Potato Chips Under Scraps Hint at Doubtful Worth
A Chicago News brief notes doubt about value when only a few potato chips remain. The overheard remark suggests skepticism about the offering under minimal portions.
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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
8
A Chicago News brief notes doubt about value when only a few potato chips remain. The overheard remark suggests skepticism about the offering under minimal portions.
A fragment from a Chicago News page shows Uncle Gus arguing with his niece Susie about a baby that aged to resemble a relative. The brief dialogue hints at family tensions and a humorous misunderstanding.
A brief Yonkers Statesman exchange shows Redd asking if Greene will have a cigar and Greene replying his wife forbids smoking, prompting Redd to suggest he may still smoke.
A club woman recalls a country couple at a circus lunch. The husband playfully asks for the basket, sparking a quip about true kindness versus selfishness. A humorous exchange then contrasts Singleton and Wedderly on matrimony’s advantages.
A unique pamphlet titled The Land of Irrigation showcases productive Rocky Mountain valleys. Distributed by the Denver and Rio Grande Passenger Department, the leaflet uses terse axioms to highlight natural resources and possibilities without descriptive text.
Mr C B Newhof of 10 Delaware Street Albany New York reports severe urinary troubles and bladder irritation worsened by colds. After four months using Peruna he says symptoms eased, irritation subsided, and he regained solid health, now free of prior ailments after eight years.
An era of health guidance notes constipation as a common problem with advice to use Cascaret nightly to keep bowels moving and maintain regularity, urging readers to monitor digestive health and seek relief options.
A dialogue on office roles features a character noting a young male stenographer and a woman stenographer's appeal. The speaker admits he cannot dictate to a woman, joking about marriage affecting his views. The exchange underscores attitudes toward gender and professionalism in a light domestic setting.
In Omaha J Montgomery Gubbins unveils a contrivance named the Gubbins ailencer and word catcher. He describes using a tin funnel to absorb and echo a loud neighbor wife s chatter during dinner visits. The tale ends as the inventor departs for a train.
The National Audubon report notes New York will prohibit selling plumage from forty three bird specimens after July 1 and bans aigrette sales. The law aims to curb use of wild bird feathers, protecting nests and young, with New York joining Paris and London as major markets.
A fragmented account describes how illness and poor health erode a young woman’s ability to earn money. It notes the impact of health on income, mentions becoming nervous and invalid, and hints at social isolation and employment challenges.
Miss Isabel Embrey aged sixteen of Meridian Mississippi ran away to pursue stage life. After two nights in tights as a chorus dancer in a St Louis theater she abandoned show business for a department store job and agreed to return home with her parents. They reunited at police headquarters with Isabel tearful but ready to go home. She had earlier acted a minor role in East Lynne in Cincinnati before leaving for St Louis.
In Sharon Pennsylvania an intruder shouted Fire Fire while a tramp disrupted Rev. Thomas Barnes family dinner in Brookfield township. The thief fled after grabbing a chicken and two pies from the table while a second man slipped in the back door and then fled.
East Portland Maine reports the US government plans to test cancer transmission from fish to humans using a six dog study at a fish hatchery. Dr Harvey R Gaylord and Prof Charles G Atkins lead experiments to see if cancers in fish and dogs share a common cause and whether water from ponds with infected fish can spread disease to humans.
A Temps despatch paints a bleak Champagne harvest with half the vines damaged by insects and mildew. It notes Alsace and Belgian workers absent this year, leaving villages impoverished as growers struggle to save vines after four difficult seasons.
Ten thousand caribou crowded a Tanana hills trail between Circle and Fairbanks delaying Captain Barnette and his pack train for four hours. The herd, one of the largest seen by whites in years, stretched as far as the eye could see and moved southward.
In Rome a movement seeks to abolish the regulation barring marriage before age twenty eight. Italian women reach their prime earlier and fear the rule lessens marriage chances.
An imperial parliament, claimed as China’s first, will be convened in 1918 by official edict. The item notes Beijing as the source and implies a historic legislative event to occur in a distant year.
A man faced a court case described as turning sixty in years of service or age. Details remain unclear in the readable text. The report notes legal action and a pending decision.
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