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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1908
Page
9
A collage of quotes and mock dialogues presents social musings on money, power, and folly. Witty jabs touch on Ibsen, Mars, sublunary desires, and greed, interspersed with courtroom banter and humorous vignettes from Chicago and Yonkers papers.
A clipped exchange shows a New England chaptron forbidding a young charge from entering a boat citing a rumor that a woman is buying the shore. The Baltimore American quip and Chicago Journal references highlight a playful, fragmentary humor tone.
A jumble of clipped phrases and mock dialogue from multiple papers including the Chicago Daily News and Washington Star. The text interweaves odd anecdotes about luck, growth, wealth advice, and blunt social exchanges, with no clear single event or narrative thread.
A brief Royal Magazine excerpt shows a playful exchange where John yawns during a call with a lady. He defends the moment with a witty reply about keeping his mouth open occasionally. The dialog hints at light domestic humor and social banter of the era.
A fragment from Yonkers Statesman notes a playful remark about moonlight aiding alignment or alertness. The line suggests a speaker advising against sitting too long and hints at a light, informal tone.
Noted writer Donald Grant Mitchell known as Ik Marvel, famed for Reveries of a Bachelor, died at Edgewood Conn after a long career spanning Yale beginnings, travel to Europe, Venice consulship, and influence on New Haven landscapes. He left a wife and eleven children.
A memorial tablet honoring Rev. Isaac Touro Jugah Touro Abraham Touro and Rev. Abraham Pereira Mendes was unveiled in Newport Rhode Island with invitations from the congregation Jeshuat Israel of Newport K J and Shearith Israel of New York. Touro a Portuguese born minister who settled in Jamaica and moved to Newport in 1760 had son Judah who joined Louisiana mercantile circles and served under Gen. Jackson at New Orleans. His philanthropy funded the completion of the Bunker Hill monument. Abraham Pereira Mendes born in Jamaica led Newport synagogue 1883 to 1893 and his sons Frederick de Sola Mendes and Henry Pereira Mendes led New York’s Orthodox wing.
Shanghai dispatch notes Tong Suao Yi arriving at Tientaia from Mukden on special mission to extend government thanks to the United States, reflecting diplomatic courtesy amid evolving regional ties.
Tong Shao-i resigns temporarily as Mukden governor to lead a special mission to America. He expects momentous results and will thank the Washington administration for remitting part of the Boxer indemnity. He sails in early November and plans a six month study of financial problems in Europe after the tour.
An old woman, living with her son and his wife, refuses to use a modern bath despite a new town water system. Neighbors note she has been a church member for 50 years and deems tubs “not decent.” The tale highlights local opposition to changing bath norms.
A terse, cryptic line appears to advise action for someone unnamed. The fragment hints at longing and separation with an archaic phrasing style. Context is unclear but reads like a brief literary or catalog note rather than a news item.
Property owners should learn how to prove the purity and quality of white lead before paying. National Lead Co. offers a free outfit and a book to test white lead, addressed to Woodbridge Building, New York City.
A juror in an Alabama city trial abruptly fled the courtroom and was detained before leaving the building. The judge, aware the man was a simple farmer, questioned his sudden exit as the juror explained confusion from opposing arguments and a desire to stay away until Mr. Clayton finished. The anecdote echoes a cautionary tale about courtroom clarity.
A distressed Colorado woman asks a former senator to explain the phrase smart set. He offers a wry note about a vast rain belt in eastern Colorado and western Nebraska where it supposedly never rains, illustrating the idle cleverness of the term. The piece closes with tobacco and literary ad lines.
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