passerby offers sympathy. A homey classroom quip follows about three boys answering a question and a mother praising her son for honesty in a broken window anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadley
New York
Yale
Sam Harris
Harry Stone
Johnnie
Baby Name Sparks Tart Exchange At Dinner
A call erupts over a baby name with Mrs. Lapsting defending HUSBANDs choice. The joke name Tetanus prompts dread as the caller warns of mortification and the meaning of tetanus. The couple argues over intended meaning and the husband’s insistence.
How Rows Begin Dream Sparks Blameful Fight
A terse dialogue erupts into a quarrel as a dream reveals suspected infidelity. The exchange centers on a wife's claim of love and a husband's denial, escalating to a domestic dispute moment.
Grape-Nuts Help Woman and Son End Sour Stomach Tale
An AWN New York mother recounts months of sour stomach and poor digestion until a stomach specialist advised Grape-Nuts. She and her son improved quickly, regained weight, and now start and end days with the cereal. She credits Grape-Nuts with a new life and good health.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Wamsleys Automatic Pastor Delivers Irony of Modern Pulpit
In a sharp humorous piece, J P Wamsley proposes an automated pastor to boost church attendance with a revolving figure, phonograph sermons, and trading stamps. The plan fails when trustees instead renew the old pastor, leaving Wamsley touting a sales-angle success with his updated figure and window display.
Cure for Cough and Odd Barbershop Talk
An old recipe recommends mixing Glycerine Virgin Olive Pine compound and whiskey for a cough with instructions for dosing. The text mocks reform-era chatter in Atlanta barber shop banter and jokes about legal bravado and weather reports, featuring a Philadelphia observer and casual social exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
One Kidney Regained After Doctors Said Hope Was Gone
Milford Maine resident Sylvanus Verrill recalls a life changing cure after an injury left his kidneys failing and pain crippling him. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with strengthening his body within weeks and freeing him from crutches as his kidneys began to function again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlow
Willie Burr
Sylvanus
Verrill
Milford
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Dentist Grants Scot a Free Tooth Extraction
Scotty asks for gas before a tooth removal. The dentist tells him not to pay until the tooth is out. Scotaman counts his money, insisting on seeing his balance before losing consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scot
Reached His Limit Henry Solves Penitence In Closet
A mother plans to pardon her son Henry after a confession of sorrow. From a closet, the boy sighs he has done all he can to show remorse, insisting he cannot get out until forgiven. The scene in The Delineator captures a child’s contrite moment and a parent’s readiness to grant mercy.
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Henry
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