Wit of a King's Family in a Clever Prank
Queen Maud, famed as the wit of Edward VII's kin, amused sisters at a public function by trading a fake note with a pressman. He eagerly retrieved it and found only the line My bow boots pinch me horribly.
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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1906
Page
8
Queen Maud, famed as the wit of Edward VII's kin, amused sisters at a public function by trading a fake note with a pressman. He eagerly retrieved it and found only the line My bow boots pinch me horribly.
Mrs. Compton vents tears and anger over the North Trust Company after discovering a missing twenty dollar gold piece from a birthday gift. She plans to withdraw her deposits and entrusts funds to her husband for safekeeping, fearing a possible embezzlement scandal and loss of trust.
An essay argues for a new method of judging sinners by the harm they cause rather than visible crimes. It critiques current systems that ignore major offenders who destabilize cities, urging focus on systemic faults and hidden harms. The piece cites remarks from the New York Post and Philadelphia Press about gossip and private vice.
A Toledo Republic remark mocks ancestors as he cites the first class inspector and unshipped loads from years ago. He notes people claiming descent would fear photos and restrictions if they saw them.
A summer girl tells Augustus she cannot be everything to him, promising instead to be lit by the State of Rhode Island. The Courier-Journal quotes a widow and a domestic line about a pibble and a bite.
Oklahoma City and Return Low Rates via Nickel Plate Road dated Sept 7 and 8 with return Sept 17 and contact details for agent. Also a humorous tale from A Levantine Log Book about a club where members refuse to fill or perform offices and duties.
Mrs. Charles M. Preston of Elkland Pennsylvania credits Dean’s Kidney Pills with reversing a severe illness three years earlier. She describes dramatic weight loss thirst and sugar in urine before relief and recovery after using the tonic. Foster Milburn Company Buffalo advertises the remedy for 50 cents a box.
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