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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
8
A humorous sermon on love and money and the quirks of propriety. The author lampoons liberal pretensions and the quick spending habits of women, noting the ease of spending versus deciding color schemes. A jab at sofa pillows as both decor and temptation closes the piece.
The poem-style verse notes how larger fields have strict rules and insist on enforcement. Umpires refuse to yield to any higher authority and push for orderly play, believing the prize will land on the vacant lot nine.
The writer notes leap year years have not prompted many women to volunteer marriage. He observes men discussing matrimony in groups, yet shy away when alone with a woman. He argues men should not pressure women to marry just because of leap year, predicting many will wait alone when the leap year ends.
A fragment notes Kansas as a peach state with boastful quip about farmers’ daughters, reflecting local color and rural pride amid regional imagery.
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