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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1911
Page
10
A playful dialogue unfolds with Mrs. Justwed asking about a handsome heiress who once invited a marriage proposal while Mr. Justwed recalls a tale of flirtation and social lure in light humor.
The head book keeper Mr Stevens is informed by the Steel Trust president that his three months’ tenure ends. He is told the firm will be investigated and must show fifteen percent profit, though Stevens notes his prior rubber trust work hid higher profits. His salary is raised to 15 per realth worn. Meanwhile a separate exchange notes careful hygiene about a newborn, with the mother praising the baby’s care.
A man on a street car insults a hog across the aisle and muses about the hog’s fate. The conversation turns to whether the hog will die and if a widow will be left behind, prompting the reader to recall the violent, vitriolic moment.
A conversation recalls a baseball game in which one speaker notes it lasted ten innings while the other mentions only a single inning for their view. The second speaker describes a spring-hatted woman blocking the view at the start of the second inning.
A collection of maxims on virtue luck and truth contrasted with a humorous exchange between two office boys about leadership in a league. The sayings show irony about wealth honesty and fate while the dialogue hints at a boss and junior partner dispute over who leads the batting.
Mrs Blowitt notes in a magazine that hats cause hair to gray. Mr Blowitt retorts that her expensive hats have indeed turned his hair gray, highlighting a domestic quarrel about style and cost.
Hoax says outgoing ships in recent months carry many newly married pairs. The claim notes frequent crossings of the Atlantic Ocean in the name of love, suggesting a trend of couples traveling together.
A vintage, heavily advertised Fourth of July oration up for sale or rent. Five thousand words, memorized in a day by a young lawyer candidate, with red marked gestures and references to Pilgrim Fathers Lexington Bunker Hill Yorktown Trenton and Old Glory. Indorsed by Roosevelt. demand immense.
First Statesman notes the subject from Mexico shows political ambition. Second Statesman reports he spends two hours daily in a shooting gallery.
A farmer, amused by reforms in Congress, notes tariff revisions and a tax free list for farmers including luxury items. He questions the papers’ relentless criticism, joking that the farmer tills his land without diamond necklaces, while praising honest intentions to aid agriculture.
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