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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
3
The article extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a grand remedy for women’s ills. It contrasts old field roots and herbs used by Indians and pioneers with the modern medicine claim, praising Pinkham’s preparation as highly effective for female ailments.
A writer in an English magazine claims fat men enjoy extra benefits from meals to theater seating. They receive favors in buses and trains, and are spared small chores. The piece notes wives and others assume the fat man’s comfort and laughter draw positive attention.
A traveling man in a smoking car asks for whisky after a woman in the next car faints. A dozen flasks appear, and the man pours from the largest bottle, claiming relief at seeing a woman faint. The remark reveals callous amusement.
In Harper's Weekly a boy, Johnnie Dumbley, asks what an applelogue is. His father Mr. Dumbley explains it is a fable with a moral. The boy misreads the term and claims a dime wager on whether the first commandment is the applelogue.
A Chicago Tribune quote rails against actors critics and lawyers who discourage others from pursuing their professions. It argues pessimism harms reputations and offers nothing constructive, labeling the general croaker as nuisance and ineffective.
A small town reports the preacher will be absent for a fortnight after a sermon announcement. The message notes that Mr. Plank will fill next Sunday's pulpit and hints at another replacement for the following Sunday, with a line about a hanging notice behind the vestry door.
Maria balks at Algy's offer of £6000 for a lease running eighty nine years. She frets about the long term and the risk of the baby being turned out of his house at nine ty-one while the bargain might prove infirm.
A brief quip links practical horticulture to politics in a Baltimore American line. The exchange notes grafting as the key to plentiful plums with a humorous civic parallel.
A physician intern in a Philadelphia hospital treats a sleepy patient, an Irishman named Pat, whose winded breathing prompts the doctor to test lung action. The patient humorously counts in a heavy brogue reflecting a playful medical moment that ends with the Irishman reciting long numbers.
A mild man among shoppers in a Sixth Avenue store became the focus of a prankish moment as a boy and a large woman rushed past. The boy, seeing the man nearby, pleaded not to be spit on, prompting the man to retreat in red faced confusion.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat item notes a caterer charging 20 percent more for a "bere splurge" with lifelong friends than for passing acquaintances. The joke hinges on comfort with friends boosting appetite, while strangers dampen it, leading to higher costs.
The article describes moving picture cameras producing films three quarters of an inch wide in 800 foot rolls. Cameramen reel off films at ten to twelve per second, presenting a rapid sequence of views on a white sheet so the eye cannot detect intervals.
Mme d Arblay known as Miss Fanny Burney held a major place in eighteenth century literature. She possessed a remarkable and undesirable habit of avoiding washing and water. Sir Henry Holland served as her physician in the last year of life and she told him she had not washed for fifteen years.
A London Spectator note traces the seventeenth century migration of Suffolk families to America and their distinctive Suffolk pronunciation shaping the modern Yankee twang.
A dialogue in which a teacher asks about an empty earth inside and a student answers with a razor analogy. The student states the earth would be hollow ground, comparing it to a razor.
A reflective aphorism likens life to an anvil and a Plutonian blacksmith. It suggests that the harshest blows may shape us most, transforming hardship into form through repeated impacts. The old world serves as the forge where character is tempered.
In a colorful excerpt from Success Magazine Mrs. Nuvoreesh recalls a scene where French pheasants passed by singing the Mayonnaise, describing the moment as deeply touching beyond words.
Quote attributed to La Rochefoucauld on souls with grand plans. It contrasts passion with virtue and notes true greatness lies in higher designs beyond common virtues.
Hoyle popularized scientific whist though not its inventor. A barrister and registrar of the prerogative in Ireland, he lived 1670 to 1767 dying in Cavendish Square. He earned £1000 from his whist treatise, which ran to five editions in a year and was widely pirated.
A collection of casual shipboard chatter about steerage life weather, rumors of icebergs and landforms, meeting the captain, porpoises at sea, and strangers aboard. The fragment highlights social contrasts and curious small talks during transatlantic travel.
Miss Mary kept a young specimen of the Ovisaires described as a wool bearing and ruminant quadruped. The creature's outer coat is pale and immaculate, resembling crystalline winter vapor. The juvenile animal reliably accompanies Mary wherever she goes, under parental guidance or duty.
The text traces capital punishment for forgery in London ending in 1832 with transportation replacing the death penalty, notes an 1837 repeal of the will-forgery exception, and recalls Tudor era punishments under Queen Elizabeth I with pillory, severed ears, branded irons, and lifelong imprisonment for forgers, along with total forfeiture to the crown.
The Delineator lists famous waifs who rose from homelessness to prominence. Names include Sir Henry Stanley Queen Catherine the Good Alexander Hamilton Rosa Bonheur Edgar Allan Poe Rachel Leonardo da Vinci and Moses. These figures transformed fate through genius and enriched the world with their achievements.
The New York Outlook cites Mr Kipling to stress guiding others toward higher knowledge. The passage extols practical wisdom over showiness and urges gentle, firm encouragement.
The London Times notes the difficulty in treating certain diseases as writers recount the spread of countless purported remedies. The passage implies medical certainty often fails and that many approaches have been proposed over time.
A Chicago Tribune aged joke defines a sociologist as a person who can inspect a garbage can and find material for a long lecture on society's needs.
A critic argues Napoleon lacked a peaceful vision, contrasting his era with modern warfare driven by science and industrial efficiency. War evolves from glory to a mechanized system where leaders disappear behind devices and buttons.
The New York American asserts Hannibal as the greatest general known, noting the second Punic War as a singular feat. It credits one genius with leading a raw levy against Rome’s elite forces, accomplishing remarkable feats without support from home.
The jade myth ties the stone to luck and land rights in China where fine pieces prompt state seizure. Best jades show sea foam hues and captivate collectors, while the public market rarely sees them. The stone's green tint also makes skin appear whiter, boosting demand for even flawed chips used in inexpensive ornaments.
Georgette Leblanc touring a French town faced a weak supporting company in Maeterlinck’s play. Actors mangled lines and seemed unable to understand dialogue. She sought her manager who reminded her that great dramatists are often mistreated, even in life.
A London Graphic piece argues that while Paris excites the French, London surpasses it in beauty wealth culture and art, yet English readers remain stoic and fail to fully praise their city.
A small man challenges a larger man after being called for two insults. He warns a third term is not tolerated, prompting the bigger man to retreat without further words in a Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt.
A drummer questions the hotel beds in Hayfield while the landlord proudly claims the best straw in the county. The drummer quips that the straw may explain the camel’s back, delivering a playful jab in this local humor snippet.
A Louisville Courier-Journal anecdote notes a comic scene where a man pleads for a dollar behind a door, mistaken as an engagement, only to learn the couple is married. The brief item plays on misreading a simple request as romance.
Hewillt claims his baby keeps him awake and says he fooled him after birth by taking a night job in New York. The remark contrasts with mature life choices as he asserts work night shifts to pursue happiness.
The bulletin catalogs diverse facts from 11,898 for Greenland to Denmark repealing duties on rice and petroleum. It notes Brazil’s cocoa capacity, 50,000,000 pounds last year, Chinese grape cultivation, Hannibal’s campaigns, and early trade attitudes with Japan. It covers rail lines, river tonnage, crimes, and scientific advances in medicine and lighting.
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