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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1904
Page
8
A playful collage of verse and brief quips celebrates picnics and country leisure. It riffs on nature, family outings, and the simple joys of meals outdoors, while wry lines poke at social foibles and domestic quirks.
Bufkins has sat for an hour and let old Borus tell about the smart tricks of his children. Must want to borrow money from him.
A fragmentary dialogue touches on patriotism and pensions with sharp lines about ungrateful republics. A speaker recalls a Fourth of July injury and a pension issue, then shifts to a phonograph joke about a man and his relatives. The piece ends with a wry exchange about scratches from a barb wire fence and a wildcat.
A short verse ponders if a straw can speak or explain the wind's direction. A father challenges the idea with a quiet retort about nature and understanding, inviting reflection on communication and unseen forces.
A wary stance favors arbitration over ongoing combat as a viable path to settlement. The speaker suggests that while conflict persists, negotiated terms may offer a safer, quicker resolution than protracted fighting.
A collection of sharp, shifting lines on trust, organization, conscience, expense accounting, lines people draw, and gendered expectations. The piece contrasts cold air with new jackets and mocks excuses while critiquing manipulation and dependence on others for control.
A moral essay argues that divorce is justifiable in certain cases. It distinguishes paradisiacal couples who never doubt their union from those who endure a dreary, strained marriage. It urges women without children to seek release by law when a husband destroys self respect and burdens them with a degraded life.
Whit* Reid argues for absolute fairness in education and warns that politics and political aims have no business in the schoolroom or school direction. He emphasizes keeping saloon proximity and other contamination away while noting citizens must be active in politics, but schools must remain nonpartisan.
A fragment argues that metropolitan society centers on wealth and display. It notes the rich rival each other in expense on food, drinks, clothing, and decor while implying moral standards suffer. The text reflects critique of ostentation and social pressure among the affluent.
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