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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1892
Page
1
A comic dialogue unfolds on a Detroit streetcar about women alighting safely, hand use, and whether the car company should reroute lines. A rural couple’s exchange about loneliness contrasts city life with farm life, as a boy asks his father why cows exist and what makes them cows.
A Philadelphia woman fears an intruder under her bed and, with her maid and brother, investigates the room revealing a comical scene of a guest in nightwear and a startled household. The escapade ends with a boot mistaken for a burglar as chaos erupts in the house. The tale blends humor and domestic suspense in a lively urban vignette.
A playful tale of German domestic life at a Berlin dinner with Prince Bismarck as host contrasts with a joke about bedbugs in the royal kitchen. Also recounted is a pair on a mountain peak near Fort Nonsense New Jersey sharing a sunrise view and a note on tiny organisms with complex organs.
A smooth talking con artist has operated in Chicago railroad offices for weeks, swindling workers out of 50 cents to $2 by posing as an ex convict in need of help. He was nabbed when he attempted Monadnock Building offices, where a wary employee warned him off and alerted the warden. The piece also notes American women’s independence and civic engagement as seen by a London visitor.
In a lighthearted column a pet phrase about a mischievous stock, named Pretty Polly, appears as part of a playful Pat in the Course with Kooks feature. The piece showcases quirky humor and a recurring gag about a clever bird.
A writer recalls Joseph Norris known as Joey who ran a hotel bar in the old country famed for bitter beer. A favorite parrot Poll quips “One at a time, gentlemen” as rooks and a field trap featuring birds and a boyish crowd produce a humorous chase. The piece also notes odd items in China trade lists such as tiger bones and deer horns used in medicine.
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