It Seems to Me You Are Heavier Than Before
A humorous dialogue recounts snippets of banter among policemen grocers and schoolgirls. Quick quips touch on weight luck hair pulling and romantic boasts with playful interactions and light teasing.
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1908
Page
4
Dusty musings on conscience and widow culling
A quirky dialogue scene features a defeated candidate and a grocer debating conscience and motive. A cracker box observer and a home grown philosopher offer wry reflections on marriage, dust, and dignity amid urban chatter.
Fixing the Date Cipher in a Suburban Query
The quotation plays on timing as a joke about moving to the suburbs. It notes a playful exchange from Puck magazine. No specific individuals or dates are provided beyond the humorous cadence.
What makes old Blank uneasy when a motor car arrives
A humorous exchange has wife and husband bantering about cars and a heroine in a novel. The wife asks John for his view of a heroine and he replies a heroine is a woman who could talk back but doesn’t. The joke hinges on fear of a missing wife and the modernity of the automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Blank
John
As Others See Us
A terse column questions self-satisfaction and honesty with biting observations about temper and pretension, noting how others judge and perceive virtue. The piece critiques vanity and urges humility in public conduct and personal conduct amid social scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blox
Knox
Doctor Categorizes Patients With Wary Charm
A doctor jokes to a druggist that his patients fall into two groups the ones who swear by him and the ones who swear at him, reflecting a lighthearted exchange about his practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D
Matrimony and manners mix in village quips
A string of lighthearted exchanges and wry observations about marriage, bachelorhood, and daily life. A landlord’s quip on bed usage and a magistrate exchange provide gentle satire, with lines about secrecy and fame yielding dry humor.
Citing an Example in a Moral Exchange
A moralizer cites respect for self-reliance while a demoralizer quips about its boldness in a crowded car. The dialogue hints at social judgment and humor about independence amid public spaces.
Stung Again Miss Cutting Reflects on Shared Thoughts
A fragment shows Miss Cutting remarking on synchronized minds and personal doubt, noting two souls with but a single thought and a sense of self-doubt about companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lapleigh
Will They Never Stop Kitty My Gown Coning
A brief fun item notes a character named Kitty reacting to a new gown and a companion’s amused reaction. The scene hints at social chatter and fashion concerns in a light, humorous tone.
Moralist and Demoralizer Exchange on Money
A humorous exchange features a moralist noting love of money as the root of all evil and a demoralizer retorting that want of money is the full grown tree, implying wealth shapes moral landscapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soa
Woman's Dress Attention Stirs Debate in Household Chat
A dialogue ponders why women focus on attire, asking if it’s to attract men or outshine sisters. Mrs Joyce counters, suggesting women can pursue multiple aims, defending complex fashion motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Det
R. E. Joyce
Mrs. Joyce
One Thing Needful
Jane complains the chairs are dusty while a new servant suggests coverings to hide their shabbiness in a domestic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Multilingual Skills Mentioned By Diggs And Biggs
Biggs notes Mapeck speaks four or five languages. Diggs says she spoke many before marriage but rarely uses them now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biggs
Mapeck
Diggs
Likely Debate on Earth Shape Sparks Corner Theory
An exchange imagines four corners if the earth were truly flat and jokes about locating a man at each corner to prove the point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl
Ruby
Old Gentleman Chides Boy Over Smoking Cigar
A kindly elder expresses regret at a boy smoking a cigar. The boy replies with a joking refusal to quit, saying it makes him feel bad too.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Through to Chicago Without Change Ad Sparks Fare Dispute
A passenger argues with a conductor over a free ride claiming an advertisement promised passage to Chicago without change. The exchange centers on the passenger’s lack of funds and the fare dispute aboard the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Senators Laugh At Panama Message And Postal Savings Debate
Washington lawmakers reacted with laughter as the president's Panama canal message was read in the senate. debate centered on a postal savings bank bill and a push for detailed information on the Brownsville investigation. Carter urged passage while noting widespread support and opposition among banks and parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Panama Canal
Senate
Foraker
Secretary of War
Brownsville
Warren
Bailey
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
Postal Savings Bank
Carter
Depew
American Bankers’ Association
Congressional
Postal Savings Banks
Congress
Fulton
People of the Postal Savings Banks
United States
Lucien Teter
Committee On
Depew Backs Postal Savings Bill and Brownsville Inquiry
Depew favors the postal savings bill arguing it is not experimental as many countries use savings banks and aims to aid sparsely populated regions. The bill awaits conferees before a January 1 1909 effective date and a war secretary inquiry on the Brownsville affair faces Senate delay with a vote planned for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Depew
United States
Savings
Congress
Secretary of War
Brownsville
Foraker
Warren
Committee On Military Affairs
Senate
Print paper made from ram corn stalks proposed
Dr. B. T. Galloway of the department of agriculture told the House committee on agriculture that print paper can be produced from corn stalks in competition with wood pulp. A commercial test is planned by 2 mill in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waliington
B. T. Galloway
Bureau of Plant Inquiry
Department of Agriculture
House Committee On Agriculture
Galloway
Maine
Learned a Lesson. Lincoln man fined for quarantine breach in Geneva
W H Bowers of Lincoln working at the girls industrial school ignored Geneva's quarantine. He was arrested by Judge Fulton, fined with costs totaling 19.50, and returned to work after recapture by the city marshal. He had entered Geneva with two companions after quarantine orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Neb
W. H. Bowers
Lincoln
Girls’ Industrial School
Fulton
Bowers
Owens
Wants Larger Homesteads
Washington report on Representative Mondell Wyoming pushing to revive and advance a bill increasing homestead land limits. The measure sits before the speaker, with Mondell seeking unanimous consent to send it back to conference. Howland of the public lands committee opposes the bill and resists withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mondell
Wyoming
Congress
Pres
Howland
Committee On Public Lands
Discovery of New Mineral Patronite Sparks State Interest
State Mineralogist L. E. Aubury expresses great interest in a patronite specimen from San Bernardino county. If the deposit proves extensive, it could start a new mining development in California. Patronite is a vanadium sulfide and is rare. most used in steel is imported from Peru. The government has tested its potential for armor plate production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
L. E. Aubury
San Bernardino
Peru
Odd Fellows of
Cambridge
Followers of Sharp Retaken and Tafts Sail South
Mrs. Della Pratt and Mrs. William Heh and William Bngwell, tied to James Sharp's circle, were discharged after recommitment hearings by Justice Remley. They will trek to Spray, North Carolina, to join Taft at a cot near Con formation, awaiting the end of the week to meet the president elect at Augusta, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharp
Taft
Kansas City
Della Pratt
New York
William Heh
William Bngwell
Sevold
James Sharp
National Civic Federation
Spray
N. C
Jusice Remley
Inton
Meing
Kimbrell
Mation
Augusta
Safe Cracker Killed in Lumber Yard Encounter
An unknown man was killed and Marshal F C Woods of Clenwich, Huron county, seriously wounded in a dawn confrontation with five men in the village railroad yards. Woods arrested a suspicious man near the post office. as they moved toward the tracks four others emerged and fired. A fatal shot struck the concealed assailant, and Woods was wounded. The town rose in alarm as the bodies were searched and the posse hunted the assailants. The dead man was about fifty five and well dressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledo
Marshal F. C. Woods
Clenwich
Huron County
Marshal Woods
Fremit
Anatom
Sar
Greenwich bank raid ends in marshal’s fatal clash
Mayor W I MecCullum leads pursuit of safe crackers after a bold plan to rob Greenwich two banks and the post office. A deadly exchange near the Big Four track left the marshal critically injured and a gang member dead, likely from Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich, O
W. IT MecCullum
Galton
Columbus
Hearing on Passes Forces Pullman to Disclose Berth Occupancy
At the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on Loftus versus Pullman, a demand was issued for a statement showing the percentage of berths occupied annually by pass holders. Commissioner Lane ordered the information be produced, with William Hough to provide the figures after rebuttal from both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hough
Pullman Company
Federal Fine Arts Bureau Proposed by Architects Group
Washington report: the allied fine arts committee of the American Institute of Architects recommends establishing a federal bureau of fine arts under the interior department. They approve placing Abraham Lincoln memorial on the Mall, disapprove a Gettysburg highway memorial plan, and honor Charles F. McKim with the institute gold medal for the first time to a U.S. recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Bureau of Fine Arts
Department of the Interior
Allied Fine Arts
American Institute of Architects
Abraham Lincoln
The
Park Commission
Gettysburg
Lincoln
Institute
Charles F. McKim
New York City
Seven Amtralaube crewmen missing after squall
In St Pierre Michigan seven members of the French warship Amtralaube went ashore for the night. The steam launch vanished en route to port and is believed swamped by a squall with all hands possibly drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pierre
Mich
Nebraska Notes in Brief From Various Towns
Nebraska notes report farm sales in Wausa and pensioned locals in Jackson and Wayne. James Salter heads to Portland for winter, while Fairbury’s Commercial club elects Frank Whitmore president. Endicot pumice deposits spark value hopes. a Wayne poultry deal and o ne hundred percent of local trade rise. A pensioned farmer in Alma suffers a stroke. thefts strike Wymore. a Hartigan area corn yield reaches 131 bushels per acre. court fines implicate a Pliger saloon keeper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winside
All County
Whitmore
Commercial Club
Fairbury
L. L. Yost
Grafton
W. H. Brehm
Sutton
Wayne
Rebecca Townsley
Nebraska
Gilter
Cameron
Lincoln
Earl Palmer
Shelton
P. L. Rork
Tekamah
Fred Maxfield
Archie Towle
Fairmont
Endcott
Jefferson County
J. W. Duncan
Hartigan
L. F. Koplin
Pliger
William Campbell
Harlan County
Alma
David Rhodes
Wymore
Rhodes
K. K. Hicks
Northwestern
Fremont
A. M. Baugh
Familly
Flastings
Baugh
O. Blevins
Oakdale
Wash
Arlington
Virginia
Washington
J. Garwood
Professor Durin
Prof
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Jeke
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Hyker
Pyker
Dyker
Marion
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Helen
Myrtle
Mr. Benton
Mrs. Benton Toline
Mr. Benton Tolme
Mrs. Benton Tolme
Rascal
Glazier—Ile
Meggendorfer
Puck
Benedict
Howie
Mr Veeck
Henry
Peck
London News
Yonkers Statesman
Wis
Gruat
Postal Savings Bank Bil
Marshal
Iearing
Bureau of Fine Arts
Cromwell
Nels Johnson
Wausa
James Salter
Jackson
Portland
Oregon
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