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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
2
The Spencer News notes a plutocrat plans completion of a costly mansion. Vanity publication framing hints at wealth and social prominence. A poetic aside contemplates day and night and the passing of time as grains of sand drift away.
An ensemble of disconnected topics fills pages from Spencer Iowa to Canadian waters. It touches olive oil substitutes for sardines, Lord Haddington’s gardening, a Baltimore soap suit, Highland gatherings, pensioners in County Derry, oyster yields, and mock editorial wit on becoming a cowboy, with scattered quotes and curiosities.
A Kansas City Journal clipping recalls a Garden City celebration years ago when Governor John A. Martin rode in a carriage with Mayor J R Holmes. A blacksmith tried to push ahead, Holmes handed the lines to Martin and stepped out to punch the disruptor, then returned to control the scene.
A lively exchange unfolds among Mrs Passay Mrs Jenkins and others with quips about aging looks a divorce lawyer husband and social spending in New York where a woman allegedly spends 610 000 a year on dress and a humorously stated 10 000 calico wrappers are mentioned.
E J Edwards recounts how President Taylor was captivated by Millard Fillmore delaying cabinet inclusion and shaping patronage. Seward Weed and Collamer discuss why Seward was ignored. Weed secures alignment with the president after initial gloom, preserving Seward’s Senate seat.
Henry Whitehell Webster author of The Sky Man recalled his growing demand home life. He borrowed a family highchair and carried it home by hand while waiting for the car. The conductor joked about the chair’s size and Webster admitted he grew impatient waiting for the vehicle.
A lighthearted exchange unfolds as a cheerful bachelor avoids argument with a woman suffragist. She challenges his record on emancipation, and he replies with polite humor, admitting nothing while praising her zeal. The scene emphasizes polite dialogue over conflict.
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