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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
3
Dora Cheney plans a Ladies Aid supper to spite her stingy husband Henry Cheney who hoards money and coldly limits comforts. She cleans the house, bakes multiple cakes, and arranges ice cream and convivial dining to host the church gathering, defying his gruff disapproval.
Dora Cheney defies routine hosting by announcing a grand gathering for the Ladies’ Aid society. She orders cakes, coffee, ice cream, and a firelit parlor, warning husband Henry to cooperate or be put in the root cellar. Amanda Waters comments on managing men as neighbors react to the surprise.
In a northern England match a loud spectator taunted the referee for about fifteen minutes. The official conceded he had been watching the crowd and the man retorted that he knew the referee was not watching the game.
Dialectal exchange depicts a wife’s protest over men earning wages by hard labor and a husband’s quip about opening a handkerchief shop to cope with toil. The remark mirrors frontier labor attitudes and everyday domestic humor from the era.
A reflection on younger generations burning the midnight oil and money to fund a Florida Times Union subscription, echoing a past habit of older fathers who paid for newspapers through late nights and frugal living.
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