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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1911
Page
8
A poem fragment laments tipping culture in stagecoach and travel life, contrasting hotel porters cabmen and stewards with Poe’s bells. It critiques the constant demand for tips and the pressure to spend, pointing to the higher cost of living and the anxiety of tipping daily.
Miss Bondsen reports bold betting at Monte Carlo while Miss Billyuns claims a win or loss of twenty thousand, details unclear. The exchange hints at a gambling scene with large sums and uncertain outcome.
Editor questions his work for reading magazines. Scribbler replies he writes for them, “all the game,” and if they do not publish, it’s not his fault.
Mr Gillicuddy Migglebury offers a curious method to deter summer flies. If a fly lands on a bald head, place sugar at head height. the fly will retreat to the sugar lump. Watch as it feeds, then add more sugar to attract all flies. A pocketful should cover common emergencies.
Mr Epham Snowball and Mr Elazarus Mashuntum discuss a man who shows no sense as Snowball travels to the hadrwath store for a razzah request. The reply errors spark a tale about caution and social obligations in a humorous missive voice.
A dissatisfied employer tells an incompetent employee to quit. The worker calmly walks to the wall fire alarm and presses it. The employer demands the meaning as the placard behind the button is pointed out: In Case of Fire Press This Button.
A fragment discusses Lent abstinence and self denial to save for learning the proper dance, noting the amusement and discipline of choosing restraint over worldly pleasures. The speaker, identified as Sr., reflects on the joy of the merry dance after forty days of abstention.
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