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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
8
A tale recalls Governor Sam Houston pardoning a penitentiary agent who had opposed his election yet claimed eight years of faithful service. The governor, weighing the petition's praise, pardoned the agent as a priceless favor. The anecdote highlights political humor from Houston’s early governance.
Abernethy aimed to influence through blunt rudeness. A mother and her ill daughter visited him. the mother interrupted repeatedly. He forced the mother to display her tongue and then questioned the girl, leaving the mother overawed.
In Sydney a 500000 city, Sunday dining is rare with hidden eateries and possible arrest. An Italian patron faced police intrusion in a negligee room where a waitress claimed him as fiancé. He paid 2500 for breach of promise as his wife later sued for divorce and remarried.
A long paragraph mocks pronunciation with misused terms and surreal imagery. Cleopatra isolated in the past, acclimated and leisure to contemplate economic details. A narrative threads through allopathic diagnostician, vase with an aesthetic apparatus, a dog in squalor, and a national expert in appendicitis at obsequies.
Peter Latouche’s book describes a 1888 coup plan to kidnap Queen Victoria and overthrow the monarchy. The plot failed due to the 1888 London dock strike and unexpected support from the moneyed classes, which helped conciliate the masses relied upon by revolutionaries.
In a London style exchange, a bride declares her fiancé a lifelong prisoner while he quips that her vow means capital punishment not life imprisonment. The brief quip appears in the Sydney Town and Country Journal.
A fragmentary dialogue touches on a fictional villain described as a perfect masterpiece. The narrator credits inspiration to the wife’s attributions of wickedness amid anger. The exchange then shifts to playful chatter about printing feats and a forewall joke.
Fragmentary quote discusses character and social ties. Howell proclaims self as a man of parts while Powell notes many parts seem missing. Colton adds that beyond obtaining friends, acquiring good books is the best gain.
Rev Frederice M Waite will preach next Sunday at First Baptist Church Winthrop Hermon Street. Rev George W Fuller, former pastor, will preach on the week after. Mr Spinney of Wallingford Conn will occupy the pulpit next week. Singing by David Belcher and Charles Coonham with duets.
All Souls Church Unitarian at Hermon and School streets announces a warning service at 10.45 am followed by Sunday school at 12 pm and Young People's Religious Union at 6 pm. Seats are free and the church relies on subscriptions and contributions. The minister is Rev. W C Litchfield contact Falmouth Heights Mass by mail or telephone. Sunday services may be omitted until the second Sunday in September.
Church notices report morning worship at 10 30 with a sermon on Joshua and Jesus and a 7 30 praise service with solos and a new choir. Sunday School at noon. prayer meeting Friday. Rain affected attendance but fair income exceeded 150 dollars from a Ladies Aid fair. Picnic planned at Waverly Oaks September 19 for Sunday School attendees.
Rev. C. W. Henry rector, conducts morning prayers and Holy Communion at 11 A. M. Services at the church corner Bowdoin and Buchanan streets.
The Curate-Giles exchange reveals loneliness after the narrator's wife has died. Giles explains he keeps a spiteful old cat to cope with solitude and grief in a London Opinion snippet.
At journey end Jonah leaves the vessel and notes he avoids tipping the steward. He eyes the whale ball with approval, in a whimsical scene from the New York Sun.
A seedy pessimist sighs that it is hard to be poor while a ragged optimist replies that it is easy. The exchange highlights two contrasting worldviews through stark dialogue.
Mrs. Earle notes Carroll’s neat dress but doubts his funds. Mr. Earle agrees that Carroll chooses good taste because they cannot afford flashy outfits. The exchange highlights frugal spending and preference for quality over trendiness.
Unable to determine readable facts from the provided fragment. The text appears garbled with no clear names, places, dates, or events to summarize into a coherent news item.
In Apia Samoa Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife accept a consul’s invitation to a social function, but Mrs Stevenson delays attending until she locates her other shoe. The note ends with a playful sign off from Robert Louis Stevenson.
A New York Globe piece recalls a fashion journal from 1787 describing a Mile. D s outfit with terms like stifled sighs and sustained sentiments. The exchange shifts to talk of early inventions, with a joking claim that telephone service dates to the Garden of Eden and the garden's call is 2 8 1 Apple.
A young Scotch emigrant was brought before a Nova Scotia magistrate for deserting his farm job without notice. He defended himself with a rambling tale about eating brakeshaw the flesh of animals that died of natural causes, citing repeated deaths and meals before finally leaving as the old woman died.
Hindoo cuisine features sweets like sada made of sugar and milk with attar of roses. Buddhika bal or hair of Buddha is popular, named for its vermicelli like long strings of sugar and cream from buffalo milk.
The late Bishop T A Dudley of Kentucky recalled hearing the most ungrammatical sentence from a mountaineer. The line reads Them three Miss Blake are three of us pretty a ga as I ever see.
Beau Brummel was reproved after he replied to a tea invitation that he never took anything but physic. His hostess retorted that he indeed took liberties.
Otters are described as highly playful, romping and wrestling with each other. They engage in tug of war with a stick, and slide downhill on a muddy slope they create themselves.
Robert Lowe recalls a friend listening to a tremendous bore with an ear trumpet. He ponders why society should act against natural advantages, framing a provocative question about fairness and perception.
A fragment presents Horace noting that value lies in virtue rather than gold, suggesting a moral hierarchy where virtue surpasses material wealth. The line contrasts the worth of gold with ethical character.
The will of Captain Robert Keayne founder of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston is the longest on record with about 50000 words. Printed and bound it would fill a sizable volume and it contrasts with a New Orleans will from years ago that left all earthly possessions in five words. The original is in Suffolk probate vaults and volume 1 of wills probated, 140 pages, notes it was drawn in the testator's handwriting.
A Washington Post anecdote recalls Dixon Lewis of Alabama, a stout congressman and chivalrous figure. After a congressional adjournment, a steamer wrecked. Lewis refused a small boat seat to spare others, risking his life but ultimately being rescued.
In Nero's gold house on the Palatine hill compartments of ivory revolved showering perfumed flowers on guests. Slaves served flowers and guests wore wreaths. Courses were replaced as drinking continued until revelers fell under the table. Lucullus once spent 50000 drachmas on a single dinner with Cicero and Pompey. Pithylus wrapped his tongue in linen and cleaned it with fish skin to savor flavors.
The essay traces belief that earthquakes signal warnings rooted in biblical prophecies about famines and pestilences. It notes historical reactions such as ending oppressive taxes and masquerades, closing theaters, altering fashion, and even a New England town’s women abandoning hoop petticoats after an earthquake.
A governess asks how long three servants take to do a family’s housework if one takes two hours. Tommy answers with a clever pun, “Three times as long,” reflecting a playful exchange from the London Tatler.
The Cleveland Leader recalls Archbishop Ryan defending the Irish cause with a remark about treason and reason. He notes that treason elsewhere becomes reason in Ireland due to absentee rule, highlighting a sharp political quip on loyalty and governance.
Miss Goodley and Miss Knox banter about growing older as a humorous daily observation. The dialogue plays on constant activity and acceptance of aging with light wit and a cognitive nod to everyday life.
A brief exchange questions why Greene stopped trading at Cleaver's, implying Cleaver refused credit. The Boston Transcript notes the remark as a pointed rebuttal, suggesting a credit dispute behind the cessation of patronage.
A brief Yonkers Statesman excerpt shows a child debating table manners with his mother. The boy proclaims fingers were made before forks while the mother notes dirt came before pie, highlighting a domestic exchange in light humor.
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