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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1911
Page
5
Nurse Retta Scott tends Uncle Thad Trimbell after illness. The Trimbell cousins plot to gain his fortune but Scott discovers Thaddeus Velisor is his heir. After a revelation and patient talks, Thaddeus asks Scott to marry him and the couple wed, ending the scheming.
W 4 Lampton, an indefatigable baseball writer, recounts the pay for poets who attend banquets. He recalls a man invited to readings at a banquet who must supply original verse in exchange for a three meal and ten dollars read aloud per poem.
An amusing Cape Cod marriage tale from Rev. L B Baten in Wonders Book recounts a wedding at the Parsonage where a buxom bride and a small groom were paid in dried apples. The bride finally delivered a barrel of dried apples two months later, quipping that a bargain is a bargain.
A New York octogenarian recalls a century old superstition about coin tossing to win property. He describes testing the myth with a three cent piece after paying for a first meal, tossing it over a two story brick house near the Singer Building and winning the lot. He notes fortunes no longer rise from such coin tricks.
In a witty exchange the Maitland fiancée eats corn, provoking Binges. A dinner mishap sends kernels flying landing on Briggs shirt and the corsage of Mrs. Singleton Mink. Briggs keeps his humor, requesting a cobless replacement from the waiter Francois.
Mme Gabrielle M. Vassal, wife of a French doctor at the Pisteur Institute in Nha-Trang, recalls arrival greetings by native servants who squat on the floor and spill gilt dishes beneath tables. She notes local attire with trousers tunics and women carrying market baskets walking singly.
A reflective meditation on love as a debt and universal obligation. The author asserts that kindness and sympathy toward every brother and man are enduring duties that cannot be fully repaid.
Mrs Emmons and husband discuss life at home after Kitty leaves for boarding school. Kitty writes a long delivery note asking for costumes, baked goods, alterations, and personal favors from her mother including a pumpkin dress and a matinee chaperon, while family jokes about occupations.
A Scots tourist in Tendon asks a bald chemist for hair restoration. The chemist touts a promised hair growth product with 24 hour results, claiming testimonials from notable men. The Scot retorts that a rub on the chemist’s head might prove the claim by morning.
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