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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1908
Page
11
Humorous exchanges fill a frontier scene with mock hatchets and puns. Banter touches on greeting a wife claimed in jest, a hypothetical deer mistaken shot, and a deaf and dumb asylum outing end with gratitude. Constituent bits name various speakers and bits.
The hardware drum merchant recounts his indecision over whom to vote for as the country faces a crisis. A trip to Vermont and a conversation with his veteran uncle lead to a moral about duty, culminating in a fateful anecdote about a fallen walnut tree that leaves him undecided at the polls. Joe Kerr signs the piece.
The line once praising an oak is noted as no longer accurate as the tree is now a chestnut. The quip suggests a shift in common attribution of the poem line over time.
A jokey tale centers on a lover facing his future father in law. The father reveals the election is pivotal and demands loyalty. The suitor for Edith refuses to reveal a political stance, offering instead to perform coal hauling and whitewashing. The father endorses the match and names him Jim dandy.
Observations on autumn foliage and the changing season. The note compares October frosts to December and hints that November may bring the coldest weather. A separate reflection jests that lovers exaggerate themselves, contrasting the Newly Married Man and the Old Bachelor with spectacles.
In a car a financier questions a sporting bettor about bets on an election and a marriage. The man admits winning a thousand dollars and a recent three month marriage, then whispers that he offered five thousand dollars to obtain a divorce.
Jinks teases Boozem about his oversized hat and Boozem admits he wore it the previous night after being out with the boys. The exchange shows playful camaraderie and easygoing humor.
A Tennessee mountaineer convinces a man to write a receipt settling a breach of promise with Jim Renfen and Linda for 2 dollars. The document frees Renfen to marry another, witnessed and signed in a cabin setting, ending the dispute.
The fragment argues Spick favors lifting oneself by asserting others are beneath him. It questions his life philosophy and implies he uses others to rise socially.
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