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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1909
Page
8
A terse dialogue hints at a clash between a Spring poet and an irate editor about a car scene. The exchange foregrounds a professor named Daubo and a focus on realistic painting, suggesting a satire of artistic and editorial tensions.
A reflective poem extols a lazy hazy season with sunlit streams and growing grass. A short comic exchange follows about a fishing trip and a boastful tale, ending with a jab about truth and whoppers.
A farmer recalls autos passing his farm while his son Jim devises a drastic solution after an auto kills a pig. The hayload prank ends with a puzzled farmer discovering a hay stack perched on the barn ridgepole after a night of mystery. Joe Kerr adds a separate scene with Umpire and a millionaire seeking funding from Rockefeller.
A temperance advocate warns that Fuller Water claims to clean silver. A booster jokes that Booze-Well cleaned up all his silver, illustrating drinking rhetoric and satire.
A lyrical note recalls a man who preferred straight whisky at the club and lingered before returning home, with an ensuing regret about his wayward course and homeward journey.
Three men on a car platform discuss political nominations. They predict Jimson will be nominated again and elected, and mention Bryan in relation to potential future bids. The dialogue reveals persistent voter rejection of previous attempts and bets on fresh issues.
The exchange shows Wigsson and Hear disputing a land sale in Punkville with Wigsson noting the agent who sold the lot did not provide a favorable deal.
A traveler recalls a farmer who bluffingly pressed tariff reform by writing to the President Taft about pumpkin duties and European pauper labor. The exchange reveals a bold show of red ink threats and a claim of willingness to shed blood to back a bluff. A final joke shows ostrich and monkey dialogue over a canvas-backed tent for a show.
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