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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1909
Page
2
A collection of quips and short notes on public figures and trends. It jokes about King Edward, Miss Mary Garden, and Lord Lippin while mocking fashion, airships, Tires, and the value of labor. Snippets reference asides on prohibition era sensibilities and international figures with light satire.
The text notes that consolidation by large corporations will drive major future developments while promising that truth about evil and disaster from malfeasance is being heeded. It mentions Manhattan typhoid mortality lows due to disease prevention information and Croton watershed checks, plus a remark on printing speed from a photography firm’s equipment.
A description of a high speed automatic photography line shows how machinery handles exposure development and mounting, followed by a political critique of the claim that the world owes no man a living. It argues that opportunity, not labor scarcity, governs employment and questions who owes whom a living when opportunities are monopolized.
A satire arguing for a tiered moral standard based on wealth. It suggests fortunes above 200 million should lead an honest life, while smaller sums permit limited dishonesty, and wealth over fifty million should push philanthropy. The piece satirically critiques ethical double standards and wealth-driven behavior.
In a kitchen exchange Mr Just muses on the biscuits while Mrs J quickly deflects the praise noting mother made them. Mr J then quips about the biscuits being part of the family and a spark of inspiration along the way in Cleveland.
The Cleveland Leader reports a witty exchange about a husband on the vaudeville stage who amuses some and fails with the infant. The joke compares bureaucratic pigeonholes on a desk to a man’s ability to find what he seeks, underscoring comic misunderstandings.
A report cited by the New York Sun notes that in Manhattan’s 26 tall buildings there are 231 elevators moving 4,400 miles daily and carrying about 615,000 passengers each day. Express and local elevators total 231, with surface transit carrying 3.5 million daily across Greater New York.
John Anderson, 60, of St. Louis, says he has not closed his eyelids since childhood after measles damaged his eyes. He can see but his vision worsens daily, with a white coating over his eyes. He was admitted for water feet and rheumatism. a fisherman who has been widowed twice, he has a son unknown location.
A dry goods salesman recounts Centerville’s lack of amusements this season. Cyrus Craig notes only two concerts by Salome Howe’s pupils and two lectures at the academy, with no local entertainments beyond those. Health officials warn of pneumonia linked to drunken or overfed individuals.
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