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Newspaper
Sierra County Advocate
Location
Hillsboro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1913
Page
4
A collage of light items and oddities from Chicago, New Haven, and New York. Notes on stamps bought by a Chicago firm, fashion quips about rich women, aviation prospects, a New Haven doctor operating on himself, a distraught Ohio divorce claim, and varied humorous snippets about professors, crime, and social norms.
A mother asks her seven year old son what ails him drawing deductions from his heavy frown. The boy replies slowly that nothing ails him and questions why she asks every time his brow is wrinkled, noting he has something on his mind.
A Chicago street cleaner who engaged in speculative investments and mining ventures married a duchess and then died by his own hand, leaving no money. This tale reflects a wider pattern of reused lives and improbable unions reported by the New York World.
A brief exchange shows a poet saying all life poured into the poem and felt exhausted after finishing. The sporting editor replies he felt the same after reading it, expressing shared effort and emotion in the artistic process.
A reflection on volition with Carlyle arguing that partial will stalls on smooth paths while complete will pushes forward on rough roads, and with wisdom a person will reach their purpose despite the terrain.
In a strained exchange the Judge asked the officer why he did not intervene in the fight. The constable replied he did not know which man would be the defendant, his honesty underscoring the confusion of the moment.
A scientist claims speed mania has made many automobilists nervous wrecks. The writer seeks a diagnosis for the man who must dodge them, reflecting concerns about reckless driving and urban traffic.
In a Baltimore Sun vignette Charcoal Eph laments people never getting enough trouble and notes his friend Rastus has married a widow with five children. He jokes about olives as Mistah Jackson shares the moment.
At Dunfermline Scotland twenty five boys were birched for malicious mischief connected to a Lochgelly coal pit incident. Delinquents were brought by brake. mothers protested outside the sheriff court. A police officer delivered the whipping with the medical officer of health supervising. some sentences were reduced from four stripes to three. Afterward the youths spoke cheerfully outside the court.
Statisticians note rising divorce risks with 12 of 100 couples divorcing within 20 years. Yet eight couples remain married, prompting a nuanced view of marriage durability and its perceived failure.
A discussion mocks hereditary claims linked to nobility and cites Pope. In Marseilles a young man named Dubois sues his sweetheart after she boxed his ears for arriving late to take her to the theater, illustrating a domestic dispute over chastisement and social expectations.
A brief, witty exchange in a Natural Philosophy snippet features Mr Mennypeck insisting he is merely a husband, not a lion tamer, and a joke about telling a tree by its fruits and the effects of well water on people, illustrating humorous wordplay.
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