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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
11
A gas company secretary vents at critics and lawyers in a curbside riff about prosecution and defense in a murder case. He derides erudition and acumen as tommy rot and mocks public columnists as mossbacks and lunkheads while defending his bills and public service. The piece ends with a sports line about a game whose long legs fooled the crow.
A somber verse describes a ballroom in gloom as Lent arrives. A lady sits in a dim blue room feeling despondent and downtrodden. The lyric evokes somber seasonal restraint and reflections on sacrifice.
An old streetcar tale recounts a milkman who faced a skeptical customer with a lactometer test. The man gradually diluted milk with water yet kept the praise coming, until he offered oleomargarine as a bonus. The moral echoes plainly: let your milkman be honest.
A dialogue from the School Reader follows a man who moves toward New York to pursue power and profit. He carries little cash but uses cheek to seed influence, aiming to control railroads banks a steamship line and a life insurer. A wind gust later leaves his empire ruined and creditors holding the memories of confidence.
A cheerful store sign proclaims discounts on items once priced at fifty cents now marked down to sixty-nine cents signaling seasonal clearance and hopeful shoppers.
A prosperous man recalls a stranger Perkins asking if now is the time to start a business. He advised entering the general furniture trade, claiming times would rise by spring. The stranger later recounted success and a theft by the caretaker, then revealed he took the advisor’s counsel. The landlord ends with, I am through giving advice.
A poem describes Prue in a dim haloed pew with a rose at her breast and a heart given by the speaker. The speaker recalls a kiss or perhaps only the rose, pondering whether Prue’s gesture was real affection or mere leaves.
A playful verse notes seasonal signs from strawberries at one dollar a box to sour pickles, winter breeze, and sunny days. It remarks how changing weather affects mood, clothing, and illness, concluding that spring nears regardless of almanac predictions.
A dry goods buyer cites a parable of applying cold logic to life. He details leaving town for a country farm, pursuing profits, failing to find grass or eggs, facing ruined equipment and delays, and finally selling the property for half its cost as the punchline.
Poem celebrating thaw as mud covers streets and sunlight brightens a blue sky. People enjoy warming weather as men wade through slush, boys splash, and girls tiptoe, recalling winter’s chill fading in renewed life.
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