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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1910
Page
12
A Philadelphia youth in Seattle 1909 buys a gift for his mother and jokes about using bits of money. The excerpt blends The Scrap Book tale with verses by James Whitcomb Riley and a tale from Lippincott's about a cat in a medical operation, reflecting lighthearted nostalgia.
A Kensington school elocution period sparks laughter as a high grader misquotes poets and confuses lines about women in hours of ease. The Philadelphia Times notes similar humor from a New Case of English Humor referencing a southern tale of a man named Yarrow and a jail sentence aided by Mr. Brown.
Tom Bagwell, serving as justice of the peace in Altman, a town perched 12,000 feet above sea level, fined a disorderly character 10 dollars plus costs. The fined man said he would appeal, but the court declared this the highest court in the United States and barred any appeal.
Old colored man Joe, long employed by the Gordons, appears at a Reading home during dinner. He recounts Harve Gordon’s fate after a Fort Smith shooting and a woman’s life sentence, claiming she did not stay her term.
A humorous excerpt features Archbishop Whitely posing and answering a riddle about starving in the desert. He explains a man can eat sand, then jokes Noah sent Ham and his descendants, while another quip notes a man soaked in happiness likely carried a heavy load.
A brief dialogue shows one speaker insisting on being taught to smoke a cigar and another offering to demonstrate after declaring the first’s method wrong. The exchange centers on instruction and a challenge to correct technique.
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