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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1893
Page
4
A collage of humorous quips from newspapers recounts odd phrases and quick lines about love vanity and everyday folly. It mixes jokes about spouses, social manners, and light irony from multiple periodical voices. Notable bits touch on courtship fashion mischief and a playful view of modern life.
In a vivid scene from St Nicholas, two Black men use curved wooden sticks as crude surveyors to judge distances and strike kangaroos with whirling weapons, while the mob of hunters closes in. The account blends frontier danger with tribal skill and a peek at hunting technique.
A former sportsman from a prominent New York church, once known for hosting cockfights near a steeple, boasted of events held there without police interruption. The writer condemns the desecration and notes that modern sports reporters would not tolerate such acts.
A Notes and Queries item notes that only ten percent of German schoolboys engage in sports. The item also recounts anecdotes about printing errors in a Spanish publishers’ book and a UK publisher offering 50 pounds to universities to spot mistakes, with many errors still slipping through before publication. A Portland, Maine, boy, age fourteen, was arrested for selling liquor.
In a San Francisco forgery trial, Clara Foltz, the Portia of the local bar, draws attention by removing her shoe in court to show a high heel, testing whether height alters witness descriptions of Ollie Hutchins. The scene prompts debate on gender power and courtroom spectacle as Wells faces prosecution.
A San Francisco tale recalls a husband seeking birthday gifts for his wife of twenty three years inviting a price quip about night robes at fifty cents each. Other snippets note a Leeds sewing machine giant weighing 514 tons for belt making and a monk’s note on Koumiss. A dinosaur skeleton from 1832 weighs 694 pounds skull only, 1,900 pounds whole, now in Philadelphia. A humorous ad exchange about not getting a response to a “great advecnaine medina” and a man seeking a pretty wife who can do housework.
A lively elevated train ride features two well dressed men, one sleeping and one dining, as a colorfully described encounter unfolds with a sharp eyed aunty and a playful umbrella mishap. The dialogue shifts to lessons for girls and quirky cat musings, ending with farm milk cooling tips.
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