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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1894
Page
2
The Argonaut recounts a theatre anecdote about Sheridan promoting a play titled The Caravan or the Driver and His Dog by Reynolds. Sheridan jokes to the author, then dismisses the dog as the guardian angel. A performer laments illness ending the run, but Sheridan interrupts with surprised humor about continuing tonight.
A collection of light vaudeville style gags and witticisms about editors, climate, courtship, business, health costs, social scenes, and everyday observations. Characters include a doctor, a wife and husband, Miss Smilingly, a shop clerk, a wall-flower, Miss Worldling, and a railway station vignette with a tract salesman. The humor hinges on wordplay, social norms, and everyday contrasts.
The article explains how ocean currents move driftwood and seeds across shores from the Moluccas to Alaska, aiding plant dispersion. It notes seeds’ survival in water, Darwin’s findings on ten day immersion, sea beans washing ashore along Florida and the Atlantic, and three seed varieties in pod-bearing vines found on Caribbean shores.
An old Somersetshire lady, keen to keep up with times, attends a church sociable and, in a comic exchange, jokes about detecting cooking smells on entry. The piece contrasts her limited development with others and recalls naval ship lighting and oil ideas as a dated, humorous insert.
A fragment describes a praise for a remedy named Syrup of F lee Spriggins. It mentions headaches fevers and an odd claim about a wife and a chair. The text is garbled and lacks clear events or proper names.
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