Delicate Satire at Village Hotel Visit
A very young traveling salesman checked into a village hotel and asked for a room with running water. The landlord mocked the request joking about indoor trout fishing.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1910
Page
7
Alimony dispute leads to collapsed suit in exchange
He withdrew his case upon learning he must pay alimony, claiming support would force him to live with her. She retorted that he might as well stay together if he must provide financial support.
Rough on Cannon Sparks House Gallery Incident
In a St Louis Republic report, Speaker Cannon quips with Chaplain Henry N Couden after recounting a gallery scene. A woman sought entry to see the morning prayer and, upon reaching the chaplain with his head bowed, exclaimed in shock that the praying man was an old hypocrite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon
Henry N. Couden
House of Representatives
Speaker
Dr. Couden
Chaplain Couden
St Louis Republic
What Shall I Do to Be Just
Poem excerpt from Hamlin Garland asking how to achieve justice and cleanse sorrow through helping others. It contrasts personal gain with duties to the poor and seeks guidance from trusted seers on leading a righteous life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlin Garland
Court opinion on counsel remarks at end of argument
A Supreme Court scene recounts Chief Justice Waite stating the court does not care to hear further argument after counsel for plaintiff in error finishes. Judge Carpenter of Wisconsin, opening for the plaintiff, is told the court prefers to grant the case rather than hear more talk. A nearby lawyer mishears and asks what was said. Carpenter quips that the chief would rather give the case than listen to him talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Matthew Carpenter
Wisconsin
Waite
Carpenter
Lemon Pie Question Sparks Mild Dining Fracas
A waiter at a western hotel offers peach, apple, pumpkin and lemon pies. The guest asks for peach apple and pumpkin, prompting the waiter to quip about the lemon. An Englishman nearby asks what was wrong with the lemon, adding a curious pause to the exchange.
Caper in a Dining Car Shows Charity and Confusion
In a New York Sun tale two strangers meet at a dining car table and bond over food. One asks for a lower berth for his mother and receives help followed by a surprising switch as the mother is moved yet the traveler insists his own berth is already claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Mother
The Prince's Speech and the Royal Audacity Incident
The article recalls a tale about George IV as Prince Regent during a frost session of Parliament. He reportedly bet Sheridan 1 guinea that he could inject the line Ban, baa, black sheep into his royal speech without detection. The gambit succeeded, drawing no notice from the assembly or ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenning
George IV
Sheridan
Lord Liverpool
Wellesley
Spain
Canning
Queen of France Mocked by Etiquette Figment
The Comtesse de Noailles nicknamed Mme Etiquette amuses Marie Antoinette by nitpicking minor conduct. When the queen falls from a donkey she laughs and orders an attendant to fetch Mime Etiquette to learn how the queen should be seen after the tumble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comtesse de Noailles
Mme
Etiquette
Marie Antoinette
France
Two People Congenial as Paw and Maw Say It
A teacher asks for examples of congenial pairs. A boy volunteers paw and maw, noting they think alike at the same moment. Maw wonders who would marry, and paw replies he had the identical thought, highlighting shared thinking as a sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Tommy
Miss Mary
Detroit Free Press
Sleep as universal solace and currency of life
A Cervantes quote extols sleep as a universal cloak over the body and mind. It is food for the hungry and drink for the thirsty, a shelter from cold and heat, and a form of life currency that equalizes rulers and commoners alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cervantes
What He Saved
Peter Clay, a coachman, explains he drank to cope after slipping on ice and breaking a demijohn of whisky. He says he recovered the spilled liquor by lapping it up from puddles, claiming to have consumed nearly a quart and a plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Home Course In Health Culture
Discussion on alcohol as a depressant rather than a stimulant. It explains alcohol anesthetizes thicker brain cells that control complex thought, making a drinker appear sleepy. The text urges evaluating conversations at social events against higher intellectual debate and notes high mental effort can exhaust simple brain functions.
Alcohol as poison not food or stimulant warned
An article argues alcohol harms mental and physical efficiency and shortens life while noting occasional medical use under a physician. It warns against narcotics and self administration of headache remedies and recommends moderation with tea coffee and tobacco based on individual tolerance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom Temperance and General Provident Institution
Farm sale notice near Washington Iowa farm items auctioned
A moving sale will be held at the seller’s residence six miles north of Washington near Jackson Center school house on Tuesday December 13 at 10 a m. The auction itemizes seven horses and mules sixteen cattle eighty five hogs crops tools and implements with terms offering 12 months credit on sums over ten dollars and cash under ten dollars lunch provided auctioneers and clerk named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Washington
Jackson Center School House
Poland
Plymouth Rock
Ohio
John Deere
McCormick
Henry Beamert
D. F. Macon
Dypepsia Cure Promises Stomach Conditioning Solution
If you have indigestion you need a remedy to set your stomach right not medicine to digest. Miller's Dypepsia Cure claims to condition the stomach to work properly by improving function rather than restricting diet. For sale by Cook & Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook & Sherman
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