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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1910
Page
4
The London Telegraph reports Raoul Pictet, a Swiss chemist, tested extreme cold between 110 and 150 below zero. He found cold destroys insulation, and after repeated freezing and eating he claimed relief from indigestion.
A London cabman refuses another sixpence after being underpaid and pockets the shilling with a courteous line about the pleasure of driving. The anecdote highlights wit over added coin in a humorous exchange witnessed by a lady.
The London Standard notes Arundel Castle is uniquely owned by the Earl of Arundel in English peerage. It suggests no legal obstacle would stop a future sale to a millionaire from keeping the title Earl of Arundel in the House of Lords, should the Howards face hard times.
A child named Elmer complains he cannot find his knife after searching his pockets. His mother retorts that he has several pockets and wonders why another one would help. The humorous exchange appears in the Chicago News.
Tammas drags McTavish from the water and urges gratitude for survival as McTavish snarls that the glass of whisky saved him, but then his life nearly drowned and he remains unthankful.
A report notes a very smart turnout with remarks about guests being ejected from a top town hotel. The item mentions Bella and Elia as participants in the discussion.
Illegible handwriting doomed Bacher a last century music writer who toiled on a history of Viennese music. His manuscript was returned as unreadable by the Austrian academy and copied attempts failed. He self tried to dictate but could not decipher, ending his days in a lunatic asylum.
The Binghamton Republican quips on Eskimo language basics with playful phrases like igloo ah we li nbh and ka lo o lo o. The item highlights a humorous take on native speech patterns using invented tokens.
A brief children’s bedtime scene in a local state paper notes a parent singing to calm a child, while the child responds with fear. The anecdote captures a domestic moment and the tone of the newspaper’s lighter features.
A quotation attributed to Balzac discusses political power and gender, stating that a man who can govern a woman can govern a nation. The line reflects themes of authority and control.
A British steamer Bombay torpedoed and sank the United States vessel Quaeida She as it neared port. The crew mostly perished with only a few survivors. The Bombay captain cited avoiding distress to Lady Eyre on board as his motive and was later dismissed and ostracized.
Mrs Lysander Jobe Appleton recalls a party where hypnotic demonstrations inspired six girls to concentrate on one thought. They later tried to command her husband to pay five dollars each, but instead incurred a doctor bill. The scene ends with a sobering note on attempted mind influence and its consequences.
In a village near Edinburgh a son pays 30 pounds in advance for three months to a lunatic asylum. The old man dies soon after and the son seeks to recover unused money. A wary lawyer questions whether pursuing the claim is prudent.
A writer notes Cornish coast wrecks once funded locals and lore. The dialect recalls children reciting in prayers for shipmates at dawn. The Rev. Hawker’s servant Tristram Pentire confessed smugglers’ sins and a life of vice, claiming pure sinfulness in retrospect.
Arthur Roberts, the English actor, playing Captain Crosstree in Black Eyed Susan at Glasgow, accidentally knocked over the inn scenery during a drunken stagger. He recovered with a quip to the audience, saying that in Glasgow the company always brings down the house.
A London Tatler quip features a barber humorously noting he deducts a ha penny for each cut leaving a patron fourpence ahead, after the client wounds him with a razor. The exchange highlights wit and barbering blunt honesty in a playful exchange.
An exchange between an upbeat optimist and a discouraged elder centers on finding a silver lining. The talk turns to the peculiar term prigoy nda of a gumbo as a humorous aside within a moodful vignette.
A butterfly hunter recalls a swamp scene where a spotted turtle captures a terrapin like lunch. The turtle works the bite slowly, shows contented flicks of its forelegs, and finally settles for a nap under tussock roots.
A clever lawyer saved a guilty client from conviction for poisoning by proving the cakes shown in court were harmless. He dramatically ate a cake to demonstrate, then fled to take antidote and emetic, leaving the jury unaware of his safety measures until acquittal.
A humorous London Scraps quip about a play’s climax told by a young man with split white kid gloves. He describes a scene of dagger at a pink ribbons motif and purple flowers as the audience member ahead fails to move her hat, making the action appear on stage.
Florence the comedian played a long running joke promising a fish or deer to a victim before trips. Day after day he sent letters and telegrams saying the game was on the way, and the delays grew longer. Finally the promised prize arrived in a dramatic, humorous fashion.
The London Chronicle notes a verse from Hymns Ancient and Modern that mocks the dead as unable to hear bells or attend church. The remark highlights eighteenth century limits of sentiment and humor in hymnody and the long tradition of satirical reaction to religious verse.
An intoxicated man reads a bridge sign misquoting loads and asks about faster travel. A second fragment mentions a quick departure for Paris and a comment on someone being hit by rad Aom in a Bon Vivare scene.
All Silk Drags Goods now 25c less on eve dollar. A Von Den Bring or.
A proposed merger creates a million dollar corporation to consolidate breakfast cereal makers in Minneapolis, Battle Creek Michigan, Chicago, and Iowa. Thomas W. Hicks, promoter of the deal, confirmed the consolidation today.
A northwest gale of fifty two miles an hour drove the three masted Frances Capt Coombs from New York to Jacksonville ashore on the Hitteras coast. Lifesavers reached the wreck but fourteen men were believed lost as seas pounded the vessel. No bodies had yet washed ashore. Sioux City Journal.
Nineteen hundred plus style listing describes two farm tracts near Sauk Rapids with 190 and 350 acres. Properties include clay sub soil, meadow, timber, and fenced pastures, frames houses, barns, sheds, and dairy facilities. Prices 3 and 55 per acre with 6 percent terms. addresses W. C. Porter Sauk Rapids Minnesota.
The undersigned will sell at farm 1 4 miles north end 114 miles west of Boyden on Wednesday February 16 1910 starting at 10 o'clock. Items include 6 horses, 10 milch cows with several fresh, 1 steer 2 years old, 1 heifer 2 years old, 5 heifers 11 years old, 6 spring calves, 2 heifers 3 years old, 5 items of farm machinery, 16 chickens, and various household goods. Terms: cash for sums under $10. credit on larger amounts until November 1 1910 on approved notes at 8 percent interest. No removal until settled. Auctioneers: C Van Zyl and Will H. Eddy. Clerk Henry Schloetze.
A historical snippet recounts a sharp courtroom quip where Webster asserts a rule is law and a judge retorts it is not law. Collier's Weekly and Disraeli anecdotes frame the anecdote as a witty exchange on authority, language, and decorum in law and society.
A terse exchange frames a dramatic personal dispute as if from a science society. A husband cites betrayal and poisoning of life by his wife. He notes a subsequent remarriage after an awaited antidote. The exchange blends personal grievance with a scientific metaphor.
Louis ville Kentucky Henry V Wolff Eleventh ward councilman choked to death today on a piece of meat eaten at a free lunch counter in a gallop 225 and Them A 10c can of a Salmon for 5c only A V BACo W C Kyfispet the tomb stone man of Shon was in Boyden today attending to business matters If you want a good farm at easy payments and the best opportunity ever call and see me quick You can never duplicate my offer C A Morris
The Arlington South Dakota Sun argues for oleomargarine as a wholesome, pure product made from beef fats and processed with cleanliness. It condemns criticisms against oleomargarine while contrasting it with alleged unsanitary butter practices and urges treated with justice for affordable nourishment.
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