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Newspaper
The Caldwell Tribune
Location
Caldwell, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1905
Page
10
A mosaic of wry sayings and jokes from columns and quips. Advertising fuels authors while critics resist reading before review. Observations on romance, heroism, and social wit mingle with notes on real estate pitches and medical cautions.
A collage of light humor from multiple sources includes exchanges about seasickness farming ghostly sightings and political pay, plus a chunk on Odessa Russia with population notes. The item cites familiar newspaper voice and a few dated jokes, reflecting early 20th century social humor and city notes.
A McClure's essay details the Russian admiralty’s hard line against Britain over the Malacca seizure. It describes interdepartmental friction, Lamsdorff’s cautious diplomacy, and the Grand Duke Constantin’s mediation leading to a last minute release and a tense, almost comic power struggle.
In a Century excerpt from William S. Harwood's Wonder-Worker of Science, Mr Burbank argues that life and thought are universal forces, opposing materialist views. He describes a cosmos where every atom and organism is an organized force bound by stronger forces, suggesting the universe is not dead but all alive.
A Washington Star quip contrasts European travel for rest and fear with a wife’s view of her married husband dreaming of bachelorhood, pairing travel commentary with a light domestic observation. The brief item blends humor about travel and marriage in a single captioned note.
An analysis notes that most food items cost more now than the 1890–1900 average, with beef, salt beef, pork, lard, dairy, cornmeal, crackers, molasses, beans, herrings, salt, pepper, and currants all higher. It cites figures from government sources and Pearson's on how $1 buys fewer pounds and quarts today, reflecting rising prices and higher food costs for the average family.
In Atlanta Georgia a coalition of labor unions including the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers the Order of Railway Conductors and unions for blacksmiths machinists telegraphers boiler makers railway train men carpenters joiners clerks and carmen hired an attorney to oppose J Pope Browns plan to lower Georgia passenger rates from three to two cents per mile They warned such a cut would hurt state prosperity cut railroad jobs and reduce wages The Travelers Protective Association joined in the protest citing fewer trains and poorer service.
A Woman's Home Companion excerpt chronicles a gradual and comic change in a woman who drinks water, eats starch, and avoids exercise. She grows plump, her face ages, and laughter breaks through sorrow as she defies norms, embracing habits she should avoid and laughing at the disaster she has become.
A charity case reports her son earns 30 to 40 dollars weekly as a brusher in a major hotel chair room. Investigators confirm the job carries no fixed salary, but patrons tip, and the brusher helps seat patrons and distribute papers. The man has held the role for six years, on the premise the position can pay well with diligent service.
Mrs Minnie E McAllister wife of Judge McAllister from Ratrom Minnesota reports years of pelvic abdominal pain resolved after seven weeks of Peruna. She credits relief to the remedy and notes the broader claim that Peruna cures internal catarrh when symptoms vanish.
Mrs Carrie King of Darlington Missouri writes after years of biliousness and kidney and liver trouble. She details a cold worsening pains and backache but says Peruna cured her, with twelve bottles restoring her health.
In a light exchange the young man boasts of about to land a political job where he merely sits and looks wise. The companion witty replies that he should manage the first half of the job well, implying idle posing.
An advertisement warns against mercury based catarrh remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and taken internally. It notes the product is manufactured in Toledo and sold by druggists, with pricing at 75 and 75 cents per bottle.
Dialogue excerpt shows Miss Cutting agreeing she enjoys watching a man make a home run occasionally during a late night exchange. The fragment suggests a light, informal talk likely from a social column or literary piece.
The piece muses on marriage choices for women and regret, then shifts to feats of speed with skaters averaging nine to ten yards per second, skiers at twenty one yards per second, and a ski jumper reaching about forty yards per second. A record jumper achieved 120 feet in a single jump.
An agent touts an alarm clock that could kindle the kitchen fire and boil coffee. The lazy man yawns and says he will buy only if the clock can pour coffee out and bring it upstairs.
An OCR fragment mixes medical ads and social banter. It mentions a Dr H Kline Philadelphia address and a coy maid who enjoys shopping. A teething remedy from Mrs Winslow is promoted for mothers during teething.
A dated snippet shows Tom declaring to his friend Jack that lack of marriage leaves one unaware of what is missed. A punning aside follows about counting money, and Piso's Cure is advertised as a remedy for coughs. An ensay about a pig offers a joke on butcher terms and ham with toast at a wedding.
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