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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1912
Page
11
A thoughtful piece urges people to maintain cheer even in hard times. It argues that health and a light heart help endure burdens, noting many fail to laugh as adults. The essay stresses that laughter lightens life despite knowledge and responsibility.
A historical note traces the word mug to toby jugs in chop houses. It links these beer vessels to English and Staffordshire origins with German-made forms, noting portraits of Wellington Drake Howe and others on mugs.
In a New York Weekly item a husband and wife discuss economizing on a lace spread purchase. The wife laments not buying two dollars and a half worth of lace, while the husband encourages happiness and domestic cheer within budget, praising affordable domestic beauty.
A story notes Michelangelo traced a perfect profile on the Palazzo Vecchio marble with his back to a wall. He bet a friend who would draw the better head and won. The tale says a pall was the drawing tool and both works are kept.
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