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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
5
Diana and Napoleon confess love during a sunlit afternoon at Crockett Manor. McClure faces a choice between pride and happiness as Crockett’s fortune looms. Diana and Napoleon vow enduring love despite looming disapproval and a dying will, with Crockett threatening control over Diana’s future.
A Southern maid asks for afternoons off three weeks from work claiming she needs off for her fiancé's funeral. The mistress questions the certainty of death, then the girl boasts she is sure Lim is going to be hung, delivering a humorous contrast on fate and justice.
A mother and child encounter a bearded organ grinder and his monkey while walking. The girl pauses before offering a penny and asks gravely whether to give it to the monkey or its father, a quip noted in Lippincott's.
In the retelling a corporal recalls Edgefield near Nashville battle camp in 1862 where Sheridan’s headquarters stood. Soldiers swarmed a cabbage field, Sheridan’s chase of a striker, and a comical yet brave clash with a cavalry sword. Union and Confederate veterans swap war memories at length.
A collection of brief items notes: sixty four balloons sent out of Paris during the 1870-71 siege. New York real estate valued at 5.8 billion dollars per assessor. a London street knife cleaner proclaims himself the first of his trade charging two cents a dozen. preprinting manuscripts circulated as newspapers in China, Rome and Venice. bears in mild winter may sleep in hollow tree excavations. New York arrests for road and speed violations up 50 percent in three months. navy torpedo nets proven to withstand high speed torpedo attacks. Chinese laborers at Van Rhuis mine present a silver tray to their white manager. Canadian government funds rail, waterways, industrial bounties, steamship subsidies to develop the country. Andreas Dippel born in Cassel 1866, trained in music in Berlin, Milan, Vienna, first appeared in 1887 in Bremen as Pilot in The Flying Dutchman.
Fishermen describe starfishes as gregarious and abundant on ocean floors yet sparse over hundreds of acres. In captivity they cluster tightly in one tank corner forming a stair like ridge, allowing green crabs to ascend from bottom to top using the starfish arms as footholds. The crabs climb for diversion while the starfishes disregard the activity.
A New York Evening Post correspondent gathers Chinese sayings that illustrate wit and life wisdom. Proverb themes cover theatergoers, ambitious plans, prudent restraint, polite cynicism, family obligations, justice, and social ranks with terse, pointed lines.
A compilation of punch lines and quips from early 20th century papers. Jokes involve teachers, dogs, weddings, workers, and everyday life. The items showcase wordplay, social humor, and newspaper wit with names like Chicago Daily News and Washington Star among others.
Francis Wilson at the Players' club cites dramatic illiteracy. A western town box office refused entry to a man claiming to be Oliver Goldsmith, author of She Stoops to Conquer, until he produced proof. The anecdote underscores broad ignorance of dramatic literature.
In Avoyelles parish Moreneville farmers meet on October 13 to discuss boll weevil damage and decide diversification toward sugar cane. The wider movement among cotton farmers aims to boost Louisiana sugar as a key anchor for agriculture and industry.
A Baltimore American quote notes Jim Jones, a motorman on the elevated road, recently told of living well. In a related image caption, eight band men in red uniforms appear to resemble thirty men watching down the street.
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