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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1893
Page
3
A Kansas City hair store clerk recounts a man who spent over an hour viewing a range of false beards, considering whether to buy and asking to see himself in the mirror. The anecdote sits among a mosaic of humorous and bizarre lines from various papers.
Gossip notes a scene where the husband questions Mrs Van Welt’s haughty look as she passes with her child. The wife explains an incident where Mrs Van Welt pulled away the child’s dog Fido, claiming the pet bit playfully.
In a Vicksburg anecdote a German artillery unit led by Maj. Schwartz arrives at Grant's tent to report its actions. The translator mishears seize and spiking a battery as spiking shells, prompting Grant to ask if they spiked the guns. The German insists the guns were taken back intact.
In a curious Detroit Free Press item a small store proprietor is mistaken for the floorwalker by an irate shopper. The scene unfolds as a plumber resolves a dispute over a DILL-U. Y. Su and a coal dealer. The crowd watches as retribution appears in the form of a sharp, comic confrontation.
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