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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
7
The piece notes baseball is in season somewhere year round from the canal zone to the Philippines and Canada, then shifts to a doctor recounting a murder case puzzle solved by hairs under a microscope, proving the value of careful observation.
A physician recounts a microscopic tale showing hair analysis aiding a murder trial. He explains hairs from a bruised eyebrow helped identify a hammer as the murder instrument, with jurors needing scientific assurance. The anecdote ends noting the convict was found guilty.
A 19th century street telephone line triggers a feud among neighbors. Swanson Boggs Scroggs Jones Smith Johnson and Ezra Boggs are named in overheard disputes about hog bidding and spiteful rumors. The once friendly circuit devolves into glass houses and mutual silence as wires rust and ties fracture.
Harper's Weekly recounts Mark Twain waiting for a Boston streetcar when a student girl asked for his autograph. He signed, in bold script, a quip about Chief Justice Fuller, calling himself Melvilla W. Fuller. No reply from Fuller.
New York lawyer cites an Arkansas trial to illustrate jury deliberation. In an adulterated liquor case whisky was offered as evidence to aid the jurors. The foreman asked for more evidence before reaching a verdict, prompting a humorous courtroom moment.
A humorous exchange between a father and son centers on puns and wordplay. The father defines three pun types good indifferent and bad. The son prompts for a pun about supper, and the father delivers a playful remark melding supper and punning.
From the New York Eventing Post, the bark Lyndhurst from Hongkong fights a rat plague with cats and two mongooses aboard. One mongoose drowns, the other proves a fierce yet tame companion as rats swarm after 20 days at sea. Captain Parnell recalls scenes of rat battles and a rescue photo from a sister ship Eclipse.
A clipped excerpt presents whimsical lines about rare June day wonders and social vignettes. The verse lists humorous images of eccentric characters and romantic hopes, concluding with a note from Ltorace Wodld Gastit.
Judge William Kelly of Ramsey County district court celebrated his golden wedding anniversary with a banquet hosted by the Ramsey County Bar Association and attended by district bench justices the state supreme court governor Johnson and other officials. He recalled a club case ruling on liquor sales by social clubs, noting his wife’s dissent and the supreme court’s reversal aligning with Mrs Kelly’s reasoning. Leaf and twig diseases hinder India’s coffee production but are easing over time.
A Saturday Evening Post piece recounts Senator Bailey of Texas attempting to punch a reporter at the Capitol, halted by Senator Clapp and a policeman. The piece extols reporters as resilient, notes editors rarely dismiss them, and warns against trying to whip journalists. It argues reporters, not statesmen, shape the news.
Chronicle recounts Vic Murdock and a Wichita pride tale set on Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue. A playful encounter at a newsstand ends with Murdock admitting he planted a Wichita Eagle to mock those who overlook Kansas city.
A satirical column on modern courtship and female behavior cites charity, dating norms, and social pretenses. It jokes that women evaluate marriage options through rivalries and social signals, noting how fashion and transportation anecdotes frame outings and relationships.
J J Dickinson reports from the New York American on four western states where women gained equal voting rights. He finds no evidence that woman suffrage altered campaign methods or outcomes, noting Idaho’s 1910 race focused on Mormon polygamy and that party managers tracked women voters by family heads. He questions suffrage’s governmental benefit.
London Tit-Bits recounts an anecdote from W. P. Frith about painting Charles Dickens. A late growing mustache caused a delay as Dickens cheekily brushed off the issue, prompting Landseer to remark on the disguise. The tale captures Dickens humor and salon gossip from years past.
A Lippincott's remark notes a skeptic American on the International Prison Commission finds humor rare among prison officials. During a UK penitentiary inspection, an American observer laments prison life, while the warden answers grimly that many felons crowd the establishment.
After a man builds a house he has a lasting horror of doing any more foolish things. The man who sets out to learn how to make money does mighty well to learn how not to lose It. The thing that interests a woman about a wedding is the people the bride's mother said were to be present, but they wouldn't come.
A chemist’s misweighing causes a customer’s death. Upon hearing the tragedy, the druggist cries out that he is a wretch and that the victim was his best customer, reflecting remorse and shock at the consequences of his mistake.
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