Exe and Willie Pocket Question in Family Dispute
A family quarrel centers on money missing from a pocket. Mrs Exe argues Willie is not solely responsible and deflects the accusation toward her. Mr Exe contends that not all funds were taken.
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Newspaper
Keota News
Location
Keota, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
2
The Reformation of Rastus
A shiftless colored youth, after petty crimes, serves a short penitentiary sentence to learn a trade. Upon return home he meets a white acquaintance who asks what they taught him. He replies they made an honest boy by putting him in the shoe shop to nail pasteboard soles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rastus
Banquet Speech by Seth Barton French Attacks Snobbery
Seth Barton French, at Sherry's New York banquet, denounces birth snobbery in America. He cites a Mayflower story of a poverty pinched Mayflower girl marrying a Grand Rapids millionaire, then mocks class insult through a tale of a shopping incident and a boastful mistress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Barton French
Sherry’s
New York
America
Grand Rapids
Marie
A Surprise for the Bridegroom
George von I Meyer secretary of the navy recalled a Washington wedding tale at a banquet of naval engineers. A sad guest wandered the room inspecting presents while others celebrated. The groom asked why he did not kiss the bride yet and the guest replied not recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George von I. Meyer
Navy
American Society of Naval Engineers
Washington
Rocky Mountain Color Pictures Distributed by Denver Rio Grande
The Passenger Department of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad distributes nine panoramic color pictures of famous Rocky Mountain scenes. Subjects include Pike's Peak Royal Gorge Glenwood Springs Marshall Pass and Temple Square Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Pike's Peak
Royal Gorge
Glenwood Springs
Marshall Pass
Temple Square
Salt Lake City
Eight People Beaten to Death in Brutal Attack
A violent assault left eight people dead including women victims in an unspecified location. Police and investigators faced a difficult scene as authorities search for suspects and motive.
Villisca Murder Shocks Town Fathers and Children Slain
Joseph Moore a Villisca implements dealer his wife and four children and two visiting young women were found murdered in their beds. The axed head wounds were found with blood and hair. No robbery occurred and the crime is thought to be revenge or the act of a madman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villisca
Iowa
Joseph Moore
Moore
Herman
Catherine
Boyd
Paul
Grain Crop Report Shows Spring Wheat Acreage Swing
Washington records the June grain report noting spring wheat acreage of 19,201,090 acres, down from 20,381,000 last year. The condition is 95.8 percent, with an indicated yield of 13.8 bushels per acre and an estimated total production of 265,000,000 bushels, exceeding last year’s 190,682,000 by a wide margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Crop Reporting Board
Road Improvement Spendings Across United States
A conservative estimate shows about 1.4 billion dollars used on road improvement in the United States over the past twenty years. State and local expenditures for 1911 totaled 140 million dollars, with around 20 million devoted to better highways in New York. The Grand Central Palace travel show featured a government good roads exhibit detailing earth roads through bituminous macadam and brick constructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
New York
New Grand Central Palace
Eight Lives Shy and Other Quips from a Humorous Column
A collection of witty vintage lines on aging, friendship, and cats. It reads like a lighthearted humor piece noting one life versus many and quips about women aging, old friends, and traditional remedies with a Garfield Tea reference.
The Worst of It Cooked Up in Quip
A wry exchange centers on Mrs Subub asking about keeping a cook. The reply humorously notes not only keeping the cook but also her entire family. The joke hinges on a sharp social twist about domestic staff and dependence.
Evening Clothes Man Falls From Moving Car in Chicago
A well dressed man clinging to a crowded surface car in Chicago slipped on a curve and fell to the cobblestones. The conductor and about twenty passengers helped him up. He asked if there was a collision or if he was off the track, then quipped that he would not have stepped off had he known the risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Popular
Oddities of Justice and State Penalties
Eugene Smith argues in Case and Comment that penal codes are unsound and clash with modern views of state crime relations. He cites wide disparities in penalties across states for perjury larceny arson burglary counterfeiting and related offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Smith
New York
Lawyers’ Magazine
Smith
Florida
Maine
Delaware
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Ohio
Rhode Island
California Doctor Endorses Grape-Nuts For Health
A Los Angeles physician with forty years of experience extols Grape-Nuts and Postum as digestible brain and nerve foods. He cites daily use for mental work and travel, praising the product as scientifically beneficial and urging readers to seek out the publisher’s wellness book The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Pkys
Wellville
Little Girl Ignorant of Law Asks to Rule
In a West Side residential area a group of children created noise and a senior man scolded a child. He warned of arrest and jail before joking that she could never be president, to which she replied she is only a little girl. The tale comes from the New York Mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
United States
New York Mail
Cuticura Promotes Skin and Hair Care Nationwide
The ad emphasizes neglect of skin and hair as a harm and promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment as effective remedies. It urges thoughtful product use for better complexions, hands, and hair and offers a free sample and booklet by writing to Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. L. Boston
Man boasts of miserable past as devil laughs
A man declaring how wretched he once was is met with the devil’s quiet laughter as a dismissive aside. The remark underlines the theme of repentance and moral judgment in public discourse.
Teething Syrup Claims and Quips From An Advert Page
An odd advertisement page promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething gums claiming pain relief and wind colic cure for 35 cents a bottle. It also humorously asserts that every lie would need nails. Garfield Tea is marketed for liver and kidney relief. a final quip warns that thirst for glory may have dire consequences.
Also Mentioned on This Page
State Sunday School Association
Colorado Springs
Denver
Hs Rio Grande Railroad
Rio Grande
Frank A. Wadleigh
Colo
Rocky Mountain International Sportsmen’s Association
Salida
Colorado
Toca Mio Grande
Ver
Cole
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Edith
Blanche Spillinger
Oddities of Justice
California
Harold Somers
DeSalle Ave
Brooklyn
GIASG
Broadway
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