Emma McChesney Teaches a Traveling Man About Roast Beef
Emma McChesney confronts a handsome traveling man with a blunt speech on marriage and life on the road. She recalls her own past, warns him about the wife and family left at home, and argues for the steady diet of roast beef medium in life and love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunyan
Emma McChesney
Berger House
Three Rivers, Mich
Emma
Strauss Sans-silk Skirt Company
Lyric
Mimma
Julian Eitinge
T. A. Buck
Emma McChesmey
Peter Piper
Rock of Gibraltar
Young ‘UN
Clapham Junction
Main Street
Palmer House
Chicago
Maybelle
Cain
Garden of Eden
Fred-dee
Exuma McChesney
Ann
Green
Tillie
Bess
Amma McChesney
Emma MacChesney
Henry
John Brown
Calhoun County
Board of Parole
Brown
Manson
George Brown
Arbiters Rule Sunstruck Workman Not Entitled to Damages
The Des Moines case marks the first arbitration under the Workmen's Compensation Act. Bert Smith, a Park Coal teamster, was denied compensation for sunstroke. arbiters ruled the illness stemmed from physical weakness, not heat. The panel included B H Schoubee for Smith, W W Wise for Park Coal and the Fidelity and Casualty company, with Warren Garst as third member.
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Des Moines
Warren Garst
Bert Smith
Park Coal Company
B. H. Schoubee
Smith
W. W. Wise
Park’ Coal Company
Fidelity and Casualty Company
G. A. Hodgman
Insurance Company
Thomas P. Bond
R. R. Morden
J. Ll. Meloy
I. W. Block
L. Schaar
James Maine
F. J. Comfort
Julia Smith
Englishman on New York Bus Sees Met in One Hour
A New York bus overheard traveler boasted of visiting the Metropolitan Museum in an hour. He said the museum is large and he quickly viewed all exhibits, highlighting the speed of his sightseeing compared with typical European travelers.
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Europe
Iowa
Rochford Carlin
Oskaloosa
Western Grocers’ Company
Carlin
Cartin
San Francisco
Rock Island
Chicago & Great Western
Oelwein
Chicago & Northwestern
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Des Moines
Milwaukee
New York
Metropolitan Museum
Lip service verdict on marriage by kiss sparks chat
The dialogue jokes about a judge judging a marriage's validity by a kiss, quipping that such a service would rate as mere lip service. The exchange toys with the idea of courtly actions as trivial public ceremonies.
Witty remark on gambling and luck in marriage
Mrs Torkins quips that her husband avoids gambling, preferring sure things that still end badly, prompting a humorous take on luck and prudence in a domestic moment.
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Vane
Ude
Frederick A. Stokes
Coal Company
Assembly
Polk County
Board
Executive Council
Des Moines Union
Pottawattamie County
Adams County
Adams
American
United States
Wells Fargo
Council
Parcel Post
Senator McColl
State Board of Control
Cea
State
State University of Iowa
School of Instruction For Women and Girls of
State Fair Grounds
Mary T. Watts
Audubon
University
Watts
Iowa State College
Ames
Supreme Court
Nels Thompson
W. A. Booth
Alleman
Do. A. Robbins
Board of Control
Cherokee
Dean Curtiss
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