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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
3
Harper's Weekly notes the thirteen in every feature of the quarter dollar. The beard, shield, stars, feathers, and even the coin name all contain thirteen elements. The piece mocks superstition about the number thirteen in currency and invites readers to rethink the superstition.
In a terse exchange Herlock Shojmes and Dector Dotson discuss a letter. The man’s title and the context hint at a favor request, with Shojmes dismissing the missive and continuing their investigation.
An infant’s eczema worsened until a family tried Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, costing 1.25. The baby reportedly improved in days and was cured by six months. The note from C F Kara, New York, March 30, 1906, accompanies other assorted ads and maxims.
The Hartford Courant criticizes Alfred G. Vanderbilt for spending a $60,000,000 attachment on tastes that mimic a stable boy and a stage driver role. It argues his wealth could fund better social contributions and questions the misfit between millions and chosen work.
The first pawnbroking house appears in Freisingen Bavaria in 1198. A 1350 Salins Franche Comte pawnshop and a 1361 London outlet followed, all failing. Paris Mont de Piete began in 1777 on the same street as its current head office.
A sharp exchange unfolds as a well to do lady refuses food to a hungry tramp who accuses her of judging by appearances and asserts she is not kind as expected. The tramp argues that looks conceal true character.
A brief exchange for a fifth grader about future math work in class, joking about decimals fractions and head work plus perforated squares. The dialogue hints at curriculum focus and student expectations in a light schoolroom moment.
A compact catalog of famous singers and their extraordinary high notes including Melba in F sharp Jenny Lind B in alto Christine Nilsson G in alto Evangeline Florence G in alto Ellen Beach Yaw two octaves above C Tetrazzini D in alto Carlotta Patti D in alto Adelina Patti C in alto.
The greatest heat is not on the equator but about ten degrees north, while northern Siberia records harsher cold than areas near the pole.
A Houston Post quip has a husband matching poker queens to his wife, joking that the queens in a deck remind him of her. The line plays on affection and playful gendered imagery.
A Philadelphia Press brief records a barber and a man in a chair bantering about time. The man complains he needs quickly shaving though he once claimed plenty of time. The barber retorts that the time has shortened with the razor.
A mature man becomes enraged and threatens violence, hurling a sharp insult about a rival’s intellect. He shouts that even if the other’s brain were placed in a mustard seed there would be space only like a shrimp in the Atlantic.
Stubb Coggswood keeps superstition alive by hanging an automobile tire over his door instead of a horseshoe, as noted by Chicago News. The quip highlights his quirky update to luck charms.
An old testimonial promotes Grape-Nuts as a cure for dyspepsia and indigestion. The letter claims the product is predigested, gentle on the stomach, aids nervous energy, and suitable for all ages. Readers are invited to read The Road to Wellville and note the slogan There’s a Reason.
A collection of brief notes: water weighs ten pounds per gallon. Bermuda rats climb trees. Holland railways incur only one death yearly. Siberians carry frozen soups. milk is frozen and sold by the pound. A London model greets an artist with coarse humor. A Serb drum on a dog cart, rat-hole utilities, and Dresden trolley lifelike catchers. Vaccination in Germany uses calf lymph at several life stages. A Warsaw group vows not to pace with a crying baby. Hawaiians gained telephones and electric cane-cutting light. Lizzie Martin of Virginia writes with a fingernail pen split to quill form.
A publisher says the writer seems idle yet is truly pushing to work. He recalls a bet of swimming to a buoy where a man, after reaching it, sat motionless for hours until friends learned the buoy was tarred and he was stuck there. Washington Star reported.
A loud man explains to officers that after attending a dance he left wearing a $2.50 outfit. A short yellow man bumped him repeatedly. a confrontation outside led to a chase and the arrest as he tried to catch a streetcar.
Humorous quip fromTravelling Taft and De Style mocks moving pictures of Taft as Gunbusta jokes about a picture of him not moving. Harper’s Weekly era wit highlights public fascination with cinema and political imagery.
A Harper’s Weekly exchange frames a financier’s doubt about the firm’s return to stability. The receiver responds that independence will come only when control leaves his hands, illustrating debtors and receivership tensions in a historic business struggle.
A London Tit-Bits anecdote asks if a cab driver would return a found pocketbook. The imagined response jokes that the driver would keep the $25,000 and live on the income, highlighting a test of integrity in service.
Meandering Mike declares work not necessary for him and voices contempt for chasing jobs just to boast. He cites thousands of unemployed who feel miserable, arguing he will not seek work to satisfy vanity.
Hyker and Pyker discuss a wife’s nerves about shopping alone and how a simple doughnut craving might trigger an impulse buy. The exchange hints at domestic worry over spending and restraint while using light humor.
A clerk informs Pat a letter is too heavy for a single stamp. Pat retorts that using two stamps would make it heavier, prompting a humorous exchange about mailing logistics.
Mrs John Kirk of Detroit Michigan reports near collapse from kidney troubles five years ago. She began using Dean's Kidney Pills and within weeks all symptoms improved, noting weight gain to 163 pounds and excellent health. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A collection of light quotes and jokes from various periodicals. Bits include a playful exchange about a young doctor in training, a jab at time management, a pun on sleeping sickness, and a domestic quip about games and laundry.
The article argues Peruna serves as both a tonic and a catarrh remedy. It credits Hydrastis canadensis and a blend with Cubebs Copaiba and other tonics as a potent, proven treatment, supported by testimonials and theoretical grounding. Manufactured by Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio.
A race horse extends its stride from twenty feet to twenty four feet per stride, maintaining full speed to cover ground efficiently. The observation highlights extraordinary limb reach and pace, signaling potential breakthroughs in racing performance.
Warning against using mercury based catarrh ointments and promoting Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Cure is taken internally and claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Advertisement notes guaranteed genuine product and price 75 cents per bottle with testimonials.
The portrait titled The Vagabonds depicts two Irish terriers with one yawning at spectators. Miss Maud Earl, nicknamed the lady Landseer, had to yawn herself to elicit a yawn from the dog. On exhibition the yawns spread among viewers as Earl watched with amusement.
Two full grown live lizards were found in the heart of an oak log split by Joseph McClosky of Bellwood. One lizard was black and white spotted, the other yellow. The log came from a tree about fifty years old. How the lizards were imprisoned and sustained remains a mystery.
A Nashville American snippet quotes the line Father, who makes the great applause in the Congressional Record, the reply The printer, my son. The brief exchange highlights a printer’s role in the record and a familial remark.
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