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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1894
Page
6
A reporter interviews a calcium man describing backstage life among actors and dancers. He laments lack of stage credit, claims mistreatment by management, and details how lighting affects performance. The talk exposes tensions between theater workers and performers, with murmurs of bribes for fleeting favors.
A humorousExchange from the Boston Courier notes a child Robbie asking if everyone is mostly water. The father responds with a punchline claiming Robbie is made up mainly of beer, contrasting the stated fact with a comic twist.
The British ordnance department reports Woolwich workmen now produce as much per week in forty eight hours as they did in fifty four. The quality of the work is described as better than ever before.
A humorous exchange about a pompous traveler strutting about and a second traveler noting a ham found in a railroad sandwich, as reported by the Chicago Record.
A quarrel between a stern father and a man claiming to review his son’s conduct unfolds with sharp rebukes. The father insists he checks the boy daily, growing increasingly angry at his son’s behavior.
A Georgia widow narrowly avoids remarriage when Gilbert Hanson, long believed dead at Petersburg, returns after thirty years in Pittsburg. He explains his absence to the Carroll county judge, seeking a pension restart, while the widow’s plan to wed another man is thwarted by his timely appearance.
Maude boasts of getting even with Miss Squillers by inviting her to a pink tea where Genevievre notes the blonde guest loathes anything bat blue. The dialogue reveals playful revenge and social snub in a light domestic scene.
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