Market Review Potatoes, Butter and Livestock Trends
Market notes show heavy potato shipments depressing prices while butter stacks move into storage. Livestock markets remained mixed with beef cattle steadier on good grades and weaker on poorer cattle, veal and hogs softening, and lambs easing on lower demand as seven markets reported higher receipts. Illinois, Virginia and North Carolina noted rising Irish Cobblers shipments and butter unsettled by storage demand.
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North Carolina
Virginia
Bliss Triumphs
Unconscious Humor In School Tests And Dress
A third year class test prompts lines about character the remark that teachers on the third floor have good character. A teacher wears a modern straight-effect gown with tassels and cord. A pupil notes his teacher sometimes comes to school wearing her bathrobe.
Smeller for a Perfume Factory Midst Aromatic Trade
A perfume factory relies on a scent smeller akin to a tea taster for merchants. The craft of judging aromas is rare and prized, likened to the refined skill of wine sampling.
It Works That Way Methuselah Long Life Debate
In a quotable exchange, Sillicus questions why Methuselah lived so long, while Cynicus offers a sardonic private theory that a woman married him for his money as cited by the New York Sun.
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Sillicus
Methuselah
Cynicus
New York Sun
A Bone to Pick Phrase Rooted in Sicilian Marriage
A Sicilian wedding custom features the father handing the groom a bone with the dictum pick this bone you have undertaken a most difficult task. The saying suggests that married life among Sicilians could be troublesome.
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Sicily
Can Buy Joy Rides and Human Contentment
Advert playful quotation notes money cannot buy happiness yet hints people find satisfaction in attainable pleasures. Quotation from Boston Transcript reflects optimism about simple joys and practical contentment.
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Boston Transcript
Cuticura Ad Promises Skin Help for Engaged Couple
An advertisement touts Cuticura products for skin issues and dandruff, claiming quick benefits from Ointment and Soap. It calls the engaged couple a common friend with a hard row to hoe and ends with a quip about matrimony.
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