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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1894
Page
4
A collage of humorous lines and quips from various era newspapers. Snatches lampoon politics, romance, courtrooms, sport, and social norms with quick, punchy exchanges and puns. Notable bits touch on sailors, professors, editors, and lovers in witty one liners.
A tale of social vanity ends in farce as a young man plans to pass off champagne as water to impress visiting country belles. The scheme unravels when a drinker calls the bluff, exposing the ruse and leaving the young man to face embarrassment and the audience’s laughter.
A wartime anecdote describes Chaplain Jones deriding a foraging Captain during a revival in a Chattanooga winter. The Captain interrupts with food, sparking a volatile yet humorous scene as soldiers cheer and the chaplain contemplates discipline. The tale extends to Gen. Logan and other war-time quips, ending with a note on Britain’s 1840 charitable endowments.
Edison endures sleepless nights in his Llewellyn Park lab sleeping on a cot or sawdust heap while workmen repair armatures and permeate steel. He claims balance via alternating sleep and meals, shifts to vegetarian meals during liver trouble, minimal wine, and a long life expectancy aided by rugged constitution and self-directed “doctoring.”
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