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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
7
A historic remark by James K. Hackett critiques actors of short stature in theater. The anecdote recalls a tragedian who played Romeo with a 6 foot Juliet and a Western stage gag where a small actor is told he would not fit, highlighting stagecraft improvisations to maintain illusion.
Bathing the baby begins at six weeks with a plunge bath and careful water temperature using Ivory Soap. St Pauls Choir praised for its clear silvery voices and strong volume. Independent women urged to join a money making plan offering $3.00 to $5.00 per day plus free apparel and effects. Ad at 182 Main St Buffalo NY. Comic exchange about a doctor giving mamma opium for a cold.
A fragmented sketch features Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt praising an intact motion at a women's club while a husband wife exchange unfolds satire. The piece juggles social reform references with a domestic quip about affection and attention at home.
In a Cambridge Rug ger team case, Godfrey Staunton disappears after a late note from a bearded stranger at a private hotel. Holmes and Watson sift clues from the hotel room and a telegraph, tracing a thread to a shady page in London as they seek the missing sportsman and the man who pressed him to depart. Locals include Lord Mount James and Cyril Overton as investigators discuss motives and possible hidden wealth.
A humorous 19th century style sketch from the New York Sun shows Squilbob chiding his wife Henrietta to hurry dressing for theater. Dialogue centers on timing, hems, cuffs, and shirt fronts as clocks advance toward eight while the couple bickers over preparations. A concluding joke hints at a separate, abrupt Western-style death scene.
A humorous Paris style yarn from the Philadelphia Record about a ticket clerk and a puzzled traveler asking for Portland. The man insists on Portland in general, prompting the clerk to clarify Portland Maine or Portland Oregon. The anecdote highlights comic misunderstandings in a railroad ticket office.
John L. Ely of Newton Kansas recalls kidney trouble from the Civil War era. Capt Bly, a veteran, endorses Doan's Kidney Pills noting relief from back pain and urinary distress after use since 1901. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Tuttatio. The item includes assorted notices and a satire from The Kansas City Star about a future president.
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