Humorous Clippings Reflect Early 20th Century Gabs and Gaffes
A jumble of anecdotes and quips from public life and local lore. The tale of a lawyer Wiley and a fussy watch, a Maine professor in a bathtub mishap, and quips about public figures swirl with playful sarcasm. The piece also recalls the Pyramid Limp and a theatergoer mistaking Romeo and Juliet for Omaha and Juliet, revealing a newspaper page of light social satire and stray lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley
Piscataquis
gobEre
Fremrikoe Feyrih
Maine
Lewiston
Prockoe Stay At Whitney House And Local Trades
Notice advertises Whitney House accommodations and supplies from Foulks and Powning and Verdi or Reno lumber dealers. It mentions mountain pine, Tow prives, common lumber, and a pine cure product Viava treated by MRS. E Fowler as health advice. Also warns hunters to stay off property and that violations will be prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdi
Reno
Mirs
E. Fowler
Bargain Cabin sells with entire outfit and lot
Offer for a 12 by 12 cabin with stove dishes bedding and a good sized lot. Describes cash sale at the Diswaren office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diswaren
Don't Forget Us Weekly Examiner Agents
Advertisement note from traveling agents urging readers to buy locally through the Dispatch Office or the Post Office, promising the same prices and premiums as itinerant sellers while asking readers to leave money in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Examiner
Disratch Office
Post Office
New Candies and Nuts Store Ad in Town
Have just received a Choice Stock of Candies and Nuts. First-Class Cigars Tobacco Stationery. Call for your mail and see the sweetest things in town. A. W. Macpherson P. O. Building Wadsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. MacPherson
Wadsworth
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Br. Clark
Sylvan
H. Huston
Nevada
J. Hodgkinson
Reno, Nevada
Grand Central Hotel
Whitney House
J. B. Whitney, Prop’r
Truckee
California
Pioneer Dairy
T. G. Herman
Proraikton
The
White House
T. Lothrop
Main Street
E. P. Butler
Opera House
Ket Pictures
San Francisco
the “Wadsworth Dispatch
the Dispatch
Ladies’ Journals
Dispatch Office
Junkley
Grams Marian
Washington Star
Jolier
Harlem
T. G. Henman
Columbus
Halcon
Chiocciora
Tadsworth
Wadsworth Com
Mercial CO
R. Herz
WM. Sanders
Undertaker
Co. D. Horman la Hss
Verdi, Wasuon County
O. Lonkey, Prrstpent
J. F. Condon
Manaans and
Steuerart
O. Lowxny
J. F.coxpox
C. Ponxma
East Lake
Appness
Verdi Mill CO
Vent
Nevana
J. A. Gregory, Prop
E. Olinghouse
Prop
Pinriger’s Pharmacy
Or, Virginia
Commercial Row
Beno, Nevada
J. M. McCormack
D. Horman
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