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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1910
Page
6
A Washington woman recalls a church Sunday when a missionary sermon described naked tropic savages. During the collection, her husband drops a suspender button into the plate, prompting their son to wonder why a button was added after hearing that natives were naked. The father answers with a sly, humorous justification.
A philosophical reflection urges individuals to aim for eminence by improving themselves rather than harming others. It champions personal superiority, real or imagined, while maintaining social harmony and not hindering others from their own happiness.
A habitual prisoner faces a stern magistrate who orders a pledge or house of correction. The prisoner quips that he always takes the pledge for life, prompting a lenient correctional twist to start with a one year term.
Senator Frye, famed as an avid angler, visits Eastport Maine for a lakeside picnic. He discovers a wagon loaded with fishing gear marked for him, jokes about the lake's lack of fish, and returns sunburned and mosquito-bitten, quipping about bites to onlookers.
Pat and Mike, two Irishmen in a Dublin hotel, share a bed and a bottle of whisky. Pat waits for Mike to sleep, drains the bottle, then Mike wakes and grope searches in the dark. When asked what he seeks, Mike is told to check the corner for the bottle.
A playful verse by Minna Irving mocks fashion fads based on chanticleer garments and rooster themes. It notes women in latest designs and men sporting wattled beards, teasing that such sartorial freaks mark one as a goose during holidays.
A fragmentary verse piece asks where a loved one lies beneath budding rue and springtime. The speaker yearns to sense joy and laughter across a twilight landscape, feeling sheltering grief in every blossom and leaf as sleep eludes them.
A poetical spoof portrays a playful comet roaming the cosmos and scaring planets, mocking earthly fears. It lampoons Obi Sol and Venus, hints at solar drama, and promises to return to frighten again in years five and ten sevens.
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