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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1909
Page
1
A collection of quick quips and epigrams on marriage gender roles luck and daily life. The speaker lampshades misfortune pride and social expectations with puns about dogs fathers mothers and spouses. Light humor centers on self mockery and common situational irony.
A New York woman asks 15000 for two kisses while a deaf and dumb woman seeks a millionaire husband. The speaker jokes about landladies with chickens, French fashion costs, and the meat trust charging 74 cents for beefsteak. A misadventure with a meerschaum pipe ends with the wife boiling it in the wash boiler.
John Silber of Newkirk Oklahoma was jailed on a tampering charge and read of a $3 offer for the most original want ad. He placed Wanted ad seeking release with a poet’s line and his address at Kay County jail. The publicity brought sympathy, leading to an investigation that cleared Silber and freed him. Moral urges advertising rather than waiting for misfortune.
Mayor N J Gesman of Pella warns that the curfew law will be strictly enforced after this notice. Police will arrest all offenders. parents and children are urged to comply.
An advertisement claims most people suffer kidney and bladder troubles and promotes DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills. It promises quick relief, antiseptic and healing effects, and offers a free trial box by mailing name to E C DeWitt & Co Chicago. Sold at local druggists.
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