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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1912
Page
12
A tale in dialogue reveals a farmer noting Checkers extensive boasts of crime, travel, and daring deeds. The farmer mocks the hobo for fabrications while his wife admires the supposed grandeur, contrasting truth and tall tales with comic irony.
Righty young work horses and mares priced 90 to 200 for singles and 125 to 450 per matched pair. 30 days trial satisfaction guaranteed. Free delivery within 400 miles of New York with blanket halter and return passage. Office at 154 East 27th Street between 8th and 4th Avenues near Madison Square Garden.
Miss Doris Kean of Philadelphia plans a new mountain ascent along the Copper River district route she will be the first white woman to attempt the Stolal pass and Russell glacier crossing toward White river headwaters She will travel with G W Mandy and the packers who accompanied her on Mount Blackburn and may also climb additional peaks before returning home
A wandering hobo recounts a perilous rail journey after lying to a railroad official. He warns a section gang about a broken rail, faces arrest for vagrancy, endures jail time, and is trapped in a poker game with the jailer while seeking escape from the road.
In Fowler Kansas an evangelist vented frustration at attendees who turn to watch new arrivals during meetings. He recalled a prairie tale of an owl whose eyes followed him as its body stood still, concluding that some folks will search under seats for leaders.
A garbled OCR fragment from a Detroit Free Press page shows jumbled dialogue and stray names like Delly and Jehooy. The text reads as nonsensical chatter with stray phrases about weather and tea but lacks a coherent event or report.
A biographer recounts Friedrich von Frotow’s discovery of a melody while composing Martha. Dr Adolf Kuhut notes Plotow intended a diplomatic career but music redirected him. An anecdote recalls the moment the cook sang a melody at the piano and inspired a popular twist later recorded.
Two centuries ago visitors to London could dine and enjoy free shows. The guide Le Guide des Etrangers en Londres (1710) describes Lambeth and Canterbury as hosts to foreigners and scholars. At Lambeth Palace, foreigners could meet a chaplain to be presented to the archbishop who kept an open table on Saturdays. The lord mayor also hosted open dinners for visitors.
A London Chronicle snippet recalls Sir Mount Stuart Grant Dot and Henry Smith praising a railway reading habit. The diary mentions reading a dictionary during train travels, calling it an admirable railway book for readers who study at stations and noting that dictionary stories are brief and pleasant.
A compact quotation from Byron notes that the drying tear carries more honest fame than streams of gore. The remark contrasts quiet sorrow with graphic violence, highlighting the moral weight of restraint and emotion.
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