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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1910
Page
7
A traveling stranger recalls a farmer who sheltered a penniless youth years ago. The lad pledged to repay kindness if prosperous. The man delivers the message that the boy remains poor, provoking a dramatic, emotional reaction from the farmer and his wife.
A humorous exchange between Mr. Henpeck and his wife centers on trial marriages. He dismisses the idea of such unions even after a phone call helps mend their frayed relations. The bit plays on domestic dialogue with a wry punchline.
Jack tells Grace he could follow her footsteps all his life. Grace replies that after marriage he will walk ten feet ahead, as in other husbands.
Miss Flora McKimsey of Madison Square complains she has nothing to wear yet she strolls up Broadway under an inverted washtub hat, managing to avoid recognition or notice.
A joke centers on a man who deflects church attendance with a cow and milk joke. The exchange pivots on whether milking a cow affects being a Christian during fig time, delivering a humorous twist on piety and practicality.
A dramatic exchange aboard the Wasp as officers face certain loss. The captain asks if any chance exists to save the ship. The reply is blunt and fatal, noting the vessel is going to the bottom and urging the captain to seek a life belt.
A London circular railroad car narrator describes a 10 mile diameter ride. An old obese woman worries about alighting at her stop. A passenger says the stop is half an hour away. She jokes that she backs out to exit yet a guard pushes her back. She has completed the circle three times that morning.
The article explains a historic Korean custom where unmarried men wore skirts to mark their lower social status and lack of means. Marriage required income sufficient to support a wife, so the skirt acted as a public indicator of a man's station.
The passage argues that plain people preserve simple, clear means of expression, noting early settlers spoke little but were unambiguous, and that the southern mountains retain ancient idioms and words unfamiliar to modern lexicographers.
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