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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
9
An 185L twelve penny black Canadian stamp printed in Ottawa travels through hands from Hamilton to the United States, rising from $5 to $1,200 before being destroyed in a maid’s accident. The tale ends with a Shakespearean note on fame and a Chicago Tribune quip.
Mrs. Charles A. Bristed of New York at her Stockbridge country place will pioneer ballooning among Berkshire society women. She will host a July flight in the Berkshire balloon carrying six, with four friends, then return by auto to Lenox for dinner. Mrs. Cortlandt Field Bishop will be among guests, and if popular the Berkshire colony may buy a balloon for men too.
Ben Hubbard visits friend Tom Drakin and falls for Drakin's wife Lola who appears as Lola Drakin. The hotel trunk escapade and Drakin's playful misdirection spark Ben's confession of love. Tom reveals his wife Lola is not Mrs Drakin, and Ben decides to sail in with the situation, pursuing the unexpected romance.
Vermont Democrat Henry Keyes seeks a bed in the judge’s hotel room during court time. Judge Mattacks, briefly a Democrat then Whig, agrees in a sleepy exchange. The anecdote highlights party shifts and a humorous midnight request.
In a humorous scene Mrs. Riles asks a butcher to weigh her baby. The scales show sixteen pounds and a quarter, but a parent notes the device reads sixteen pounds only. The butcher corrects the error and tells the bookkeeper to remove the quarter of a pound.
A learned Italian doctor says giantism is a morbid brain enlargement affecting growth regulation. When the growth center enlarges the limbs and other parts overdevelop, mainly in the lower jaw, arms, and legs. No giant reaches old age, average life about twenty years. Ireland produced giants McGrath, Malone, Murphy, and Charles Byrne, all seven and a half feet tall, none achieving mental development.
A light joke on wedding roles rises from a Kansas City Newsbook item. The dear girl asks why the bridegroom’s attendant is called the best man, and a fussy old bachelor quips that he is “the best off.”
A brief Harper's Weekly line questions parental knowledge of affection with a restrained exchange about a father’s illness. The dialogue implies delicate subject handling without graphic detail, reflecting period-era propriety.
A. B. Edggensperger announces candidacy for county superintendent of schools on the Republican ticket. He asks for voter support at the primaries.
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