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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
5
In a Chicago Daily News excerpt two women gossip and prep for a social function. Miss Finch frets over a difficult look and money spent on outfits while Miss Smithson boasts a new dress and calm assurance.
A brief comic exchange reveals a husband confessing that his wife raids his pockets nightly and the doctor advising some change to appease her. The bit plays on domestic thrift and flirtatious banter.
Hartford literary circle lore recalls Harriet Beecher Stowe freely picking Clemens flowers from Mark Twain’s conservatory while the gardener fretted. Twain refused to bar access insisting the space remain open to her liberty, prompting Dr Twichell to recall the remark I wish the old lady was in Heaven.
A Dutch traveler crosses a bridge in a small cart drawn by a goat and pays five cents toll. Later he returns on foot with the goat riding in the cart, dragging it himself, creating a humorous reversal.
A tall man demanded five cents from a Dutchman who refused and pointed to the driver, saying not to talk to him about the toll. He suggested the driver should be addressed instead.
The article notes the Scots parliament's brevity in laws and cites a statute forbidding entering hay with a candle unless in a lantern. It claims a small volume can contain over two centuries of Scotch legislation and suggests the nation did not suffer as a result.
Mlle Mistinguette of the Paris opera is claimed by a Bergerolles woman as a long lost daughter. The artist would like to accept but already has an authentic mother and cannot take a supplementary mamma.
A girl named Doris asks her father if the saying The good die young is wise. He agrees a very wise person may have said it and Doris then wonders how her mother managed to grow up.
George Ensor, a Piedmont businessman, was attacked by more than a dozen snakes from a rotten log while fishing near Mountain Dale West Virginia. He rolled into a fire to escape, burned his clothes, then jumped into the stream to extinguish flames. He reached Mountaindale with severe burns and doctors say he has a chance to recover.
The article describes coastal Peru and Chile as waterless deserts where rain is rare. It notes mud palaces and clapboard fronts in Peru, with green paint for lawns being impractical. It highlights desert-like stretches from Coquimbo to Guayaquil and the lack of vegetation along the coast. The Panama canal is seen as increasing transoceanic proximity and potential rains.
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