At the Widows' Club
A brief item by T E Powers notes activity at the Widows' Club with social details and upcoming meetings.
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1906
Page
16
A brief item by T E Powers notes activity at the Widows' Club with social details and upcoming meetings.
By James J. Montague, the piece imagines a world where only William T. Jerome stays vigilant while gas, insurance, and Wall Street trusts falter. It mocks promises and power, suggesting reforms will falter unless Jerome’s lamp stays on. The prose contrasts bold threats with a comic fallback to Jerome’s sleepless watch.
A humorous piece argues modern girls trained in cooking and housekeeping may lag in real marriage skills. It weighs diplomas against practical "husband management" and contrasts gift expectations, recalling a Duchess of Roxburghe wedding gift of a cigarette outfit.
The fragment questions why English spellings persist and argues about phonetic shifts. It suggests comparing dough and bow spellings to other words like cough and colt, hinting at irregular pronunciation and historical changes in English orthography.
An old farmer expected to fetch a chicken house and sent a hand to the station known as America’s smallest. The newcomer saw the tiny building, loaded it on a wagon, and began his task.
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