15 Dec 1859
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Newspaper
Altoona Tribune
Location
Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1859
Page
1
A fragment from the Police Gazette lists mentions of criminal cases and public notices including gas and cooking references and a call for individuals to report to a temple for attire. It references Shick Shlomemaker and Aug 12 1956 with details about criminals and six month terms.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference tease wes and fy ear Mist tivl with unclear context. Missing concrete names, places, and dates prevent a full summary but indicate an attempted news tease fragment.
A Maine youth travels to New Orleans where yellow fever claims his life. An aged woman near the coffin begs to kiss him for his mother and comfort the bereaved heart. The poem laments mothers left behind and pays tribute to heroes who died with a soldier like devotion.
In a village tale set in autumn, Charley Gratton woos Nettie Gray with playful schemes and a bold proposal. Nettie accepts after a prank by her brother Dick ends with Gratton asking for her hand. The trio ends in a cheerful wedding at Farmer Gray's mansion.
A 19th century column urges men to wed women who work for a living, praising industrious, prudent partners over fashionable, idle daughters. It contrasts spinning and knitting with moral conduct, warning against choosing a doll over a capable housemate, and extols the value of practical virtue in marriage.
A Hoosier narrator recalls visiting Chickenville and a recent Missouri riot tale. In a grocery a crowd taunts him about a Franklin vessel explosion, offers charity, and asks where he landed after the blast, with the punch line placing him about 370 miles away.
An Illinois editor notes a country greetin featuring mock campaign barbs and casual talk. Snippets cover Vote for Lovejoy critiques, cattle prices, a yellow dress, political jabs, domestic woes, and humorous vignettes of daily life with names and items to illustrate the era’s social chatter.
Two children watching a weather vane on a Universalist church steeple debate its nature. They reason it cannot be an angel because angels have wings, then decide it is a Universalist angel with boots on going to heaven afoot.
A fragmented OCR note depicts a satire scene where a dandy requests milk at a hotel and a landlady. A waiter is told to pass the cow down, implying a clash between wit and truth in a sanctuary of shelter.
The fragment explores how the ending syllable ough in oper and other words has various pronunciations. It weaves in stray lines about dough cough plough trough and a domestic scene with names like John Hattie Peter and a misquoted dialogue reflecting OCR garbles.
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