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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1893
Page
2
A fragmented humorous passage describes misread items and odd meals in a boardinghouse setting. A newcomer questions a dish, the waiter brought something not fish, and a boarder identifies it as tripe. The scene showcases light anecdotes and wry exchanges.
A humorous remark attributed to M Pradhomnnte notes envy of bachelor liberty and affection for women's poetry while acknowledging married men's misfortunes in a friend’s album exchange.
A New York Times item notes Parker filed a fire policy claim after a coal shipment burned in his cellar. The insurer questioned the loss and Parker faced an arson arrest as investigators weighed the suspicious fire.
In a light compilation of quips and anecdotes the conversation touches on building a suburban home in a colonial style and a running gag about an obituary for a senator. The snippets reflect humorous exchanges and newspaper-relayed witticisms from various periodicals.
A wry collage of brief humor lines from papers like Life Risky Texas Siftings and Washington Star, riffing on personal taste misfires, stage life, love, and sharp one liners. The snippets sketch voices from barbers to editors, with playful misreadings, punny exchanges, and ironic takes on social quirks.
A collage of brief, dated quips and translated telephony gags from various newspapers. Jokes touch on nerves, language, romance, and miscommunication with characters like Theodora, Little Sister, and Mr Smithe.
A compilation of light, chatty exchanges and quips from readers and columnists. Items reference everyday curiosities from butcher shop banter to neighbors gossiping about cloud thinkers and a parlor lamp that might talk. Small vignettes capture humorous glimpses of daily life and social humor.
A fragmented quip exchange mentions a "Killing Item" and a challenge between New York and Philadelphia boys about a death by own action. The quotation includes: Did you enjoy yourself in the country and the hired man unmaskin the cows. Indianapolis Journal.
A humorous classroom scene recalls learning to place fingers, move the pen, and hold the wrist. A little girl points out Johnny Smart’s mistakes in writing, claiming three capital S letters in the copy, while the teacher notes the issue. The girl reveals his tongue as the reason.
A note on pronouncing the deposed Hawaiian Queen’s name explains the “yg” value as a “w,” yielding Leelee-woka ’anny. It adds a quip that a woman judges men by hearing and men judge women by sight.
A sermon by Talmage urges church policy to focus on outreach beyond the saved, urging Christians to venture into all walks of life to spread the gospel. The tale of a noble shop girl giving to a blind veteran illustrates quiet charity, while the preacher calls for relying on Christ for redemption and launching into the world’s wretchedness with Bible, hymn, and bread.
A garbled diatribe condemns drinking as aiding the devil while praising religious truth. It claims Christian belief is unknowable and hints at self control, warning that one who clings to song may end up bound by it.
Marvin Paga argues the sky’s blue is a shallow effect of air color rather than space. He notes the world’s blue tint remains striking five miles up and that darkness increases with altitude as light fails to reflect.
A fragmented jumble covers taste experiments on tongue regions, scent links to odor, and the need for dry conditions during sensory tests. It also offers household tips for washing flannels, a plug for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a malaria defense, and miscellaneous notes on royal hair threads and medieval embroidery fashions.
This ad touts Royal Baking Powder as superior for cake and biscuit making, claiming it prevents sour, soggy, or husky textures, avoids lumps, and delivers best results used in leading hotels, restaurants, and homes. It urges that the powder is indispensable for the best food and flawless outcomes.
The tale recalls Allen Morrill of Dexter a royal stable keeper and deputy sheriff as a boy at Favor's Hotel in Maine He sat in the middle of the room and fished through a floor trap catching a shiner in minutes revealing a natural fishing site by the mill stream The anecdote suggests summer hotels near fishing grounds could imitate the setup to attract city visitors
A colonial era style miscellany surveys awkward male hand use, from pocket hiding to arm folds, with comic notes on how men nervously manage hands in rooms. Interleaved items reference cough remedies, Washington contracts, and Beecham's pills, ending with a wry gardening-era quip about dusty shoes.
A New York collector showcases a unique quartz fragment bearing two crystals forming a perfect cross seen on the face with a hollow behind them. The specimen, said to be the only known example of its kind, was said to originate from the West and ties to indigenous lore about tears of deer.
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