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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1909
Page
10
The pastor asks Miss Cards about Lent and she replies it benefited her, boasting of winning enough at a Lenten bridge party to buy an Easter outfit. Mrs. Higson quips about a flower seed dispute involving chickens and a wish for appendicitis.
In a street car Mr Millington and Mr Jones discuss spring and fishing. Mr Millington taunts moral standards about lying for big catches while Mr Jones admits he will lie too. The exchange ends with Millington sighing and both men contemplating dishonesty. The piece closes with Joe Kerr.
A farmer boasted of attracting summer boarders by a frog singing trick. He dammed a creek to make a frogpond and gathered a hundred frogs to serenade guests. The plan backfired as no guest stayed and the frogs sang loudly, but the boarders lacked any ear for music.
A humorous exchange between a real estate agent and an insurance man mocks canoeing as a passion. The speaker vows to persist despite constant capsize as he recalls a diary entry about repeated defeats and a possible fatal finale. The tale ends with a self deprecating quip about becoming another barned fool.
The verse chronicles spring's arrival as winter wanes and nature reforms. It notes milder temperatures, streams thawing, buds on branches, and birds returning, signaling summer’s cheer and the reappearance of life. The piece presents a rhythmic celebration of seasonal renewal with vivid natural imagery.
A crowd on a street corner recalls a November winter forecast by Brown and Green. Brown admits mixing up names while Green hears a summer prediction warning of extreme heat drought fires and high prices for crops and produce.
A brief item notes Wiggs assisted his partner up and down stairs before marriage and Mrs Wiggs now watches him to prevent trips. The exchange hints at familiar domestic roles and humor between the couple.
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