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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1912
Page
2
A distressed patient pleads for a diagnosis and medicine, but the doctor prescribes a mental health rest cure in a quiet place. He warns no drug will help and recommends solitude, even a Montana ranch, over Atlantic City. The patient contemplates leaving for alternative care after six new teeth are mentioned.
A dialogue fragment recalls asking about boat trip costs and finds the attendant indifferent to questions. The exchange shifts to why someone asked about skinned knuckles, then pivots to family summer plans with a joking remark about the cook.
The tramp defends his life as a quiet effort while a kitchen door scene quotes a passerby. An offhand line notes that the average man dissipates about two and a half kilowatt hours daily in energy through motion thought and heat.
A suffragette wife challenges her meek husband over a paper’s claim that only 11 of 112 Alpine ascents were by women. The exchange ends with a vow that women will win the vote and alter such statistics.
In a pointed exchange Senator Sorghum dismisses praise as merely lining an epitaph. He notes that only grateful words that can endure as a public epitaph receive universal endorsement. The remark underscores his view on reputation and criticism.
Dustin Stax declares he never takes part in anything political stating his rule is all or nothing. The exchange centers on refusal to engage with political activities.
Aunt Hepsey Garsides plans a one month visit but after a week declares homesickness. Her niece urges sightseeing but Aunt Hepsey insists the sun and stars are misaligned and that staying another week would drive her crazy.
A rural punny exchange shows Farmer Perkins debating hog feeding speed. The farmer claims feeding on grass is slow but time to a hog seems trivial, with a quip about city visitors and patience.
The dialogue notes that five hundred and ten students graduated in June. The dean dismisses the stereotype of all graduates entering professional baseball, listing two men headed for medicine and one returning to the family hardware business, with the rest pursuing varied paths.
A young merchant phoned his home to tell the maid he would bring spaghetti for lunch. The maid replied that little was cooked and suggested taking the guest to a downtown restaurant to eat.
A humorous dialogue features the Goddess of Fortune asking a favored figure about modern excesses. The reply rejects steam yachts trains cars planes and reveals a desire to attend a convention with a private steam roller. The exchange satirizes changing tastes and whimsical ambitions.
Fragmentary excerpt features quirky dialogue and climate of a boarding house scene. It references seasoning, a monument, Warren, airships, religion politics, and a family inquiry about a daughter and wife, but lacks coherent narrative.
In the Bronx Dennis rises from Tremont avenue doorman to patrolman under a new police order. On his first night he frees a bundle found near One Hundred and Sixty-ninth street, discovering a heavy box filled with excelsior and a boulder marked Stung. He seeks the motorman responsible for the alert yet ends with no formal capture.
A Kansas City neighborhood radios up a woodpecker tapping on a galvanized iron box beneath tele cross pieces. The red headed bird repeats the hammering, likened to scientific experiment as it taps in the same spot each morning.
Chicago police plan to attend exclusive events in full dress to trap the Chesterfieldian burglar known for stealing from women guests. Officers will study etiquette and Ibsen as they mingle with Beau Brummels to spot the thief, while Mrs. Grubbs hosts a party at 1040 Dakin Street.
Letter from George L. Lange proposes donating two Duroc Jersey hogs to seed a domestic animal display at the Forest Park zoo project. Lange argues that showcasing cows sheep and hogs would educate city children on food sources and requests donations or loans from residents to begin the effort. He offers to start by donating one male and one female hog.
Edmund Lamy cited by the Toronto Mail and Express recalls a tale of skating danger at Saranac Lake. Two sisters of a rich widower spoke of a chorus girl named Tottie Tights who fell through the ice, and the widower father reportedly saved her life. The sisters remark on the motive to rescue their father.
Mary Ann Murphy rejects her parents choice between grocer O Flaherty and saloonkeeper Finnegan. She marries Finnegan and later shows a gold watch from her husband, prompting the mother to quip that an eight day clock would be better than a gold watch.
Father tests Johnny with the Golden Text as they approach Sunday school. The boy garbles the verse into Whatever-a-man-sews-?ALS tps, revealing comic mispronunciation. A widow’s sharp line adds a punchy moral about happiness in marriage.
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