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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1912
Page
6
In a lighthearted exchange Mrs Merrivale reveals three children while Harry teases his father about being late. The father explains a humorous delay, saying a donkey blocked his path in the street, prompting Harry’s witty response and a puzzled ending about a prior street conversation.
A New Yorker staying at a quick service place is impressed by a brisk waitress. She asks how to pour syrup and with a playful exchange suggests pouring “in a puddle.” The man approves and the waitress smiles as syrup flows into the center of the cakes.
A fragment notes the department of agriculture seeks a soil expert and hints at good pay. A character urges Johnny to wash dirt from his face. The dialogue suggests a future for the soil expert role, framed by a family scene.
A humorous exchange shows a wife urging her husband to assist a young lady by raising a window. The husband apologizes, admits he fears upsetting her, and deflects by saying she is pretty. The scene plays on domestic politeness aboard a railway car.
A fragment from Tit-Bits shows a hostess asking a small guest to finish with bread and butter while the child declines in favor of cake. The scene shifts to a patron complaining about burnt steak and a head cook's death reported yesterday.
A street railway strike backdrop frames a humorous encounter in a Boston suburb. A well dressed stranger declines a ride after a pompous driver quizzes his lineage, claiming social status and old New England family ties. The car then departs.
A lighthearted but fatal mishap as William Walter Wiggins answers a telephone call while his boss is away. The caller impersonates a dead man claiming to be one hundred five, prompting William to declare it’s about time you were dead and ending his employment. A separate joke about a husband losing his glasses closes the piece.
A frail man, urged to eat nitrogenous foods, orders hash at a Penn avenue restaurant after debating whether beefsteak is nitrogenous or if fried potatoes are carbohydrates. The scene reflects a comical struggle with diet and understanding.
A quoted question ponders whether women are generally better managers than men. It notes attempts by women to manage men and asks where a man who can manage a woman might be found.
William A. Radford offers free advice on building topics. A bungalow design is examined for practicality and cost, favoring proper use on suitable sites. The piece discusses layouts, built in furniture, kitchen dining flow, bedroom sizes, exterior materials, and a sample western bungalow design with a valued price around two thousand dollars.
A Miss Lucy in Virginia and Aunt Mandy argue over egg timing. Mr Jones from the North wants four minute eggs while Miss Lucy favors three. Aunt Mandy relies on singing verses to gauge doneness, claiming timing by church clock.
A reading of anecdotes from a meeting with Herbert Knox Smith covers mosquito lore from a southern plantation to a northern visitor, plus a satirical Duke of Fife dinner reply and light quips about romance and marriage life. The items include jokes about social etiquette and a piano program misnaming Mendelssohn.
Among 760 milk samples in London over three months 106 showed tuberculosis. To locate the infection source 8 715 cows from 102 farms across the country were examined. The dialogue shifts between personal quips and a biblical reference about standing before kings and queens.
A fragmented amusement sketch features a boastful proprietor of a Turkish bath arranging early vegetables for friends. The dialogue spirals into humor about sharing spoils and a light jab at theatre trips as an improvised settlement. A street quarrel and a joke about reading the Congressional Record conclude the bit.
Captain Bowsprit tells of a shipwreck where he found a tribe of wild women with no tongues. The punchline lands as a sharp quip about their silence and the sailors' reaction, illustrating a comic nautical anecdote.
Boss accuses Johnny and an office boy of $10 missing from the cash drawer. They suggest each pay $5 to settle the matter quietly.
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