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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1912
Page
7
Fragments of humorous quotes and quips survey social norms and manners. It presents satirical lines on money envy advertising and gender roles, with brief jokes about college baseball evolution and a monkey ancestry question. The tone mimics a light literary column from a local paper.
A modern Solomon in a great wicked city court speaks on affection. He notes a man’s affection is shown by willingness to support, perform small services, and help with troublesome tasks for a woman he loves.
The article notes Westminster Abbey’s pivotal role in world events over a millennium. It claims a two thousand year span since the original site hosted a heathen temple, supposedly replaced in 178 by a church built by a British king named Lucius to promote Christianity.
The piece questions who should cook when incomes are low and cites Burt Harkin’s discharge for disorderly conduct after drunkenness. It jokes that a husband neglected work while cooking at home, raising concerns about gender roles and household duties in a satirical courtroom context.
The piece describes a shift from California fever to Midwest prosperity around 1854. It notes 1,473 emigrant wagons moving through Peoria toward Iowa, river steamers delivering settlers to St Louis and Davenport, 300 new houses built in one season, rapid town growth, and government road grants across the state. Railroads expand, and the emigrant wave crosses the Missouri toward Nebraska.
A London Mail note highlights a 16th century rhyme from Suffolk praising harvest and farming. It cites lines blessing barley mow and to the farmer who harrows plows and sowing, calling such rustic toast worthy of preservation.
Professor George Herbert Palmer recommends a simple practice for self improvement. Anyone aiming to grow should add two new words each week. He asserts that this steady habit highlights the endless and enchanting variety of the world in both speech and mind.
Hippocrates, a Greek, is considered the father of modern medical science. He stressed careful study of symptoms before attempting a cure. The Persian king offered large rewards to persuade him to go to Persia, but Hippocrates refused to leave Greece.
A brief note comments on human learning from ancient times to modern progress. It mocks the idea of rapid invention, suggesting the wheel’s efficiency on smooth rails outpaced early muddy wheels and hints that real insight may have required far longer than biblical timelines.
The passage notes some people prefer not to face a camera yet they demand to see proofs first. It contrasts distrust with eagerness to verify information, implying a tension between presentation and evidence in public discourse.
A Yonkers judge rules the woodpecker may drill at dawn, granting license to early morning sounds. The decision notes other animals such as roosters, ducks, pigs and dogs contribute to the wakeful chorus. The article points to a 4 am start for the woodpecker as the season begins.
The passage notes distress at slaughtering files yet urges vigorous swatting of flies as an exercise in an age that praises activity. It frames the fly as a busy pest causing discomfort and suggests practical pest control despite sensitivity.
A New York woman plans to sue a doctor after he reportedly sewed a towel a yard long with a Ted border and hospital name inside her during surgery. The incident prompts concerns about hospital laundry handling and patient safety.
A Pittsburg physician asserts humanity will gradually die out while another expert claims the quantity exceeds the quality. In the interim, people pursue pleasure or misery as usual, and scholars may forget their theories after 80 Tong.
The passage weighs choosing an auto over a spouse, noting both options can be hard to manage. It argues maintenance costs are high for either, though a car can be turned off at will.
A young man who steals from his employers to fund a honeymoon for his chorus girl bride is labeled misguided. A Harvard professor argues housework could reshape a fat woman into a Venus, but modern women reject old domestic servitude.
A Maine postmaster resigns claiming he is ninety two years old and unable to read the gossip on post cards. The brief note indicates age-related fatigue and stepping down from duties.
A snippet recalls how Pittsburgh appeared a quarter century ago through a resident's candid voice. The brief exchange hints at nostalgia and the city’s evolving urban landscape amid lingering debates and reflections.
A deaf woman on a party line avoids listening to neighbors’ conversations. The brief incident notes her inability to hear and her separation from the chatter.
Farmers report using English sparrows as a biological aid to control the alfalfa weevil. The birds are moved into alfalfa fields to reduce pest damage, while other tasks include training a girl to flirt and an actor being urged to accept an encore.
An Irishman naps in a Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church and, upon being asked to leave, disputes the church’s closing time. He surveys wall paintings of the apostles and wonders when Saint Luke and Saint Mark converted to Protestantism.
A brief item notes the death of seven year old Tommy Wise after a late reward prompt. Details indicate a local incident with sparse context and no further information on circumstances.
Pedantic Old Gentleman lectures a waiter in a London cartoon sketch. The waiter replies with a witty line about speaking ill of elders. The short dialogue hinges on courtesy and respect in a dining room setting.
A dialogue shows a man offering 300 francs for a set of furniture, only for the seller to reveal it sold for 325 francs. The exchange underscores trust and the sting of being underpaid as an old friend questions the loss.
Dialogue captures a captain recounting 781 ocean crossings, noting a silly prompt forces the recall on each voyage. The quip highlights memory and routine aboard seafaring life.
A local hopeful for the legislature faced a fall from grace after a newspaper published a photo from years past showing him with a waxed mustache. The image cost him support and he was no longer considered for the nomination.
A Wal tham druggist warned a customer to fumigate bills for microbes but the clerk quipped that a microbe could not survive on a drug clerk's salary. The exchange occurred on a Saturday evening as faded silver certificates changed hands.
A humorous note recalls Dr Goodly in a serious discussion with a lady parishioner about a billboard featuring a striking lithograph of 24 chorus girls leaping in the air. The scene mixes solemnity with a risqué visual.
In Iowa a man patents a bedstead that holds a mattress on rollers and pivots. A caution advises a restless user to move toward a safe object or close all room windows to avoid harm.
Alfred speaks to his father as his mother urges him to share a message, revealing family dynamics in a domestic scene.
A brief courtroom style exchange shows a judge hearing a proposal with a cautious suitor seeking an option on the daughter’s hand while the judge weighs the terms of marriage.
A collection of quips and quibbles on life health and manners. Observations about truth advice love and perception mingle with light humor on manners and gender roles revealing a bygone urban voice.
The text offers pithy lines on desire for stardom, hair color, gossip, optimism, pride, and propriety. It includes quips about Cordelia, grass widows, honest work, a woman writer’s kiss, and notions of reverence in romance. The tone parodies social norms with wry humor.
A collection of wry aphorisms on love reputation and money. The piece humorously notes how sighs measure affection and how style can delay debts while a physician in downturn loses patients. It playfully references Maud and a sentry guarding a nap from his knapsack.
A collection of brief sentiments about women from Tolstoy Bourget Irving and others. The lines contrast venerable motherhood with woman as pleasure instrument and a call to inner fire in adversity.
A quirky column notes that large dairies milk by electricity and that happy marriages stem from clever lying. It claims Belgium is the most densely populated country with 636 people per square mile and cites average brain weights of 3 lb 8 oz for men and 2 lb 11 oz for women.
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