Life, 1914-03-19 · page 12 of 44
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This is an **obituary page** for Mrs. Mary Joinем, an esteemed townsman and prominent community figure who died of chronic clubitis (likely a satirical ailment). The main cartoon depicts a street scene where an adult (possibly a barber or working-class man) converses with children. The caption reads: "Here! What's all this fighting about?" with a response claiming "the giants has a better team than the athletics" and "I can't prove it, an' I'm provin' it." This appears to be **satire about working-class disputes over baseball teams**—likely the New York Giants versus Philadelphia Athletics, with the joke being that street-level arguments about sports teams are settled through fighting rather than evidence. The lower cartoon shows someone at a barber shop discussing oatmeal soup as breakfast, suggesting working-class domestic life.
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492 Joined the Angels RS. MARY JOINEM, wife of our esteemed townsman, William Wood Knott Joinem, passed away last evening at her home, No. 400 Quality Street, a victim of chronic clubitis. The news of her demise comes as an expected shock to her intimate friends, who have realized for several years that she was, at all times, more or less clubatically intoxicated. Mrs. Joinem was prominent in musical, literary, social and religious circles, and will be sadly missed by a large army of admirers, who followed closely in her footsteps, hoping to at- tain to the heights upon which she so majestically stood, As president of the Musical Club, vice-president of the Research Club, secretary of the Art Association and treasurer of the Civi Improvement Society, Mrs. Joinem did a great deal to encourage the develop- ment of intellectual ideals and establish an interest along artistic lines for the betterment and beautification of our city. During the past two years she held. the position of contralto soloist in the Swelldom Avenue Church. She was also a faithful teacher in the Sunday- school, and an enthusiastic worker in both home and foreign missionary so- cieties. The establishment of the Day Nursery and the Old Ladies’ Home i i Barber: wow pO You LIKE OUR NEW OATMEAL SOAP? “SEEMS NOURISHING; BUT I'VE HAD MY BREAKFAST,” “eRe! WHAT'S ALL THIS FIGHTING ABOUT?” “WELL, I SAY! THE GIANTS HAS A BETTER TEAM THAN THE ATHLETICS, AN’ HE SAYS 1 CAN'T PROVE IT, AN’ I'M PROVIN’ IT.” is due, largely, to the untiring efforts of Mrs. Joinem. A few days prior to her death she received her appoint- ment as one of the directors of the Girls’ Industrial School at Safetown. This honor, added to that of secretary of the County Humane Society, which office she has ably filled for some time, is evidence of the esteem in which she was held by those in authority. As a member of the Anti-Cigarette League, Associated Charities, Monday Morning Bridge Club and the Married Ladies’ Whist Club, Mrs. Joinem con- tributed a great deal to the interest of the meetings. Besides a husband, who has the sin- cere sympathy of the community in his accustomed loneliness, Mrs. Joinem leaves a son, William Wood Knott Joinem, Jr., aged fifteen years, whose whereabouts are unknown, he having left home after a misunderstanding with his parents about two years ago, and a daughter Nellie, whose elope- ment with Mr. Noah Kount, last June, created quite an excitement in our city, Mrs. Joinem had been engaged for some time in the preparation of a valu- able book—" Loving Links in the Family Chain ”—which would have been in the hands of the publisher soon. Mrs. Joinem expired while presiding at a meeting of the Neighborhood Con- versation Club, an organization of re- cent date. Her last words were, “Those in favor say Aye”. N. BW. comichooks,