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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1902
Page
2
A fragment from Youth's Companion renders a pastoral scene describing April rains across marshes, blooms, and birds near Dalton. The poem evokes renewal with vivid images of robins, blackbirds, trilliums, violets, and starry meadow waters, ending with a note of returning at dusk.
After their father dies, Dora Estelle Fifer steps up as a general utility girl offering hourly or daily help. She takes on tasks for Squire Addison and Mrs. Raymond while earning income to support the family and her mother’s care.
A collage of light humor from Town Topics Pittsburg Bulletin and Louisville Courier Journal shows domestic tricks and gags. A husband tricks his wife into buying expensive skirts. A boy swallows a penny and asks for the minister. A professor’s wife finds snakes in her shoe. The snippets end with a wry Baltimore News reflection on time as money.
A Chicago Post quips that a young man should gain experience by starting a family of girls before marriage to understand how each woman adds to expenses. The exchange shows humor about financial burden and domestic life.
A partial poetic fragment from Philadelphia Press mentions a Crum Lynne lad noted for perpetual grynne and a joking line about his daughter, reflecting a humorous local anecdote with missing details.
A snappy exchange notes a scientist linking life to electro dynamics and a bachelor replies that cross wires occur in marriage. A gag about love currents and misfiring signals follows with playful quips from readers and a remark on legislators’ high pay.
A barber explains that a hair restorer is a good thing because it yields a 75 cent profit per bottle. A patron questions the claim while the barber half-hesitantly confirms steady weekly sales and that the product is a food item in Washington Star humor.
A returning traveler entertains friends with stories from Europe and the Strasbourg clock. A young guest responds by asking if she also saw the Rhine water, prompting a witty remark about Times.
Fragmented lines from newspapers show quips about lion tamers and monkeys in society, cat and gunfire jokes, a neighbor spying on a couple’s curtains, and a joke about a novelist hiring a press agent. The quotes reflect light humor and social commentary of the era.
The Brooklyn Eagle notes the cold air blasting through an open window as residents hurry inside. A brief urban scene captures the sharp winter bite and hurried entry typical of brisk city days.
A breezy collection of old captioned quips from Philadelphia and Chicago papers. It recalls a jilted suitor facing breach of promise in one item and a humorous denial of hitting a man with a brick wall in another. The exchanges reveal era attitudes and courtroom banter.
A Chicago Post line highlights a speaker who jokes about his job as a bill collector and the growing fad of collecting things. He notes the occupation brings both disappointments and satisfaction as he identifies with the collecting craze.
A young wife exclaims a Philadelphia Press line that an insurer will not pay if death results from the insured's own action. She rails against the policy as unfair and restrictive.
A humorous exchange features Mrs. Hospitality inviting Mr Henpeck to feel at home and a playful misinterpretation of a note about a tiny tack, illustrating domestic comedy in a humorous newspaper vignette. The scene is reported by Chicago Records-Herald and St Louis Globe-Democrat as a light theater or cartoon caption.
Mixed OCR reads show snippets from Chicago Record and Chicago Post with references to mendicants dining, a store recall, and a railroad office remark. It includes short dialogues about a witness, a kiss, and a golfer's wife mood indicating period humor and local chatter.
A magazine rep sought an animal story piece from a popular writer whose wife runs the household business. The author imitated a coyote yelp during the interview. The wife proposed twenty dollars per yelp, prompting the magazine to drop the article as the idea was rejected by the publishers.
A booster ad offers $25.00 trips to California and the Pacific Coast with everyday low rates through March and April. It promises round trips later in summer at under one cent per mile one way, with agents at Union Pacific Southern Pacific Bus in Cincinnati inviting readers to request details and mail a postal for educational and business value.
In a Philadelphia Press item, Mr Stockson buys a secondhand seat at the stock exchange and plans to furnish a home after his marriage. The upholsterer yesterday hints at his preparations and next steps.
Seed catalog note promotes Earliest Russian Millet as a prolific hay source with tonnage per acre. Lists prices 50 lbs for $1.90 and 160 lbs for $3.00, from John A Salter Seed Co La Crosse Wis. Ends with a cartoon caption about Cholly’s engagement in Puck.
New York reports flour and wheat quotes with oats and corn values. Cleveland lists winter flour, eggs, cheese, potatoes, and cattle and hog prices. Chicago shows wheat and corn futures. Toledo notes cash wheat and oats. East Buffalo records dull cattle, veals, hogs, and sheep prices.
Advertises railroad fares from Chicago to multiple western points including Spokane Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Seattle Tacoma Vancouver Victoria and others with March and April travel and a daily tourist sleeping car. maps and details from W. B. Kniskern at 2 Fifth Avenue Chicago Ill.
An assortment of 19th century notices and ads appears, advertising Chicago and Northwestern Ry excursions to California Oregon and Washington with berths from Chicago Tours include tours on specific days and prices. Additional items promote patent remedies and satirical quips from multiple periodicals. The fragmentary text includes travel promos, medical claims, and light editorial lines.
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