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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1911
Page
2
A collage of wry observations from Sullivan Indiana noting wartime worry, fashion shifts from hobble to hoop skirts, and a playful mix of local humor. Jests on judges and spankings contrast with oddball anecdotes like a New York fan forgetting his wooden leg at a ball game.
A Roumanian prince claims to own the world’s most expensive hat, prompting speculation about his judgment and the value placed on luxury headwear.
A New York woman sues for divorce and answers when asked where she kissed her husband. She says on the boat indicating a notable case amidst humorous remarks about unconventional courtship.
The report notes bakers in Mexico are striking, countering the belief that the country subsists on hot tamales and hinting at broader labor unrest beyond cultural caricature.
A columnist jokes that the phrase Wed her before she gets her breath is advice from a love expert, but notes a wife often regains breath after marriage, implying marital life changes expectations. The remark plays on gender roles in romantic advice of the era.
A Kansas physician advocates ice cream as dangerous and cites a thermom month theory while opposing a bill. A Cleveland girl recovers $156 after paying a gypsy for fortune telling, and a dentist president labels gold fillings as hoboes, reflecting skeptical views and peculiar beliefs in the era.
An Ohio girl attempted a bank hold up to obtain money for buying fine clothes. The act wore her father down as the effort proved exhausting and fruitless.
An investigator notes that the fear of cholera poses more danger than the illness itself, but emphasizes the importance of efforts to avoid catching cholera.
A lighthearted note predicts an early fall due to the southern migration of the bobolink, which becomes a desirable rice bird when southward bound. It adds a quip about Americans not excelling in German athletics and mentions a German health resort offering a rideable lift to avoid steep climbs.
Twenty six tourists have died in the Alps this season and calls grow for better safety measures. The piece comments on alpine dangers and mentions other local issues such as St Paul planning river works and Chicago crowding Lake Michigan. A New York man receives a seven year sentence for assault and robbery of elderly victims, prompting criticism of prison outcomes.
A narrator joins Frank Brown and a German curator as they travel the Everglades to a Seminole camp. They encounter plume hunters, survive hornet swarms, and witness hunter life bound to plumes, while debating wildlife harm and human exploitation.
A traveler tours Saskatchewan and Alberta showing vast wheat, flax and cattle wealth. He notes rising land values from 12 to 60 dollars an acre, strong rail links, growing towns, and thriving farms where homesteads are still freely granted to settlers.
A narrator recalls a yearlong exchange with a store clerk who keeps returning a hat's price. The hat’s cost, the clerk’s shifting moods, and the narrator’s stubborn generosity converge as the speaker offers all summer tips in exchange for nothing. In the end the narrator allows the clerk to keep the hat.
Immense crops are reported across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba with wheat oats and flax promising bumper yields. Fields in Central Alberta show wheat from 30 to 85 bushels per acre and oats up to 100 bushels on tilled ground. In Manitoba wheat up to 35 bushels and oats 60 bushels per acre are discussed as elevators approach full capacity.
The dowager duchess of Plim worthy sits between stations on trains. The earl of Buzzwuzz is noted for a quirky trait. Heal Lord Elpus writes with Thackeray like precision. The eight-year-old baron Blymy enjoys hands on washing. Lady Elfryda Montmorency favors an umbrella in rain. Prince Gwillym of Wales collects photographs and curates an art gallery.
A bewitching maiden laments her cooking troubles saying she cannot eat what she prepares. A foolish man agrees noting it takes two women a long time to learn to cook anything anyone can eat.
A doctor confides to a colleague that a patient on Blinker Street worries him not for recovery but for payment of the bill, highlighting a comic twist about medical fees. The exchange underscores a humorous take on medical practice and finances.
A humorous exchange has a lobster asking a crab about Miss Starfish and an oyster replying. The lobster says he proposed and was rejected as the oyster scolds him, while the oyster recounts a prior proposal being shut down like an oyster.
Dialogue fragment shows a child pleading for contentment with a crust and a friend named Harold. The father responds with a pun about Harold not raising the dough, implying financial hardship or humor in a domestic scene.
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