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Newspaper
Hood River News
Location
Hood River, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1910
Page
4
The conductor, short on funds, clashed with two riders a Neapolitan and an Irishman over fare. Each paid a dime, but no change was given as tensions rise. The Irishman demands coins while the Italian remains quiet, and the conductor grows more anxious.
A prose excerpt extols a smile as life’s worthiest gift that costs nothing and brightens days. It praises a cheerful heart and manly kindness, describing a smile as priceless and pricelessly generous.
A man famed for humor declines a party by sending a playful note citing clothes and timing. He drafts a second note for his wife about an early dinner and inadvertently swaps the hostess and wife notes, revealing his mix up. The tale ends with the mistaken sending.
E. O. Hat, secretary of the Home Telephone Co., writes to Lin wood Hood River News to dispute an editorial. He claims earnings through December 1900 barely cover depreciation, mentions stock has not paid dividends, notes investment growth from 45000 to 70000 dollars, and argues service area and rates are fair while stressing patrons’ fair return.
A Philadelphia vaudeville impresario John Stetson once ousted underperformers with a £10 payment and banishment after poor acts. The piece recalls audience reactions, the line where a performer asks the costumed host’s song name, and a moral about pursuing talent. Also includes jokes about a sausage maker, a London waiter, and a lawyer’s anecdote about Calhoun White in Lynchburg.
St Marys and Immaculate Conception churches in Hood River were moved and expanded with a new parsonage addition. The project, led by Rev Pius Niermann O F M, costs about 200 dollars and honors benefactors while thanking the city for nearby improvements.
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