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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1909
Page
7
Captain B. D. Cleveland recalls dangerous moments chasing sea elephants, noting their near invulnerability and the small walnut sized weak spot above each eye. A single afternoon's kill neared fifty as a young bull lunged, ripping a jacket and snagging the speaker before being dispatched by a harpoon.
Clara Morris recounts Eugenie’s Paris wedding scene with market women presenting violets at the Tuileries. The crowd’s fervor turns to chaos amid cries of sorrow and omens, while Empress Eugenie smiles from the balcony and doles out flowers to cheering onlookers.
A readers note cites the New Orleans Times-Democrat on how ascent brings exhilaration and singing while descent brings sadness and groans. The saying captures aviation and mining perspectives, contrasting high altitude joy with deep underground sorrow.
In a Rochester Democrat item, Aunt Jane argues a young man who tried to steal a kiss should be punished. Dorothy agrees the act warrants severe punishment for the attempted kiss.
A fragmentary Cleveland Leader quote quotes a humorous debate on whether fish would speak if they could. The excerpt riffs on nature, voices, and a playful pun about money buying happiness, leaving readers with a mood of chaotic whimsy.
A dialect poem by A Daly in Catholic Standard and Times contrasts two suitors from Milan and Napoli. The speaker stays neutral, aiming to keep a future wife safe and content regardless of which man marries her. The Milanese suitor fights. the Neapolitan fears death, while the narrator remains unconcerned about choose.
An opportune arrival finds The Monkey addressing Mr Quills the porcupine, asking for a toothpick just in time. The exchange hints at a humorous woodland encounter and playful dialogue between two animal characters.
A witty exchange mocks a magazine’s advice for women to retain their husbands. A second woman notes the suggestion to flirt, implying the behavior targets another man’s husband, prompting a sharper rebuttal.
A bellicose man challenges another, calling him out and vowing to fight at a drop of a hat. The challenged man mumbles and leaves, while a friend asks if the threat was bluff. The respondent admits uncertainty, noting the aggressor was stingy and wore a five dollar hat.
A brief quarrel unfolds as the fiancé presses reunion after admitting fault to his sister. The fiancée insists she will forgive only after he apologizes, highlighting a tense settlement moment in a Catholic Standard and Times notice.
A Washington Star quip quotes Mr. Erastus Pinkley replying to a critic of yelling at a mule. He says the mule acts as if it is deaf and dumb when it feels more than dumb.
In this tiny cartoonish exchange a man compliments a woman by comparing her hat to a corn basket and then kisses her twice. She asks the reason and he answers with a playful line about her red ears.
A fragment from the Chicago News notes Abdul Hamid with twelve wives and a grim outlook on his peace. A separate St. Louis Republic joke features a boy crying for nothing, answered by a kindly elder.
A fragment from Pick-Me- D offers a biting quip about travel abroad and a fat man’s mishap in Venice. The speaker recalls being arrested for allegedly obstructing navigation after slipping into a canal, a tongue in cheek anecdote.
A Baltimore American column questions why girls attend the grand stand at baseball games, contrasting opinions on where women should sit and noting social snobbery surrounding seating norms.
A humorous cartoon caption shows poll clerk Mary Gladys Jarley voting ballot number two hundred while exclaiming for a postscript. The exchange, with Puck’s interruption, adds comic flair to a voting scene.
In the Houston Post quotation a speaker notes a young man beginning a medical practice in a distant western town. The line implies the doctor is the sole practitioner there, facing a challenging start yet establishing himself.
Frank B. Duncan of Pittsburg recalls a Pullman sleeper mishap as he jokes about misreading a sleeping passenger. He admits grabbing a woman’s foot through the curtains, prompting a porter’s arrival and a reprimand from the owner.
The pair sit about half an hour without words in a Scots sketch. Sandy asks if Maggie was on the Bath night and recalls being bere on several weeknights. Maggie confirms each night, counting to sixty, then jokes about being here on Saturday night and welcomes him.
In New York a man faces a drunk and disorderly charge. He pleads that his only excuse is his wife’s annual spring cleaning at home. The judge, moved by pity, imposes a short sentence.
A humor-filled India ink glimpse features Mr Chuggins lamenting car costs and Miss Cayenne suggesting a chauffeur joy ride. Another quip shows a rescuer named Mr Kermudge who saves a man from drowning yet receives no hero gratitude, claiming a half interest in the medal.
A sharp exchange features a girl and a teacher with a joke about learning geography and jogging. The girl quips that her mother never learned jogfry and is married, and Aunt Sally never learned Jog fry yet is married, while the teacher did learn it and is not.
An exchange between two actors notes that public applause brings satisfaction only when it honors the rival, a line reflecting on pride and audience reaction in the context of prizefighting.
The fragment presents a humorous pet phrase set in a corner context with a rhyme and wordplay about a cat. It resembles a lighthearted caption or joke line rather than a full news item. No identifiable people or organizations are present.
A humorous domestic exchange from the Minneapolis Journal features a new servant asking how to transport a lump of ice to the refrigerator while the housewife, overwhelmed, suggests using a sponge. The snippet reflects everyday workplace banter and kitchen logistics.
A chaotic exchange features Stubb and Penn quipping on human nature. The joke suggests remedy by furnishing women with ignore mirrors, reflecting a dated humor from Chicago News.
The article notes expert training of fruit trees to fit spaces and form shapes like topiary. It highlights methods from Germany and notes limited American adoption with Germans leading in espalier work, offering a hobbyist path via Europe for stock and instruction.
Professor Penck explains that western Europe hosted humans during early glacial times. He notes multiple glacial and interglacial periods with shifting snow lines and higher interglacial temperatures. Evidence suggests humans existed at the start of the last glacial epoch and jawbone finds near Heidelberg imply a 200 000 year timespan.
French physicist Gustave le Bon envisions Bertzian or Hertzian waves as future universal peace agents. He notes wireless telegraphy uses these electrical pulsations and warns that controlled concentration could destroy objects. He cites Paris Matin predicting war’s end if an apparatus transmitting parallel Hertzian waves via mirrors 5 miles high is built.
The Dundee Advertiser notes a reviving interest in the black spruce once despised by British foresters. Once valued for ornament, its soft, light, long grain makes it superior for certain planes and carving, prompting renewed attention to planting.
A concert in Berlin showcased Richard Grunwald of Budapest playing the bow melodeon and the gither. He performed Mendelssohn concert and Sarasate Faust fantasia on the instrument, noted mainly for its novelty.
A northwest coast island about thirteen miles long and one mile wide has disappeared. The area now shows an average water depth of forty eight feet where the island once lay.
Mrs. Pike quotes a sister about a husband who praises workers when they do good, waking with murmurs of praise in his sleep after late nights at the office. The anecdote, cited from Puck, highlights constant encouragement of good labor.
A fragment from London Globe describes a man with a glassy eye asking for a ticket at Charing Cross. The booking clerk asks what station, and the traveler answers with calm dignity asking which stations are available.
A collage of satirical quips and foreign snippets from Ike Walton to the St Louis Republic and Cleveland Plain Dealer. The notes reference light verse and humorous social bits about domestic life, boarding school, and playful mischief within families and communities.
Fragmented newspaper snippet blends song lyric style with bold headlines. Mentions Time files Catholic Standard and Times and The Voice of the Consumer. Notes a tearful quote about a new deal and old people, with a sports game takeoff implied by the misread line.
In a chatty Chicago News style, Alicia notes the wealthy man who married Celeste can afford not to own a car, prompting Felicia’s incredulous remark about his riches and priorities.
A jumble of verse and quotes in a period style describes courage and notoriety. References to Lippincott's Magazine and the Rocky Mountain News imply a literary critique of heroism and boasts. The text blends poems and fraught dialogue about boldness and fear.
Humorous lines from Chicago News and Lippincott Magazine feature a heroine’s quip about dull care and a roast tone where a cook-wife scene erupts into a kitchen mishap. The pieces reflect period humor and vivid line readings.
A mixed collection of quoted lines from Boston Globe Browning Magazine Kansas City Times and other papers includes witticisms on credit pride and art. The fragmentary text presents jokes poems and anecdotes with no single narrative or event.
Reports from travelers describe a three and a half year eruption at the Savai volcano in German Samoa. A lava river eight miles wide buried sixty square miles, flooded valleys and hills, and ejected plumes of steam and exploding rocks as dense rain from sea spray damaged coastal vegetation and property. The island’s sparse population limited losses though the roar and heat are described as immense.
An advertisement in a Turkish newspaper shows a middle class Mohammedan thanking supporters after his wife's death. It marks the first recorded instance of a Mussulman publicly mentioning his wife, a gesture once deemed improper. The piece notes past social reproach toward such expressions.
Army officers are urged to note Filipino meat prep practices prior to pig slaughter. The pig is kept upstairs and fed boiled rice, bathed daily, and treated as a sacred victim before slaughter. A writer warns that locals may send servants to buy fresh pork if they know the day of death.
The German government plans a deeper Kaiser Wilhelm Canal to thirty six feet with potential deepening to forty six feet and a width doubling, implying significantly larger warships can pass. Locks will be enlarged beyond those at Panama, indicating a major upgrade to strategic seaway capabilities.
A New York Press fragment ponders whether Thessalonica in St. Paul s time is the modern Saloniki. The brief juxtaposes ancient inhabitants with Abdul Hamid’s era, noting deprivation and a chef, a harem, and scant pocket money.
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