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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1879
Page
4
A couple argues over half fare for a "fool" at a ticket window as the husband tries to pass his wife off as a poor, traveling old woman to dodge full price. The clerk dismisses the ploy, insisting both pay standard rates. The exchange ends with the wife asking to go now as the husband laments the failed ruse.
A reading of a book agent scheme ends with a citizen duping the con man by destroying the book in a cauldron. A final quip mocks editors: a editor carries scissors pencil and wealth in others pockets, with a note that every person should read how to run a newspaper.
The quotation contrasts pain scale from toothache to multiple boils, noting a man’s perspective shifts as pain increases from a single boil to a full jaw of teeth. It reflects a humorous or rhetorical view on suffering and endurance.
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