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Newspaper
Golden Valley Chronicle
Location
Beach, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
13
A North Dakota man recounts waking in a hotel room to a maid entering to tidy. He found the door and bolt locked from inside with the key still in place, yet insists he saw the maid. She says she tried the door from outside and left after his call. He worries it may be a hallucination born of sleep.
The Eckstein brothers were entertained by a host who tried small talk about Omar Khayyam. The elder Eckstein interrupted, correcting the host by saying Omar Khayyam is not a wine but a cheese, ending the exchange with a tense quiet as they departed.
A humorous exchange ends with a tragic twist as a man reveals his name is He and a woman named She weeps realizing their identities. The moment exposes the cruel joke of language and fate, concluding with the line That and nothing more in a Puck caption.
A gentleman out shooting the other day accidentally shot a black retriever. He recovered from the shock as the dog returned and brought to him in its mouth its own tail, which had been shot clean off.
The bride tells her husband with amusement that the new grocer is generous. For every order of a six pound turkey, he sends a turkey weighing eleven or twelve pounds, a curious kindness that surprises the couple.
In a regimental riding school an Irish recruit parts from his horse against orders. The sergeant demands where the instruction came from and the recruit quips that it came from hindquarters. The humorous exchange reflects army humor in Illustrated Bits.
In a wry note the New York journalist recalls how a wedding can fail when the groom misses the ceremony. The piece includes a comic exchange about men advertising for wives and hints at a Sunday edition feature.
A girl asks what the wild waves say and a man replies that the roar likely reflects anger at the high prices there. The scene portrays seaside amusement turned to critique of costs.
Molly asks about telling their father of a $500 bank balance and discovers he borrowed the money after George confirms the amount and his father's reaction.
A Boston schoolgirl Miss Elinor Cutting Hamlin owns a Mount Mica Maine tourmaline parure in seventeen detachable stones from three to thirty carats. The gem occurs in many colors and is prized for its rarity and beauty with prices from ten to twelve dollars per carat for ordinary stones.
A former famed bullfighter and now sailor left Spain after losing his reputation in the bullring. The report notes he has killed more bulls and witnessed extensive gore and death in arenas than most others, marking a long career shadowed by danger.
The article details a tourmaline necklace valued at $50,000 with a large collection including a rare tourmaline cross and pink and green ear drops. It traces the Hamlin family ownership, Paris 1889 and 1893 World Fair displays, and notes the stones’ origins and classifications alongside a Maine tourmaline collection at Harvard. It also recounts the Mount Mica mine discovery by Elijah Hamlin and Ezekiel Holmes in 1820 and explains tourmaline varieties and naming origins.
Ambassadors residence in Washington hosts a high society wedding as James O'Brien of New York marries Hannah Enright, long-time maid to Baroness Hengelmuller. The ceremony at St Patrick's Church featured the ambassador’s daughter as bridesmaid and a breakfast with diplomats and friends.
A Baltimore American note questions whether any hold-overs have re signed and suggests only those who saw preparations for making them pop overs.
In Washington a wealthy Chicago businessman's family tries to buy social entry. Senator Pettigrew notes a conundrum about winter outings and overcoats with a joke by the man’s eldest daughter, who tweaks the punchline to pantallons. The piece ends with a bizarre aside about animal hair as a threat.
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