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Newspaper

Washington Gazette

Location

Washington, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1903

Page

7

Witty Fragments on Law, Manners, and Mistakes

A collection of pointed quips on lawyers politics and social foibles. The piece wittily contrasts vanity dignity and practical woes with humorous maxims about romance wealth and ignorance from the Chicago Daily News.

Meaning of words cartooned in Hobart quote collection

A satirical glossary attributed to George V Hobart in Chicago American humorously defines terms like friendship hero and knowledge. It presents ironic, misspelled phrases illustrating social ideas, with lines such as a hero who leaves no history and a thief alarm in a mind.

George V. Hobart Chicago

Wit and Wisdom Fragments on Women and Society

A collection of aphorisms on gender and virtue. Wise women prefer friends to lovers and keeping temper, while warning of hypocrisy, vanity, and the dangers of public appearance. The piece critiques philanthropy, poodle attachments, and displays a sharp, satirical tone.

Figs and Thistles and the Path to Virtue

A collection of aphoristic maxims on faith, sincerity, and living rightly. It urges self mastery, fear of sin, genuine piety, and personal pursuit of Christ, linking inner skylights of the soul to outward influence. It cites Ram's Horn as source for moral reflection.

Afterthoughts On Pride Charity And Honor

A Columbus Daily Press reflection notes that stinginess harms folly costs and public morals. It argues pride and reputation hinge on early lessons, warns against empty proofs and misused charity, and cautions that even thieves wear honest clothes. It stresses beware of ill guided women and careless judgments.

Mount McKinley Declared Highest Peak Confirmed

A new measurement confirms Mount McKinley in Alaska as the highest peak. The report comes amid broad notices of global geography and language facts, including English dominating correspondence worldwide and other regional statistics.

Mount McKinley Alaska North America

Witty Aphorisms On Life Love And Society

A compact collection of pointed observations on gender roles justice ambition and social behavior. The voice jests at love work and class dynamics while noting the quirks of men women and society in sharp quotable lines.

All Sorts of Witty Observations on People and Manners

A collection of satirical quips on money memory work spouses critics and politics. The fragment notes jokes about borrowed money jolly men strong minded women and self closing springs on doors with a mix of humor and pointed social commentary.

Blessed be the man with no arms and other quirks

A humorous, phonetic diatribe from the Chicago Chronicle notes odd blessings and banter about various types of people. It lampoons arms, whiskers, hoboes, couples, and a poorly cooking wife, concluding with a nod to Willie Smartweed in Chicago.

Willie Chicago Chronicle

Queer Habits and Oddities Across Towns

A miscellany of curious acts and unusual cases from New York to Lyons New York. A Maine man teaches his dog to speak. a woman dies from a pet cat bite. a Boston girl quilts stockings. a Baltimore tattooist earns well. an English preacher turns away from listeners. a Philadelphia girl souvenirs her sweetheart with nail parings. New Jersey man seeks a wife. San Francisco woman educates her lover for marriage. a Manchester man sues for breach of promise.

Reflections of a Bachelor

A satirical cursive on marriage and gender roles. It jokes that engagement is like running to a fire and that married life brings financial settling. It mocks deception, fashion, and the social grip of doctors and ministers for women.

Mere Opinion on Genius, Foolishness and Social Critique

A collection of aphoristic observations contrasts genius with foolishness and notes social biases. It critiques parlor chairs, the sewing machine inventor, religious ministers, pipe smoking, and the stubbornness of men refusing to admit others are right. It suggests conscience is slow to speak against profitable sins.

American activity abroad and wartime trade notes

A clipping reports British use of American shoes and an Indianapolis oil motor grinding wheat on Mount Lebanon. It notes the German post office importing 10 000 hand extinguishers and mentions chemical grenades and English beet supply from Chicago shambles, citing odd statistics on beet consumption.

Indianapolis Mount Lebanon German Post Office Department United States Germany

Next Morning Philosopher

A reflective maxim essay on integrity and reputation insists a man’s character remains self-dependent. It contrasts pledges and bonds with public opinion and notes the folly of choosing a faulty social circle.

Wordplay in the Newsroom Sparks Odd Phrases Across Nation

A jumble of sentences shows "manywhere" spreading through public discourse from Utah election chatter to New York police raids and Kentucky whisky shortages. The piece notes odd locational word usage amid reports of gambling crackdown and theater seating demand.

Reading the Lines of Face and Hand in a Moral Map

The passage links facial features and hand shapes to character traits. It asserts long noses show cautious and prudent traits, while long narrow teeth imply weak character. Deep eyes indicate truthfulness, certain eyebrow curls suggest jealousy, ear placement hints refinement, and thumb shape supposedly signals submission or headstrongness depending on its tilt.

Worldwide notes on trade and labor patterns

Britain reports 500 women physicians while Ireland loses its potato lead to Belgium. France imports more than the United States. Greece orders 1 010 000 gallons of refined petroleum from the United States in ten gallon cans. In Northampton Monday beer abstention appears near total, with Tuesday moods still affected.

United States Northampton England

Married Man's Musings and Matrimonial Dictionary

A humorous piece from a Pittsburgh Dispatch style column exploring marriage, optimism and pessimism with playful definitions. It jokes that a man gains years of age with a child and mocks spousal interactions during shaving.

Jameson Pittsburgh Dispatch

The Engaged Girl In Eloquent Self Regard

A fragmentary portrayal of a young woman convinced she has fulfilled life and begins instructing her mother on managing a house. She mocks old admirers and the weak, self-centeredly reveling in egotism while viewing older women’s futures with scorn.

Famous Last Words From History And Literature

A compilation of notable final sayings from figures like Anne Boleyn Maria Theresa Jefferson Mozart Gilbert Sidney Addison Augustus Caesar Philip Melanchthon John Randolph Columbus and Stonewall Jackson. The quotes reveal themes of death faith ambition and liberty across eras and cultures.

Richard Jr s Philosophy

A collection of aphorisms and maxims on emotion, learning, fear, honesty, debt and prudence attributed to Richard Jr. from the Saturday Evening Post. The quotes reflect wit about self restraint, listening, risk, sacrifice, and prudent planning.

Saturday Evening Post

Rockefeller Philosophy in a Chicago Journal quip

A Chicago Journal quotation advocates humane conduct toward the hungry and warns against delaying rebates to avoid harming one’s own finances. It contrasts charity with greed and mocks luxurious spending by the wealthy as it urges timely action and fair competition.

RULES FOR SUCCESS ADVICE TO BOYS BY A MERCHANT

A prominent merchant offers life guidance to boys starting out. He urges a fixed plan, sticking to it, avoiding bad habits and bad company, developing personal abilities, helping oneself, relying on self, and studying common sense.

Pencil Points and Paradoxes in Daily Life

A collection of quips on doctors visits, work and liking, wealth among physicians, and social quirks. It notes ignorance and superstition, the quiet power of exercise, and a wit about monuments and reform. The piece closes with a rogue observation on marriage to avoid debt.

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