26 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1912
Page
1
A young man recounts inviting himself to Mabel's country home, facing rivals and elaborate mishaps. He endures water hose mishaps hornet stings and a foot injury while pursuing a marriage proposal, only to learn Mabel's father opposed the match and that she wanted him to drop the idea.
A literary figure questions quota tions with a haberdasher as a playful aside. The exchange highlights trade lingo and a humorous poke at price setting in everyday business. The quip captures a light moment about quotation and market terms.
A single observer catalogs humor across six nations from comic papers. Germans favor umbella-forgetting professors, loan-tempting students, army-loving misses, household misers, lovers in kitchens, and meddling mother in laws. Englishmen joke about kisses, breach of promise suits, and golf, football, cricket, rugby misfits, plus nose-talking Americans and mothers in law. French humor centers on soldiers and nurses, wives and husbands, and a German Paris tourist, with matches and eras as fashion. Italians enjoy a gluttonous country priest, Roman street urchins, a Neapolitan cabby, a faulty cigar, and the colonel’s orderly, with hats and mothers-in-law. Spaniards fix on corridas, toros y espadas, with occasional mother-in-law quips.
In a New York hotel two professors watch Ty Cobb bent over a newspaper. They mock his inability to read the baseball page, joking the star is educated, but only by the wrong page. The humor hinges on Cobb’s fame and the era’s vernacular.
Two Clevelanders in a back seat discuss literature. One quotes Ruskin as meaty after modern flavor. The other notes Ruskin reminds him of Artemus Ward, remarking that titles do not reflect contents.
A cartoonish line shows a man pointing to a janitor who cleaned out a bank yesterday and the punchline notes the janitor is conscientious, implying no arrest due to perceived honesty. This brief humor highlights a quirky crime paradox in a single exchange.
A Kansas City Kansas suffrage group discussed urging members to consult their servants and other women workers to gauge the suffrage movement's strength and support.
A suffrage inspector questioned a washerwoman about votes for women. Asked if she favored suffrage, the washerwoman replied she pays no attention to politics and leaves that to her husband. The interviewer then asked how her husband stood on the issue.
A sixteen year old girl expresses ambition to work on a newspaper after graduation. She jokes about running the love lorn department, signaling youthful aspiration and wit in a small town setting.
A quote exchange contrasts grand philanthropy with a subtle act of tipping a waiter. It questions whether true generosity can be demonstrated without ostentation, suggesting even admired benefactors may falter in small everyday gestures.
The passage questions why Mrs Jibbs refuses an enlightening course said to broaden her, while another remark suggests she cannot undertake anything to widen her one life and hints at her trying to shed fat.
A college boy explains his daily work on the ball grounds. He says he is conditioned in baseball and must show good averages in batting and base running before continuing his class in the fall. The exchange reveals the disciplined build toward academic and athletic success.
Frank J Cheney states his firm will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason attests to the oath dated December 6, 1886. The remedy claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, with testimonials available, and pills for constipation offered by F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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