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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
6
A collection of wry observations on good deeds, holidays and the nuisance of pestering behavior. It recalls Dean Farrar and Dean Stanley with humorous notes on manuscript proofs and a craftsman’s fine hand.
Willimantic Connecticut resident Mrs Ezra Donovan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after five years of backache irregularities dizziness and nervous prostration. The ad touts the medicine as a standard 30 year old cure for female ills including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and periodic pains and urges others to try it.
Archaeologists reveal coin portraits of Cleopatra show a fleshy impetuous face rather than Venus sweetness or Pompadour grace. Critics note beauty lies as much in her spirit and wit, Ferrero argues.
In a New York tenement a young physician sought Dr. W T Bull for help to treat a dying poor girl. Bull inspected her, cleared the room, and performed the operation. The grateful father pressed a small fee into his hand, which Bull refused, noting he would have done it for nothing. The girl recovered while the era recalls historic cold winters.
The piece argues that native born representation is not essential as American mobility fosters intermingling and shared identity. It notes state-societies forming in New York to celebrate home memories and discusses the cultural value of moving across regions to gain ideas and broaden horizons.
A reader recalls experiences with barbers who claim to hurry yet take the same time. The piece notes slow chair shifts, lather splashes, and the stubborn urge to deliver a steady, thorough cut. It compares rushing to chiseling marble and jokes about barber time rules observed in shops.
The piece notes that police records show children of criminals rarely become criminals themselves. It suggests heredity is not the driver and that deterrence from witnessing punishment may influence outcomes, with rogues’ galleries failing to show father son criminal pairs.
In a witty exchange a bachelor resists arguing with a suffragist. She questions his contribution to women's emancipation, and he replies that his only achievement is remaining single. The light remark highlights gender roles in a social setting.
A humorous exchange from the Ladies' Home Journal debates parental disapproval of a child’s playmate. The mother suspects the boy’s untrustworthy lineage and notes he has had two vaccinations that would not take.
A youth asks for the distinction between making and earning money and is told that counterfeit activity can lead to prison. The Chicago News quotes a home grown philosopher noting the legal risk and moral contrast between illicit creation and lawful work.
Rollo asks what an egotist is and the father defines it as a burnt match that believes it was the whole fire works. The Washington Star presents a concise, homely parable style explanation.
Observations from a physiognomist suggest a still tongue can reveal as much as a wagging one. Right sided tongues mark orators and lawyers, left sided tongues parsimonious talkers, and extreme protrusion marks a reckless chatterer as warned by the London Chronicle.
A cattle buyer in a small Iowa town builds a $25,000 timber and brownstone mansion to seek happiness. After praising the home a friend asks what more he desires, and the man replies for a green parrot to heckle him at the drive each morning. The tale ends with the parrot gag.
The eye of late Willie's teacher reveals a sad scene as Willie, her favorite pupil, is accused of stealing candy from a fellow student. It is noted as a first offense and she opts for a moral lecture over punishment. She urges Willie to resist temptations and stay determined.
A Boston Record item recounts a doctor receiving a note from a wife whose husband faced constant fail in professional visits. The wife cooked a modest meal and the physician advised a light diet of toast and tea. The plan allegedly improved the husband’s appetite and he praised his wife’s cooking afterward.
A Scotsman and his wife travel by boat from Leith to Longbn when a severe storm off the Yorkshire coast threatens the voyage. They endure several near-founderings as the husband jokes that burial costs are too high, noting his wife’s fear of dying at sea.
A clipped quote from the Louisville Courier Journal offers practical guidance to a young man about moving on after mistakes and avoiding needless perfectionism. It emphasizes seizing new opportunities and applying effort efficiently. The piece also quotes W. H. Burleigh on the inexhaustible chance to do good.
A tale recalls a northern sawmill where six days by wagon separated settlements. The narrator describes makeshift ledgers on pine scraps kept with chalk and a foreman who drank, slept in the office, and burned pages from the ledger. An auditor proved unnecessary. a carpenter good at figures was sought.
The piece describes floating stores in Ontario's Muskoka lake region. A steam vessel tours chained lakes weekly, stocking merchandise for resort and summer homes. Buyers signal from isolated farms, then a family member rows out to complete purchases at the store.
The article notes ancient engraved gems from Greek and Roman times, often on precious stones over two thousand years old, still clear and fine. Designs on these stones show charms against misfortune, with animals as symbols such as the dolphin for sailors, the dolphin also linked to marine friendship, the fish for fertility, the ant for industry, and the frog for resurrection signaling renewal each spring.
The poem from the Los Angeles Express extols fishing with bait and alder pole. It mentions defying school, hiding trout, and a father’s stern discipline after a successful catch, ending with an affectionate blessing on the boy.
A London Chronicle reflection on how men fixate on clothes and neckties, arguing that many avoid repeating outfits and that one must buy cheap ties to discard them nightly, framing attire as a daily moral and social concern.
A witty remark from Puck features a billionaire describing a framed dollar as the only one he ever earned. The quote highlights satire on wealth and labor.
A fragment from the Chicago Record-Herald notes the Sy Pinksvilles exposition is postponed due to the lack of a new midway name. The item hints at a stalled event and a branding challenge for the fair.
A terse moral about living richly in life rather than amassing wealth for death. It echoes a classic contrast between enjoyment and final possession, prescribing a life of present abundance over future riches.
Morris Schaff recalls Batchelder who mapped Gettysburg and tried to reconcile regimental times at Brandy Station. The tale riffs on Joshua making the sun stand still to harmonize conflicting hours of battle accounts, illustrating the difficulty of fixed timelines in wartime memory.
A late medieval tale describes a colossal skeleton unearthed in Palermo Sicily in 1516 measuring thirty four feet long with a nine foot seven inch shoulder span. The skull reportedly held sixty four teeth and was burned by a mob in 1662 amid plague fears.
Observers note a spider living among rock crevices near Cannes that carries or rests amid the cases of a moth species. When at rest the spider closely imitates the moth casings in shape and color, illustrating a striking natural resemblance evolved for protection and concealment.
A man, snatching the woman's page, returns it after she requests it. He rips out the full page advertisement for a millinery opening, mocks the moment, then the woman attends the opening and he pays the bill, ending with a quiet twist of revenge.
A dialogue excerpt from the Cleveland Plain Dealer notes an Insurance Agent and the Insured testing endurance during a fifteen inning baseball game that remained 1 to 1. The exchange highlights stamina and curiosity about nerves under pressure.
A humorous London Punch note depicts Aunt Tommy finding three pies yesterday but only one now. Tommy pleads he did not see the missing pie, expressing a lighthearted, self aware wake.
The exchange features a dissatisfied wife remarking that former suitors are wealthier, and the husband replying that true nobility comes from self-advancement. A Cicero quote about merit closes the dialogue, preserving a period voice.
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