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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1907
Page
8
E P Powell in Outing Magazine recalls a humble era without parlors or thrummed pianos. Families knelt at 9 o’clock to thank God, sharing bunks and beds as the firelogged chimney burned, while no one mattered as a millionaire amid quiet domestic life.
A humor piece contrasts an alert aeronaut with a scientist who cannot explain why wet tea leaves kill roaches. An anecdote from the Los Angeles Times frames the scientist’s quick, evasive reply. The Boston account then describes a man nicknamed Shorty, who proves to be the tall local guide the narrator sought.
A column presents a string of brief anecdotes and sketches including a claim of a mean trick on a pawnbroker interrupted by a midnight visitor, the French origin and crimes of Bluebeard’s historical figure Giles de Laval, a humorist joke about a pencil passable as a joke, a setup about millinery bills, a piano tuning quip, and a proverb on custom versus freedom.
Charles F. Dole in Atlantic contends gambling is an intolerable nuisance harming character, industry, and family life, comparing it to bear baiting and prize fighting as dangerous, demeaning risks that corrupt consciousness and social equity. He calls for recognition of its harmful social consequences.
The waltz did not originate in modern times. It came to France from Provence to Fontainebleau for Henry II. Mary Queen of Scots brought it to Scotland. By the late 1600s it was danced in southern Germany and Austria. It reached England and the United States in the early 1800s, sparking both denunciation and praise.
A Columbus man, skilled with a fine retriever, lends the bird dog to a friend who is an amateur. After a covey is flushed, the dog’s owner finds bowing to poor shooting, and the dog eventually heads home in disgust, illustrating a hunter’s misfit pairing.
Seventeenth century preachers read by hour glass and a clerks anecdote. Philadelphia layout by Holme while Penn owned the land. Also brief quips on a hat divorce and social duty from various sources.
Dr Gresham James recalls a famous actor once locked up by his manager to keep him from drinking. The actor signaled a passerby with a bribe, had a pipe inserted through a keyhole, poured brandy into the bowl, and drank it, leaving him gloriously drunk when released tonight.
A collection of light local anecdotes from a small paper editor and readers. The pieces include a pranks tale about misread lines, a motherly ruse in Missouri and a streetcar cab joke drawing a caricature.
A theatergoing anecdote recalls actors saying good evening on entry and good night on exit to doorkeepers. The writer notes universal, enthusiastic greetings across ranks from stars to chorus girls.
A fragment quote sequence mentions a son seeking marriage to a daughter and asking about cooking a dinner. The late Baltimore American line notes envy of industry with an Italian proverb. The text is fragmentary with no clear event or date.
A Chinatown tale recounted from the New York Press contrasts Chinese idioms with American pride. A Lexington Avenue laundryman explains paper tiger as harmless bravado, while other Chinese phrases critique vanity, ostentation, and neglect of family.
A collage of wry exchanges on ambition love and humor. A ex convict joke prompts a boldly eager reply while a generosity dialogue turns on wealth and marriage. A cricket team memory and a playful hint at engagement follow with varied reflections on argument humor and trust.
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