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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1909
Page
2
Application filed with the Postmaster at Holbrook to admit a publication to the mails as second class matter. Rates of subscription in advance are $2.00. Advertising rates are available on request. All advertisements will run until ordered out.
An elderly couple on an accommodation train in New Hampshire amuses fellow passengers with private plans and playful bargaining for change. Uncle Joe Cannon anecdotes and varied quotes recall political mischief and stubborn resolve.
A playful reception exchange centers on Mrs. Merwin, described as a bride of a week, as a man notes a nearby beauty while she initially withholds opinion then concedes the view. The passage shifts to a remark on tea imports, stating the United States ranks third globally with yearly imports between 9 million and 15.7 million dollars.
Cement Age reports a Portland Maine concrete bungalow with exterior panels one inch thick light yet strong enough to bear heavy loads. Panels reinforced with steel wire withstood three men jumping tests and feature raised steel ceiling design ornamentation.
Vilhjalmar Stefansson recalls a thirteen month stay with Eskimos praising their kindness to strangers and praising traits such as self restraint and communal help. He notes moral contrasts with Western society and reflects on wealth disparity and competitive need.
A London Times writer lauds Theodore Roosevelt as the hero and moral model for American youths, noting his clean record, openness, and refusal to engage in graft. The piece compares him to Lincoln, praising his open method, willingness to lose for integrity, and rejection of corrupt deals.
Mme. Modjeska born Helena Marie Benda in Cracow Oct 12 1835 rose to fame on European stages and in America. She married Count Bozenta Chlapowski and later built a California home near Anaheim after moving to the United States. Her son Ralph Modjeska became a civil engineer in Chicago.
An excerpt describes Makuba the captain and Oblanga his stubborn subordinate aboard a mission boat. Their clash over orders escalates until Makuba uses diplomacy to reveal pay. Oblanga learns captains demand obedience on every ocean steamer and that Makuba earns five dollars a month while Oblanga gets a dollar and a half.
In Galway a bizarre catastrophe saw a torrent described as a moving dog flood through the district. The torrent reached about five miles per hour, destroying peat bounds and swallowing cottages. One elderly widow’s home was lost. others faced homelessness and destitution, though no additional deaths were reported.
A brief quip from Youth's Companion features a lady asking Bax ter about stove coal cost. Baxter replies with a playful bargain, remarking that price depends on how it is sold and noting quirky terms like a la carte and cul de sac with a cheeky cents extry.
A quoted exchange from the Houston Post shows a man asking to attend his grandmother’s funeral while another person replies with a selfish demand to attend his mother in law’s funeral and to stamp envelopes, highlighting a humorous domestic tension.
A Houston Post quip contrasts electrocution and elocution with a fatherly line about painless fate, presented as a playful exchange. The joke hinges on a child asking for difference and the parent offering a grim punchline.
Londons Tailor and Cutter Senate in Gerrard street debated whether trousers aided or hindered civilization. Editors mused on knee breeches, noting monarchs and officials wore breeches at court while modern fashion shifts to kilts and knickers. Speakers linked breeches to progress yet warned against losing hats and clothes as a sign of age.
G K Chesterton in London News says Dickens characters embody the lively English spirit. He cites caricatures, clowns, jokes, and Pickwick’s wheelbarrow as vivid evidence of everyday urban humor observed along Battersea Park Road on Saturday nights.
A crossroads postmaster, facing civil service rules and potential future exams, resolves to collect all available information. He reads through the postal cards to stay informed and prepared for upcoming changes.
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