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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1902
Page
6
Excerpted lines on silence as gold, discreet, and ruby like. Reflections on personal justification, gender perception, and human nature from stage and fiction.
Excerpts discuss gender, self judgment, and life stages from works titled The Destiny of Doris Deafness and Cheerfulness The Man From Glengerry Captain Bluitt Mistress Brent. They reflect on opinions, virtue, and perpetual springs of life with a literary tone.
A European traveler recalls meeting a man at an English graveyard who hesitated to accept a fee for placing flowers on his wife’s grave. The man, moved by the tale, finally takes the money after the traveler highlights the woman’s charity leadership.
A Kansas postmaster seated in his office was swept by a cyclone toward a chestnut grove three miles away. He landed in a tall tree and watched his office approach, remarking that the old shanty was seeking him. Moral.—Sometimes the office seeks the man.
A reader recounts a humorous English history moment about Wat Tyler and a language mix up. The mother confuses sundry with a sun dried land of Palestine, illustrating how words can mislead.
A Veterans Reserve corps unit at Fort Stevens used dust to fool Confederate General Early's troops outside Washington. The dusty maneuver involved 100 men marching to raise dust along the road, convincing the pursuers reinforcements had arrived and delaying capture.
The article traces how women moved from carver to principal seat at table a change driven by necessity and etiquette. It notes early shifts in serving roles, the turn to side-table carving, and 17th century ideas about propriety and fork use, ending with the spread of side-table carving and its decline of lady carvers.
Tobacco water will destroy bugs and worms on rosebushes. Only well rotted manure should touch tree roots. Do not transplant cyclamen after bulb begins to grow. Vines can be set in spring. Window culture often fails from dry indoor air. moisture helps plants, especially in kitchen windows. Single flower petals fall sooner than double as inner petals hold faster.
A father asks about his son's bride and hears from the old servant Thomas who comments she is a rich and clever woman but warns beauty is a sin not to answer for. The exchange is recounted in London Spare Moments style.
The clove tree yields vary with age as described. A ten year old plantation should produce twenty pounds of cloves per tree. Twenty year old trees frequently produce upward of 100 pounds each. The buds are dried in the sun to a brownish color before storage for market.
A city nephew asks where his uncle is and learns from his aunt that he is in the barn watering the stock. The nephew volunteers to help, saying he learned all about it in the broker's office where he works.
Dialogues between Happy Hogan and Birdie Blinks humorously recall never having a photo taken, with Birdie admitting price once discussed and nerves never conquered, as the judge notes the moment.
A Philadelphia Bulletin line notes a wife finding fault with her husband’s faults, contrasting with her father’s methods. The quip implies a domestic tension and social commentary on marital expectations.
German poet Von Zirkler presents ancient table etiquette rules for hosts and guests. The maxims cover serving appropriately, manners at table, restraint in eating, clean hands, and proper conduct during meals. Chicago Herald notes the rediscovery and republication of these guidance rules.
A well dressed customer rushes the music department claiming a piece titled The Crocodiles Tair exists. The clerk corrects her noting it is from The Burgomaster. After debate another piece The Tale of the Kangaroo from The Burgewasser is offered and sold.
A gorilla hopes to propose but a rival wins the beloved. The winner marries first, and a year later the scorned suitor finds the couple with a crying baby. He leaves after a sharp remark about household rules. Moral warns delays are dangerous.
A Chicago Record-Herald quip contrasts belief in genius with self-doubt. The speaker says they have long held back by underestimating their own importance and ability.
A playful dialogue excerpt shows Gladys asking if alarm was caused by a kiss and Ethel replying it was not a scream but a still alarm, captured in a humorous panel. The brief exchange preserves lighthearted banter typical of the era.
A Philadelphia Press cartoon caption contrasts a patron praising a man’s business sense with a barber’s quip that the man is bald, framing a light humorous exchange about appearances.
A judge recalls a doctor declaring the boy sick or well but “cute” as Aunt Lucy smiles through tears. The scene shows pride and affection in a domestic moment with a comic mispronunciation and a lighthearted verdict.
An old time medical advertisement promotes Scott's Emulsion as a remedy for worn bodies. It claims the product repairs weakness from worry overwork and disease using high quality ingredients. The copy emphasizes quick personal use without waiting and highlights strong lungs red blood and overall improved health.
W Horss, D of the Bureau of Materia Medica endorses a Digestive Tablet by T J Hunt of Merom Indiana. The tablet is praised as more effective than ordinary digestive pills and described as a key to health across many uses.
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