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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1912
Page
2
A group of writers and managers debate what constitutes snap in theater with Eugene Walter offering a one act play. The scene opens with a couple embracing then a husband returns with a gun and a mistaken floor reveal. Dialogue reveals marital strain and comic misfortune.
A customer alleges a bartender watered whisky, and the proprietor defends the practice as a concession to temperance demands.
In a vivid tale a ninety pound London woman mauls her larger husband after years of abuse, leaving him hospitalized. The report questions London police action amid ongoing domestic violence.
A light Tit-Bits exchange ponders when a child begins to walk and jokes about appetite and rooms. The banter features playful quips about aging, meals, and a refusal to identify a cheese.
In a Federal building an elderly woman approached a stamp window and asked for one cent stamps in exact pieces. She handed a $5 bill and insisted on proper change and order, then walked away saying she had made him earn his money and noting she had a right in the building.
In a hospital scene a young surgeon after removing a leg asks for approval. The head surgeon praises the work but notes a slight mistake. The young doctor discovers he amputated the wrong leg, prompting a moment of reassessment.
A car skidded off the road into a freshly plowed field and toppled into mud near a low stone wall. A passerby gasped as Dubbleigh claimed the crash was a planned burial for his old car while he asked for help digging it out with a horn.
The actress answers a reporter’s query about remarriage with a firm stance that it’s nobody’s business. She acknowledges the interview, proposes a photo to accompany the story, and notes she has just had a new acting assignment.
A dialogue between a young man and an old man discusses yearly costs to maintain a wife. The young man asks for a numeric range, and the old man answers that it varies but always consumes all a man has, from $500 to $50,000 in any era.
In a light dialogue, Clara extols women’s higher education while Dora notes 80 percent of married women. The exchange ponders aviation’s promise versus horse racing, wages of aviators versus jockeys, and a joke about a phony dictionary fraud.
A tall, money bearing Augustah officer tourist impressed Patrolman Schwartz at 14th Street and Broadway. He flashed a badge and claimed wealth with $5, $20 bills hidden in socks and a return ticket to Augustah. Charged with intoxication, the man slept in a cell after the encounter.
Boston officials including Mayor Fitzgerald and Daniel J McDonald visited the Suffolk School on Rainesford Island. They inspected facilities from the shoe shop to the gym and dining hall before a playful milk-off where the mayor won as the cows proved dry for the other contestants.
Samuel Williams of Hast Street, Missouri, sought a warrant to arrest someone who beat him on the street. He later realized he had charged himself with disturbing the peace and was released after police noted the error in a bizarre self arrest incident.
Recruits from Lake Bluff naval training station traveling to Chicago caused a money scramble when eighty men presented $20 bills for fares and tips. Conductor John Hall and the paymaster worked to break the large notes into smaller bills, draining bank small-denomination stock before the seven-day furlough.
Richard Harding Davis said at a fish luncheon that he was displeased with modern fiction which he described as nasty and full of double entendres. A humorous exchange about a gentleman's morning after tongue in cheek follows with a parlor maid quoting Adele on reaching home under the weather.
Boston Traveler recounts a tale from a Boston Bartenders union local about a thirsty patron who ordered two beers. After the bartender shared a beer, the patron proposed a coin match to decide who pays, slapping two coins on the counter. He walked out claiming the bartender was matching him and Jest.
An elderly woman, her daughter, and a young man walk by as a newsboy pesters the group to buy a paper. The boy presses the German woman and then the older man, finally turning to the young woman with a compliment about her eyes before selling a paper.
A captioned dialogue shows Fond Mamma asking a photographer to enlarge a baby photo into a current portrait. The photographer notes the absence of the child, implying the enlargement cannot be created from the single image.
An immigrant on the Ellis Island ferryboat hears the sunset gun and asks what it is. His friend explains it is sunset and marvels at the land where such a flare marks the day’s end. The exchange underscores awe at America’s symbols and scale.
An English woman claims the origin of the song I Will Hang My Harp on the Willow Tree lies in Victoria's romance with a British army soldier. The tale arose as Albert prepared for wartime duties when their engagement was announced.
In a Washington Star quip Senator Sorghum jokes about trimming quotations from the classics. He says he avoids professional jealousy and notes a rising chorus of applause for the quotable lines.
An Indianapolis man, seeking to start a fire and promote a company, fails at that and a store job, becomes homesick, and asks a railway magnate for a free pass. The magnate replies that passes are not given, but the man jokes that he is the type who receives passes, and he ends up with one. The account appears in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A vivid snapshot shows a carved goose shared at a gathering with a respected negro minister as guest of honor. The minister extols the dish while the carver responds with measured dignity and hints at broader questions about the sermon and hospitality.
A man with vibrant ears questions the young woman’s occupation and another replies she is a school teacher. He adds he overheard she fans very quickly, suggesting a hurried, rumors driven exchange about her duties.
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