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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
8
In 1885 Sir Robert Peel ruled on the etiquette of heckling with cries of Order. Mr Healy challenged the propriety of addressing the chair during a discussion on Al vostoffice matters. The speaker warned he would sanction interruptions if continued.
An exchange recalls a dispute where a cat caused a disturbance at night. The narrator says a lump of coal was thrown, accidentally striking Billkins instead of the cat. Billkins retaliated by throwing a coat through a plate glass window, and the cat remained outside yowling.
A fragment asks what defines a true gentleman asking if lofty aims, virtuous conduct, and steady honor determine worth. It suggests only a life marked by constancy through fortune and fortune’s outcomes earns lasting respect or love regardless of rank.
An advertisement promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a gentler modern laxative that does not gripe or nauseate and is easy to take. The claim is guaranteed. Made by J H Gwynn.
A Boston Herald piece riffs on odors from onions in apartment houses and their social resonance. It weaves literary allusions from George Gissing, Rastignac, Vautrin, and Parisian cooks with ancient views, folk beliefs, and health lore about onions. The essay links cooking smells to mood, marriage, dreams, and domestic strife across cultures and history.
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