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Newspaper
The Old Abe Eagle
Location
White Oaks, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1893
Page
3
A collage of clipped gags and quips from various periodicals includes playful lines about a detective named Mistake Idea, a governor’s prisoner and a telephone commander, plus snippets from Comic items, sermons, weddings and a New Orleans gambler. The piece threads witty exchanges, misread phrases, and social snapshots across cities and magazines.
A Bari man traveling to Italy seeks two pairs of shoes and hires Athens shoemakers with precise orders. One pair fits. the other is tight. He and a companion leave by steamer, while the second man’s shoe is later claimed to be altered. The tale unfolds amid carnival level notices of theater and local mockery, ending with editorials about staged entertainments and a boastful account of the failed fraud.
A humorous scene unfolds over breakfast as Mr Pilver and Mrs Pilver toy with a mock monetary conference. They propose roles Russia France and others engaging in a fictional loan negotiation mirroring a Brussels event, while a frosty coffee crust forms and the paper cites the Rochester Democrat.
Reading through a jumble of era notes the piece blends overheard tavern talk about a walnut log sale a mountain stream tale a Michigan buyer and a Knoxville trip with a mix of church notes and social chatter. It also threads in sketches of lectures poems school sermons and odd anecdotes from Detroit to Washtenaw with stray jokes and a scientist anecdote about Faradiy and Lyell.
Eastern mail from Carthage arrives am. Eastern mail for Curthisige closes. Southern mail via Nogal Stanton Lincoln and Roswell arrives 2 to 8 p.m. Southern mail for certain points departs immediately after eastern mail arrival.
Post office hours show Sunday service from 2 pm to 6 pm with morning hours unspecified. Money orders and the Registration Department open from 9 am to 11 am, with additional afternoon service indicated.
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