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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1908
Page
11
A jumble of reader questions covers horoscopes, lands, stamps, and public notices. Content includes inquiries about Admiral Dewey's wife Mildred Hazen, Hearst origins, roaches extermination, and Mary Baker Eddy, plus a discussion on Boston church matters and a London stage trend about titled characters.
Mrs P Lawrence of New York wife of EB Lawrence travels with a trained canary named Mia. The bird obeys her voice, performs tricks, sings, and kisses portraits. Reported by a Citizen reporter the bird’s intelligence and training drew offers from theater men. Lawrence bought it for $2.50 a year ago and tours with the bird, which often sings when no transit.
Waterbury Business Directory listing various services and shops including carpet cleaning laundry dyeing tailoring florists doctors and a restaurant. Notable entries include The Model Laundry Company DiNina Room Smith Allen Restaurant Louis The Tailor and John Evans Florist among others with contact hints and service notes.
A typewriter girl explains how erasers work on machines, noting the touch method, instant recognition of mistakes, and the process of wearing in a new eraser. She describes a rubber disk with a metal centerpiece and how careful rubbing corrects errors without blurring surrounding letters. Want ads offer 26 words for 25 cents for three days.
The Marion County plantation led by Butler General is described as the biggest negro farm in the state with about 1,000 acres under cotton and timber, eighteen plows, 140 tons of guano, and annual yields projected at 280 bales. The piece notes General’s strong landholdings, paid-for property, churches, and schools, while praising his open, progressive character and loyalty as a citizen.
A young man asks for the daughter's hand and the heir's father quips about which hand she signs checks with as a sign of her wealth. The dialogue presents a witty hurdle to marriage framed by financial power and parental wit. The exchange satirically contrasts romance with business-like considerations in a domestic scene.
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