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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1897
Page
6
A vivid anecdote about a notorious racing figure known as Fatty, famed for bold thefts and flamboyant tastes, told as a confidant's reminiscence. The narrator recalls Fatty’s clever diversions, resisting hardship, and unique charm on and off the course, including a past coffee-house venture and his notorious appetite.
A veteran raconteur recalls Fatty a daring racehorse punter who backed his own winners and others, profiting through clever bets and sharp trainers like Jerry Smiggins. Fatty’s schemes yield wealth while the public’s confidence wavers after a notorious Camptown Park dead heat plot and a vanished favorite.
The Pittsburg Dispatch reports that Japanese mothers are portrayed as naturally devoted caretakers. They are described as patient, gentle, and never punitive, with motherhood seen as a revered, lifelong role. The article extols Japanese motherhood as the foundation of national progress and race improvement.
An Ellis Kansas elder named John Horrigan kneels daily to pray on the open prairie. He endures sun and snow, never missing his devotion, earning local reverence and curious attention from travelers and Chicago reporters.
Joseph Bishopp an 80 year old man has been arrested in Anderson Indiana for bigamy his fourth wife now in Ohio filed the charges after Bishopp married Rebecca Shaw last week the Ohio woman learned of his new marriage and acted at once Bishopp intends to contest the case claiming he believed he had a divorce from the Ohio wife.
Sixty five years ago Hiram Lukena entered the Intelligencer office at Doylestown Pennsylvania to learn printing and remains there today setting type as fast as anyone in the shop. His long tenure with a single establishment is likely unequaled in the business.
The verse satirizes critics and political sentiment as the speaker quashes the Yellow Kid cartoon’s influence. It references McKinley and war with Spain while lamenting Weyler’s actions and charity excesses. The envoy voice adds a weary, humorous plea for relief from the fad.
A timid man named Shorty enters a Fleet Street tavern and orders a mild beer. A bigger man taunts him about wages, but Shorty reveals he has money saved from dentures. He explains a dental mishap funded by his wife, with a humorous misdirection about gas.
A party of vegetarians walking in a field is charged by a bullock that chases them from the pasture. One member shouts that the animal shows ingratitude, then jokes that after this the group will eat beef three times daily. This humorous Tit Bits item reflects light domestic whimsy.
In a terse exchange, the dockman recounts that the man famed for twenty seven medals for saving lives from drowning collapsed and drowned when those medals weighed him down in a single day.
Dialogue between two neighbors about a picky dog refusing cold sausage. One mocks the dog as dainty while the other jokes he might be a cannibal.
Two tramps debate improvements for lodging houses. One suggests making places nicer by cleaning up, while the other complains about forced baths. They quip about offering ether or chloroform before baths as a dark joke.
Isaacs senior asks if the congressman from their district could be asked to send and distribute their circulars using his congressional frank. Isaacs junior questions how to proceed and whether to involve the representative.
A vintage ad touts No-To-Bac as a simple way to quit tobacco and regain vigor. It claims the product makes weak men strong and offers a booklet and sample, with pricing at one dollar or two dollars, via Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York.
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