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Newspaper
The Bottineau Courant
Location
Bottineau, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1906
Page
9
Humorous exchanges from old time papers include a child asking for tongue at a tea and a dealer noting limited pumpkin pie cans. A great grandmother in good health adds a final, dry note to the parade of quips.
A Chicago Daily News item recounts a street confrontation where a man with a pistol pauses before a pedestrian and announces a robbery threat. The pedestrian responds with cautious humor, while the assailant reveals his uneasy mood and awkward speech.
A fragment from Tit-Bits features Miss Footlights and Miss Whitmore in a playful exchange about looks and wit. Ethel questions a compliment as Bertie and Bertie’s friends discuss truth versus fiction, with hints of performance world cliques and self image.
In quotes from Cleveland Leader and Tit-Bita, a heated exchange shows Tommy Twaddies arguing with his mother about contacting his daughter. The mother forbids further calls, while Tommy protests his inability to stop the visits, noting prior frequent calling.
The Republican State Central Committee schedules a state convention at the opera house in Jamestown on Thursday July 12 at 11 o'clock to nominate candidates for Congress governor and other statewide offices. Delegates are determined by county vote tallies from the recent election with two at large per county and one per 125 votes. Precinct elections to choose delegates run June 19 from 9 am to 4 pm. Delegates may fill vacancies and contests are heard by the state committee the day before the convention.
A Houston Post quip asks why people feel obliged to be accompanied by a chaperon, citing propriety. The Chicago Record-Herald adds a line about a grass widow with a former husband present, illustrating social etiquette discourse.
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