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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1910
Page
2
A varied column of anecdotes and short items mixes wedding customs in Rotenian communities with notes on publishing trends in New York, theater audiences in Wester town, and technical chatter about patents, schools, letters, and rail telephony. It also covers a Paris conference on flood control, a legal quip about kleptomania, and oddball world curiosities alongside local civic topics and religious publishing figures.
Edmann Rostand's Chantecler will be serialized in Philadelphia's magazine starting with the June issue Miss Gertrude Jal translated Veyrene ode Berggepave for this country and will translate Chantecler Abse Rostand, born 1868 in Marseille, rose to fame with Cyrano de Bergerac, later joining the French Academy after exile and illness.
The Chicago News recounts Mark Twain’s struggle with tobacco habits and his humorous hunt for the worst cigars. Twain tests a dealer’s wares and, after a bold test, buys a box of supposedly terrible cigars. He insists the worst cigars may be the best for him, and memories of the episode echo in his later travels.
A garbled telephone conversation overheard on the exchange shows a speaker attempting to identify themselves with phrases like Who are you please and What is your name. The caller repeatedly offers variants such as Watt Knott Brown and William Xnott before being cut off.
An Advertising Pamphlet cites a Washington Star story calling Thai baggage handlers on the railroads baggage smashers. A Washington visitor tests a frail gripsack by lifting it high and throwing it into the baggage car, prompting a humorous exchange.
A Newark News excerpt advises stopping baldness by outdoor exercise eight hours sleep avoiding tea coffee liquor and worry while keeping a cheerful mind. The quip questions the price of such advice with skeptical humor referencing a hater.
From the London weekly Telegraph a playful exchange about aging on stage. An actress vows to wear wrinkles painted around the eyes cheeks and mouth while another character notes lines will be cast in pleasant places.
A Sioux City Tribune piece recounts a traveler who visits a barber shop and, after a wild spree of services from shave to Turkish bath, ends with a $12.60 bill. A policeman assists, the man pays with $13, and the barber logs every service on the receipt while the customer reflects on his education.
Dr. Thomas E. Green analyzes the waning churchgoing trend in America in Revivals and Revivalists. The piece critiques faith decline, biblical scrutiny, science's impact, denominational splits, dull preaching, weak pulpits, overwork, and the clash with organized labor, presenting arguments from church leaders against secular pressures.
A lyrical scene unfolds beneath dim clouds and a purple horizon. Lovers awaken to Hope’s gentle stirring as crickets sing and tamboires strike. distant balconies glow with mignonette figures and saintly silhouettes.
A historical note on the Apes of Gibraltar, Europe’s lone wild simians. The apes, living on the rock, have become rarer in recent years. Explanations vary from fortress gunfire driving them away to unlikely scenes across the straits into Barbary.
The article notes doubt about ape numbers with eight believed remaining and some advocates for reducing counts further. It mentions the need for new blood from Africa and reports that a pair of Barbary apes were sent from Tetuan by the British government to bolster the population.
John W. Gratton, composer and manager, criticizes Navarre restaurant service in a humorous exchange with Felix the star writer. Bratton visits Seventh Avenue from Broadway for luncheon, requests turkey wings, finds the dish unsatisfactory, and suggests he could get better food in the Tombs for less. The dialogue plays on liberty and pricing at the eatery.
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