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Newspaper
Garfield Memorial
Location
Garfield, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1882
Page
7
A peddler offers cloves to remove beer breath from a saloonkeeper, who balks at the suggestion and insists he already has items that keep the odor on his customers. The exchange highlights a comic exchange over beer aroma.
A comic exchange unfolds between Mr and Mrs Spoopendyke about expert witnesses in a Guiteau trial. They mock legal officials, debate judges and lawyers, and poke fun at the idea of experts and statutes, with humorous jabs about court pens and law school notions.
The Brooklyn Eagle records a witty domestic aside about a wife addressing Mr. Spoopendyse and Mr. Guiteau in a satirical line. The speaker imagines political trouble and suggests the husband seek other work as the crisis continues. The tone mocks national complications with a humorous, domestic twist.
The article extols Miss Bettie Evarts for her renowned chocolate served on Wednesday afternoons at Mrs. Evarts home. It notes praise from travelers and diplomats, details the preparation from a white of egg to Maillard chocolate, and recalls prior celebrated housekeepers like Mrs. Gideon Welles, with rivalries among administrations.
A survey of beliefs about snakes surviving after mutilation and tales of miraculous venom resistance. It notes errors in popular claims, cites Mme La Rarea on venom injections in Mexico, compares Pliny’s attributions, and adds scattered anecdotes from Chicago police and Berlin society.
A collage of curious notes from political figures, society chatter, and odd inventions. mentions Romualdo Pacheco, Capt Eads, Tehuantepec rail, Garfield cottage, Wall Street etymology, Vanderbilt rumors, and a nine year old telegraph prodigy. Includes banter about a London peacock feather charity and a New Haven charcoal eater.
An English traveler boastful about England faces a prank by a country inn landlord who fills the guest’s bed with crabs and bedbugs. The crooks exchange quips about English superiority while the townsfolk share jokes about marriage to a millionaire and a Highland laird miscounting a purse, delivering a string of humorous quips.
A Town school teacher tried various devices including awitches raw-hides drumk-straps and chis as weapons of correction and concludes that a two feet long harness tug is unmatched for discipline.
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A note mentions Harper's Magazine Harper's Weekly and Harper's Bazar with two titles named Harper's Young People and Harper's Magazine tied to a free one year subscription offer for United States or Canada readers.
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