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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1911
Page
2
Prof. Frank A. Fetter argues that public sentiment drives reform and that sympathy must be directed and tempered. He praises friendly visiting social settlements and warns against rushing to legislation before widespread desire exists.
A local rowdy tale notes Silas Corncob spends his hundred dollars saved to bury himself but instead marries. Abe Crossbar-Wal adds a similar quip, echoing the playful hometown humor of the misfit duo.
In West Somerville a man named Smith boasted of spending 250 on spring gowns and hats. A neighbor overheard and told his wife, revealing the secret. The wife confronted Smith about the missing money, ending with the couple in silence.
Stefano Camariato a 14 year old nearly six feet tall was arraigned in New York City children’s court for running away and being disorderly. His father said the boy earned $3 weekly but saved every cent to marry, and Stefano admitted his plan though he refused to name his chosen bride when pressed by his father.
A humorous talking piece describes a golf mishap as First Lady and Second Lady discuss a man named Taylor who fell apart after a bunker incident and later: the joke hints at further calamity with sharp wording about Taylor “getting out in two” and “fell altogether to pieces.”
Hugo Lilienthal of this city, a landscape gardener, reveals plans to graft 2000 varieties of roses on a single bush. He says the bush will bloom with almost every U S rose variety and already has 100 varieties blooming on it. Berkeley correspondence, San Francisco Chronicle.
A playful note describes Mesopotamian fans mishearing conversations as they try to discuss baseball. The piece imagines the ziggurat-like tower as the first grandstand, highlighting linguistic confusion and a humorous sports twist.
A cryptic note from Yale Record references a Dwight hall collector and a subscriber scheme. It mentions a victim offered a dollar and a collector matching two dollars, or nothing, in a concise rhyme-like line.
Father and son dialogue centers on a child’s imaginative play as he pretends to be a train, urging the father to join in while the household noise interrupts. The light domestic moment captures playful mischief and parental patience.
A Western boy guided a traveler to a concealed melon patch in a cornfield, revealing the humor of stealing melons and grapes. The tale, cited from Outing, notes how such fruit is easy to take but hard to grow and keep, reflecting shared vintage-era attitudes.
A Baltimore reader notes a young plumber sent to his house showed caution by bringing his entire tool kit and staying until the job was complete, suggesting inexperience but careful work. The exchange highlights the homeowner's skepticism and the plumber's readiness.
The exchange notes Captain Twibble with two left legs one missing right leg left behind at Paardeberg. Uncle Ned questions the tale while Fred asserts the claim as true within the comic dialogue recorded by the Dundee Courier.
In a discussion on living costs, it is noted that food prices in German cities now approach U.S. levels. A comment suggests cheese is comparatively more expensive abroad, while implying overall price parity between the two regions.
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