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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1911
Page
7
An ad touts Hoods Sarsaparilla as curing blood humors and eruptions, cleansing the complexion and aiding digestion. It claims to create appetite, relieve fatigue, and provide vigor, offering liquid and chocolate tablet forms named Sarsatabs.
An efficient New York grammar school principal, noted for frankness, comforts a sobbing student who laments he has no partner. She responds with "Shake, dear boy, shake" and reveals she has no partner either, offering swift empathy.
A proofreader famed for precision quips about a reporter who printed Willie Brown’s burn from a live wire. The next day a terse note asked the riddle which the editor answered philosophically, turning on the boy’s perspective and ended with a wry line.
A short quotation explores whether Howell takes things philosophically and Powell agrees, noting Howell’s tendency to keep possessions while discussing his philosophy. The line suggests a casual exchange on ownership and mindset in a literary humor context.
A reflective piece questions how a woman’s love of hats translates to happiness in heaven and whether one halo can endure eternity. The tone blends whimsy with spiritual musings on vanity and virtue.
Delhi December durbar features Queen Mary with Kohinoor crown, 90000 troops, 160 Indian rulers in lavish jewels, elephants, and a vast imperial camp. King Emperor George takes throne amid formal homage while guests receive numerous English gifts and British regalia.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt notes a divinity student, recently graduated, earning a large salary as a big league pitcher. The dialogue attributes the high pay to his excellent delivery and suggests a bright career ahead, highlighting the unusual path of a theologian in professional sports.
A short vignette follows Willie who wears his brother's clothes and predicts that Johnny will catch the measles once Willie outgrows his garments. The passage hints at themes of aging and contagion in a rural setting with simple dialogue.
Food for the World suggests nut trees could feed the global population. Brazil nuts grow abundantly with large quantities wasted annually.
In the golden age of 300 peaceful years under imperial Rome crime almost ceased as Gibbon notes because no man could escape Rome’s jurisdiction, for Rome then was the whole world.
A compact collection of wry quotes and paradoxes. The dialogue notes Youngleigh’s unusual ideas about profiting from others’ experience and a doctor’s paradoxical swelling with rising bills. A playful closing line observes the mermaid as the sole woman with no kick coming.
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