Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
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V--Q.-Q“The
things that women can make the most out of nothing are a hat, a salad, and a quarrel.”
That dainty bit of “wit” was contributed for printing. It is customary for communications to be signed before they are printed, and this one was anonymous. It should be ignored, but there are two trains, of thought (no cracks, (please, about their being a string of empties) on the item’s being anonymous.
To begin with, it is evident a man wrote it. Thought No. 1: if he’s married, he was afraid to sign it. Thought No. 2: if he isn’t married, he still knows better than to sign his name to a statement like
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