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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1908
Page
11
A collage of school life and humor and cartoons from a historical page. It features a boy’s monologue on school workload and affection for teachers, jokes about public versus private schools, and light banter about marriage and daily life. The vivid pieces capture era voice and social tones with named characters like Joe Kerr Silas Mandy Hoax Jiggs Ruth Fred and Rastus.
While sensational dispatches report several airship accidents, the letters describe a sequence of fatal crashes over various cities. Fourteen killed in a New York Chicago craft mishap, seven killed in PhiladelphiaBaltimore wreck, twenty aboard another vessel presumed drowned over Lake Erie, and more fatalities in Fall River Boston and New Orleans reports.
The father reveals his notebook with a sad gaze as he counts costs from their outing. He notes ten dollars for freckles and a hundred per square inch for tan, while his daughter glows with beauty and wit and unaware of the sorrow she causes him.
An ex-inmate recounts a tense exchange after returning from a spell in the workhouse. He explains he was jailed for drinking, spent thirty days there, and notes friends missed his company while he was away.
Two boys ponder the value of schooling as vacation ends and ignorance seems blissful, reflecting on wasted effort and the lure of leisure. The verse captures youthful misgivings about study and the appeal of carefree time.
A narrator recounts bets tied to Taft and other candidates as a series of luck and misfortune anecdotes unfold. He notes a butcher, a broker, and a sheriff in divorce filings influencing belief in the next president. The tale ends with confidence in the Socialist candidate.
A Green Line trolley rider uso belittles passengers with a political quiz about vice presidents and running mates from Washington to Taft. The crowd falters, unable to answer, as the man exits with a quip about beeswax for his wife's irons.
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