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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1893
Page
3
At Wovauron Michigan on May 14 ten miners were killed when the cage hoisted to the surface broke a coupling pin and plunged 3000 feet. The engineer failed to stop the load before it crashed to the bottom. Recovery will take until morning and a coroner's inquiry will determine responsibility.
A father and son exchange a line about breaking a horse. The boy confesses to breaking the horse, reflecting the joke that value comes with breaking in. The caption from the New York Ledger captures a humorously practical view of horsemanship.
A humorous exchange from the N Y Press notes a wife solving the hired girl problem by doing her own housework. A cartoon caption about Solomon being bald and portrayed as manly beauty references his seven hundred wives, per the same source.
A humor vignette contrasts thrift with vanity. A seventy five cent straw hat inspires debate on extravagance as Jack questions what qualifies. In church, Mr Bronston and Mrs Upton wear new outfits while Mrs Bronston teases tailor made versus ready made.
The fragment shows a child refusing stewed rabbit then accepting a drumstick as like chicken. A girl warns of trouble with a parent figure. Johnny predicts paternal censure after the company leaves. The dialogue mirrors a humor tone from a Chicago Tribune quote.
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