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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1897
Page
2
A compilation of humorous observations about dating and marriage from various papers. Lines touch on a girl’s ownership of a coin, male vanity after marriage, a rogue’s faith, women’s opinions on color choices, rocks, and nets of fear. A quip about lights and a landlord, a mosquito mistaken for a beetle, whisky blame, and a prisoner’s visitor weave through noted clippings.
A New York Journal item uses a short dialogue about capital and labor between a teacher and boy. The boy defines capital as a boy downhill and labor as a boy uphill, then jokes about a brother in the bicycle corps and belonging to the standing army.
A discussion at an International Surgical association meeting addressed whether Black people naturally sneeze. A surgeon stated no natural sneeze in colored individuals in the southern states, while acknowledging possible regional variation. The exchange drew laughter and extended argument among attendees.
Two centuries ago people kept accounts by notching willow sticks. Merchants and officials used this for records, splitting the stick so halves stayed with buyer and seller. After payment the sticks were joined and stored, a laborious method contrasted with modern book keeping.
Harper's Round Table notes songs bring big money in England. Sir Arthur Sullivan reportedly earned £10,100 from The Lost Chord while Bulfe gained high sums for copies of I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Hall and When Other Lips with £8,000 each and £5,000 for The Heart Bowed Down. At a recent auction Michael Watson's Anchored sold for £1,212 15%.
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