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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1914
Page
4
William the renowned racer rests at his owner A E VanNatta’s barn in the town’s south end after a morning arrival. Earlier the great horse was paraded uptown, drawing a crowd, while Stephen S Dougherty thanked Bolivar township voters, praising Democrats for strong support.
An Atchison Globe item suggests the society for the prevention of site less noises may start by reducing cheers at events from three to one, aiming to calmer crowds.
A quip recalls a Parson asking where boys go when they smoke and a boy replying they go up the alley. The brief joke captures a rural banter tone and streetwise punchline.
A humorous exchange notes that a newspaper reports a baseball player dying at the plate and jokes about a self inflicted cause from over eating. The excerpt satirizes sensational sports reporting and media style.
A poem from the Cleveland Plain Dealer imagines joy in paying income tax with delight. The speaker envisions stacking wealth to fund taxes and cherishes being first to pay, imagining coupons and millions in the tax stream. The tone satirically endorses taxation as a cheerful duty.
Tillie Clinger reports a dream of dying and going to Heaven in a Balkan blouse, then wakes to find her left hip resting on a hair brush. Altruistic Rose recalls a lover threatening death by kiss while Marie notes no life insurance for the suitor and pities his mother.
A New York man faced the course’s notorious sand pits and after six ineffectual strokes, amid flying sand and whispered curses, was taunted by a curious spectator who asked what he feared in the pit. The report from the New York Evening Post captures the tense, humorous scene on a southern golf course.
A magazine editor praises an unsolicited manuscript and urges publishing under the author’s real name. The author declines citing that publishing under his name would divert earnings to his wife, preferring anonymity to keep profits from his wife.
A quirky wedding note has the bride pledging obedience to a dog in a singlehanded lick test. Readers are reminded that support for mothers should be stronger, yet public reaction mixes sympathy with sharp criticism.
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