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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
7
A collage of humorous exchanges from multiple papers shows witty lines on love, marriage, aging, and social niceties. Quips involve brides, proposals, money, class, and marriage as a lottery, with cards and stage gags highlighting gender roles and social foibles across Boston, New York, Chicago, Yonkers, and London.
Renowned actor Wilton Lackaye is portrayed as a sharp witted raconteur whose clever quips target editors managers and a busybody hotel chef. The piece recalls humorous exchanges and references his book Laconigrams offering aphorisms on life women and politics.
A London Times piece notes dingoes resemble friendly dogs yet are sly and treacherous. It recounts feigned death, sudden raids on sheep and poultry, and packs that terrorize farms. Authorities cite a dingo destroying scores of sheep within hours, and packs sometimes reaching up to a hundred.
In Bible Times a man asks why his engagement with a girl was created. He explains that when she has a birthday she wants him to kiss her once for each year of her life. He says he cannot kiss her four hundred times at one sitting.
Smithy song describes dream and day scene of hammers ringing in the forge. The poem portrays smiths at forges, rhythmic hammering, sparks flying, and pairs of smiths moving in time. George Horton voice expresses steady pounding as source of noble work and world’s ringing.
In London, a man teeters between death and ruin as he contemplates suicide but balks when his young daughter Doll arrives on his birthday. He writes two brief letters, retrieves a revolver, and resolves to wait until five, yet Doll’s plea and a letter from his wife spark a rekindled will to live and seek redemption through a new start with Doll.
The Mexican Herald describes the herradero a branding ceremony held on broad prairies where choicest cattle are kept in an enclosure. Charros on richly adorned horses perform lasso feats watched by guests as orchestras play and the amo arrives to salute the participants. The event lasts all day, typically starting on a Sunday, with branding continuing afterward.
A Cleveland Leader quip notes women with marveled hair and the witching waves. It adds a witty line about a woman appearing prettier when soothing a baby than on a public platform.
A Rural brief recalls William Latham recounting a carryall purchase by Bemus to replace old belongings, with neighbors reflecting on propriety and style. Mining World adds that pyrite or fool's gold occurs in upper Michigan iron measures, valued for sulphuric acid and kerosene refining. An aside notes some men enjoy social calls they need not repeat.
A compact look at the Great Salt Lake described as a celebrated tourist asset returning as a lake that came back. The piece recalls Orson Pratt, historic bath pavilions, and oscillating water levels from 1847 through early 1900s, plus Secretary Garfield’s arid West remarks. It also includes a second note on temperaments and disease patterns linked to vitality types.
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