Sermon at Church Sparks Talk of Crowding
Mrs Oldcastle complains the church is crowded by common folk while the hostess notes dust on Gobelin tapestry and quips about sermon delivery. The talk turns to Doctor Goodman’s inflections and differences between Episcopals and other congregations.
Altercation Between Two Street Cleaners on Broadway
Two city sanitation workers argued while driving carts along upper Broadway. A red faced man insulted a fellow worker, who retorted that he “only picks up ashes.” The exchange ends with taunts reflecting class and race tensions from a New York Press account.
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Ocean Liner Term Sparks Sports Page Banter
In a light exchange she questions why vessels are called ocean liners. He, absorbed in the sporting page, jokes that an ocean liner is likely a hot, poorly fielded ball that rolls into a puddle. After he leaves, he calls the doctor about him.
Woman Wins Year-Long Joyful Home Prize in Dictionary Hunt
A woman sought the last word and uncovered a 3000 frame entry from Constantinople in a dictionary search. She won a one year subscription to Joyful Home's grand prize contest, as judged.
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Constantinople
Hardest to Paint Since the Dawn of Color
Observation on humanity’s long quest to color objects from nature to wicker chairs. The piece notes savage and civilized painting habits, culminating in the paradox of the wicker chair resisting traditional painting and suggesting dye immersion as the only practical method. Source attribution: Galveston News.
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Galveston
Sir Walters Regret and the Tufty Temper Tale
A humorous note recalls Sir Walter Raleigh leaving his muddy cloak at the cleaner and joking about smoking as solace. It then recounts a wife temper tale where a husband tests his spouse by a ceremony at home, determining mood by whether his hat is thrown back out.
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Sir Walter
Sir Walter Raleigh
Life's Link With Death Quote Adage
A reflective Lucretius themed line notes that life and death are inseparably linked from birth, suggesting the end begins with the start and mortality shadows all existence.
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Lucretius
Tariff Tangle With Canada Impacts North American Agriculture
Canada is seen as gaining agricultural importance as Taft faces a tariff dispute. An estimated 150,000 to 250,000 American farmers may cross into the Canadian northwest in 1910, with U S prices and farm labor shifting as European and urban workers fill gaps. A tariff on cattle and wheat is urged to be removed to ease food supply and price tensions across borders.
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First Contractor Questions Skyscraper Stop at 22 Stories
Second Contractor cites labor costs as the reason the skyscraper halted at 22 stories. The dispute centers on project timing and budget constraints impacting construction progress.
Doan's Kidney Pills Cited By Findlay Woman
Mrs. Catharine Kautz of 22 Center Street Findlay Ohio credits Doan's Kidney Pills with permanently curing her kidney trouble after four years of back ache and weakness. She reports three years free of kidney issues and urges readers to remember the Doan's name.
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