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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1909
Page
8
The Plaza Hotel in New York recently opened a dedicated clubroom where Frederick Sterry, the hotel’s managing director, ordered that no servant in the room may accept any gratuity. The club, created at patrons’ urging, is a lobby-like space between the grill and stairs, furnished as a men's club and reserved for hotel patrons only.
A committee of prominent men plans a $1.5 million nonprofit to build a 12 000 seat auditorium in Washington for national conventions inaugural balls and large events. Robert Bacon heads organizers with Root and John St. McLean possible later connections. Project aims for March 4 readiness. committee to grow from twelve to fifty and subscriptions fast tracked.
A brief humorous scene in a Chicago News item describes a would be Masher type man tripping down a parlor car aisle and seating beside a pretty girl who rebuffs him with a sharp retort Nobody Ever.
Partial list of claims allowed by the Hardin County Board of Supervisors for January 1909. Included are witness fees, juror and inquest costs, repairs, bridges, health board expenses, and various supplies from local businesses and individuals. Named entries include Alsup, G Wigwitness, Armstrong & Sterns, City of Jowna Falls, Campbell RS, Fraser and numerous others with amounts rounded in dollars and cents.
A brief humorous letter describes a father’s plight as children list many Christmas wishes including a coaster sled phonograph and dollhouse while the writer notes his own age of thirty five and asks Santa to provide the items for his wife and three children. The piece comments on generosity and family demand with light irony.
An excerpt shows a courtroom exchange where defense attacks a plaintiff, citing a note for 10000 dollars and the plaintiff’s testimony about lending the money. The piece shifts to a satire of an advertising scheme at a public venue with Stickem glue and a staged heroine.
Considerations on boredom with the bore, its cruelty, and the clash between clever and stupid minds. The text comments on how two clever bores meeting can become intolerable, while the clever forget that the stupid can bore as well.
A brief dialogue echoes a request for the name of a book in a column from Souls Post Dispatch. The humorous exchange centers on describing an ideal man and the playful back and forth between She and He.
A Chicago Tribune dialogue captures a sharp exchange about pride and perception. A woman notes a young man’s fickleness while praising his contrition in a personal promise, reflecting social attitudes of courtship and reputation.
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