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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1915
Page
3
A narrator enjoys haggle culture in Tibet as peddlers offer jade cups, coffee pots, turquoise curios, and gold Buddha pieces. Bargaining uses signs and patience, with prices deemed fair, reflecting a daily joy that ends when the bargaining day concludes.
Philip Corning halts work on his Elm highway home after Rosamund Delway calls off their engagement. A courier brings Rosamund’s engagement ring, and Nelson the architect braces for disputes over changes. In a rainy moment Philip reunites with Rosamund on the back porch, her eyes tearful, as their plans falter and the house remains unfinished.
Dr Ernest C Richardson of Princeton questions progress of church attendance and recalls Dr Samuel J Andrews noting Philadelphia once had about twelve hundred churches in his city while Jerusalem had about eight hundred synagogues at the time of the crucifixion.
A collection of quips and observations on laundry with Red Cross Ball Blue, road quality in China and Ireland, peculiar travel anecdotes from Wide World Magazine, and a short dialogue on poverty and riches. It juxtaposes practical tips with travel ruminations and jokes about human nature.
In a parlor scene a young man muses that money might lead to marriage. A girl proposes borrowing money and teases him about a neighbor described as a black-eyed Susan, while noting another girl as a daisy and identifying her.
Beaumarchais describes slander as a creeping evil that starts softly and spreads through speech from mouth to mouth. It grows in power and suddenly erupts into a public hue and cry, carrying with it hatred and proscription that no one can stop.
A promis ing young man who had failed to make good as a traveling salesman is described as a whirlwind. His first trip was a success while his second yielded only foolish excuses. The remark plays on the name whirl and wind.
Glasgow operates seven municipal lodging houses six for men and one for women each a substantial stone building with three to five stories. Each lodger has a private room with bed chair and bedding that is aired cleaned and washed after the ledger is closed. The seven houses hold two thousand two hundred thirty six bedrooms.
Conversation on taming pride and hardship ends with a remark that a man who never attempted anything has no sympathy for those who fail. Patrice recalls a attempted kiss and a mother dismissing the matter as youth. The excerpt pivots on patience and social expectations.
A humorous quip notes that the person who always proclaims victory after predicting outcomes tends to lose bets. The line underscores a running joke about overconfidence and fickle luck in wagering.
A Detroit Free Press quotation notes a man argues over expense with his wife. He told her he could not afford a car, triggering her demand for a vehicle and increasing her insistence on obtaining one.
A dialogue sketches a slow hired man as dust clouds appear down the road, with a farmer doubting the servant ever moved quickly enough to raise a cloud. Ezzy confirms sending him to fetch the mail at the cross roads.
An old newspaper image notes that solar heat yearly reaching Earth could melt a global ice layer 100 feet thick. A pedestrian quip adds that people still hack at sidewalks with an old hatchet anyway.
A quoted social note discusses Miss Twobble seeking a cultured circle and the risks for a young woman. A line questions the 80 as suitors fade from a ring like that. The passage shifts to a domestic plea about landlord access after rain damage and children’s impact on the house.
A remark notes plans to establish a jitney line in Manila and suggests the Philippines will gain a new jitney service. The exchange reflects curiosity about the upcoming transportation change.
Repartee mocks a blunt refusal as guests react to a wedding scene. Men laugh and women weep perhaps from empathy or discomfort. The speaker quips that people seldom know what they want until after obtaining it, a dry social observation.
A London Chronicle note traces the mustache trend in the British army to Austrian officers near Waterloo, adopted by the guards, resisted by line regiments, and shaped by Crimea winter beards that evolved into long whiskers known as Picadilly weepers on return to London.
A humorous tale portrays Dobble as the unfortunate buyer of a car after a chance chat with a smooth talking salesman. The anecdote frames the sale as the cause of a comic misfortune and reflects on gullibility and deception in commerce.
A Chicago hotel steward develops a machine that will wash and dry over 18 000 dishes each hour. The exchange shows sympathy for workers like mothers facing job loss as men push innovations to automate labor.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura products for scalp care. It claims hot shampoos with Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment soothe itching clear dandruff and promote healthy hair growth. Free samples by mail via a Boston box address. Sold everywhere.
A Brooklyn Star item notes a student claim that Milton spent fifteen days on a single page while writing Paradise Lost and contrasts it with a convict who has spent six years on a single sentence, highlighting discipline and quill over time.
A humorous Life brief shows a furniture store scene where a shopper asks for last week’s sideboards and a new clerk admits he shaved them off two days ago. The gag hinges on mistaken timing and the clerk’s embarrassment.
An old saying about beauty contrasts with a cartoonist who drew a woman with a single hair. The ad touts a woman's pride in white clothes and promotes Red Cross Ball Blue for grocers.
An exchange at an apartment entrance has a caller complaining about stairs and a janitor joking you may run if you like. The lightweight urban quip captures tenant life and hallway wit.
A sharp family or group led line expresses scorn for a powerful figure. The quote implies collective defiance and a wish for the oppressor to suffer consequences, reflecting a tense public mood and social resistance.
In Flatbush and Bensonhurst crowded sentiment turns humorous as residents joke about Nero playing his fiddle while a home burned. The quip contrasts the artist’s music with the misfortune, suggesting the disaster could have been worse if bagpipes had sounded instead.
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