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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1907
Page
7
A collage of quirky lines and excerpts from plays and papers. Character banter touches on melodrama bravado and domestic quips. Jokes about car life and installments parade through a slice of early 20th century humorous prose.
A man named Tilgon seeks a coachman job, claiming former employment with a source. The responder notes he gave Tilgon a chance when he left, implying he has a questionable record.
A quoted line from Yonkers Statesman reflects a father and child debate on education after a year in college. The exchange highlights the student claiming growth through a class yell as proof of learning.
A fragmentary note recalls a colonel figure and a wedding ring moment. The text mentions a son, a heartache, and a yellowed Jol adudee style piece. Names are unclear but the piece hints at a recent marriage and a questioning voice about the wedding date.
A collage of humorous quotes and gags from various papers. The Farmer praises a fine hog while the Deacon suggests they could die as well. The editor jokes about improving patriotic verses by burning them. A minister’s preaching and a conceited single man are also lightly teased in brief quips.
In a charity ball setting Robert Wayne, a ministerial actor, pursues Miss Porter through Miss Hard’s seminary surroundings. He woos with theatrics, disguises melt away, and a kitchen coup by Monsieur Sardou ends in a failed romance as Wayne reveals his plan to marry Miss Porter, claiming happiness with her as his true home.
A gothic tale describes nine sages and two foreign professors offering mental numerology. They claim a digit sum of products with nine always reaches nine or a multiple of nine, citing examples such as nine times two yielding fourteen whose digits sum to five, then nine into nineteen sums to nine, and larger cases like nine times 545 giving 4905 with digits summing to eighteen.
A humorous scene unfolds on a train as a young woman reads a funny book. Passengers across and beside her share smiles and stifled laughter, the car contagiously amused until the reader exits, leaving others unsure what sparked the mirth.
The article extols the South’s vast water power potential, noting coal and oil reserves and water power capable of supporting electrical transmission, power, heat and light. It estimates $250,000,000 to $360,000,000 investment could yield the equivalent of 6,000,000 men in work, enable interurban electric roads, and foster cheap energy for mines and factories, likening the South to Switzerland for skilled mountain work.
The Postum Cereal Co asserts all packages of Postim Cereal Grape Sins and biijahs Manna comply with the Pure Food Law of 1906 and are not adulterated or misbranded. Notary Bestiary F Ris swore to the statement on December 15 1904. The firm pledges truthfulness about ingredients and guarantees quality of every package.
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