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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1908
Page
3
A humorous tale of a family's Thanksgiving wish list turning chaotic as the speaker hunts a bear to satisfy each member's preferred dish. The piece playfully references a president and absurd ambitions, ending with a hungry narrator planning to eat the rest after a wild hunt.
Geraldine Webster alias Jimmy leaves her country home to study art in New York with $180. Four girls rent a photographer's loft, endure poverty and hunger, and Jimmy fights through hardship. George Seabright arrives to bring her home just in time for Thanksgiving, marking an enduring turn of fate.
In a Thanksgiving confrontation, widow and Deacon Silas Lapham clash over who carves the turkey. Each insists on their method, trading jabs and sharp phrases as the meal ends with mutual insult and a plan to part. The tale centers on pride, stubbornness, and domestic power at the dinner table.
A widowed deacon and his wife face a Thanksgiving fiasco when the bird is found eaten by cats and the hired man substitutes a peacock. After a comical exchange with the hired help, the widow and deacon resolve the mystery and plan to share the carved turkey with cranberry sauce.
Poem reflecting national gratitude after a contentious election season. It celebrates life home health and harvest while noting relief that the election is over. The piece uses a humorous tone to lament political divisions and wish for national unity and continued prosperity. It references banking, tariffs, labor, trusts, and the republic as a whole.
A joke exchange from the Philadelphia Ledger features a couple arguing about daily shaving as a rule of their marriage club. The girl asserts spouses must shave every morning, while the man jokes that his club membership excuses irregular homecomings.
A voice asks why do we batch baths knee and elbow by turns when a full bath suits all, why haul water for kitchen and laundry when a faucet does it, why risk germ filled cistern water when a large filtered reservoir exists, why endure dusty yards when green grass blooms, and why accept inconveniences when all family comfort and health can be within the home. The reply challenges the idea that money blocks progress, urging readiness to seize better living.
A dairyman quips about egg pricing saying eggs are 33 cents a dozen for perfectly good eggs while invalid eggs cost 45 cents a dozen. He clarifies that invalid eggs are not worn out but are eggs eaten raw by invalids and must be freshly laid.
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