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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
4
A Puck excerpt records Mrs Jones and others critiquing Mary the new cook. Complaints include slovenly work, temper, and ironing refusals. Mary resigns amid tensions with Mrs Smith, Mrs Brown, and Mary’s mother, reflecting domestic service strains.
A Ypsilanti man obsessed with hypnotism told a Michigan Central conductor he could hypnotize him. After passes near the conductor's face the hypnotist praised the conductor's honesty and conduct, then warned of a terrible fix if left in that trance. The Kansas City Star published the anecdote.
A lengthy nostalgic piece contrasts Elizabethan life with modern comforts noting no chimneys, plumbing, elevators, or streamlined travel in her time. It argues laborers today live better overall, while praising the queen’s court life and the dangers and constraints of antiquated living conditions.
As automobile use grows the number of horse stables and flies is expected to fall, reducing typhoid risk. Projections show 200,000 new cars next year with total industry value around 940 million dollars and an average price near 1,200 dollars. Past output rose from 70 cars in 1895 to 85,000 anticipated this year.
A four year old Charlie revises his bedtime blessing to include Dr Abingdon Mrs Abingdon and Dorothy, then prays again asking God to bless Dorothy Abingdon rather than Dorothy Perkins before finally sleeping.
A New York man moving to London bequeaths his dog. The pet shuns two host families until discovering tobacco smoke. The dog’s affinity for the scent of tobacco reveals why he preferred the exiled master’s smoky atmosphere over non smoking homes.
A senator labels a political rival a cynic who distrusts all things. The anecdote recalls a Chicago drummer visiting a prohibition state, where a prohibitionist customer asserts that the words beer and whisky are unknown. The drummer nods and whispers a cryptic question about who notices.
A husband jokes he reached the wifeless breakfast stage in marriage. The wife asks why and he replies he first reached the newspaper at the breakfast table stage. She agrees, and they continue breakfast while the Raw Read newspaper moved on the trolley car.
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