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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1875
Page
8
A Cincinnati Bulletin piece recounts a street encounter where a bootblack dodges evangelism while mocked by the idea of heaven. The dialogue covers death, souls, angels, and Sunday school as the boy reveals his rough, comic view of life. The debate ends with a grim wartime death count.
A man awakens, drags a carpet outside, pounds and brushes it with clubs switches and brooms. After two sides, he hangs it to dry then vows to stop shaking carpets. His neighbor questions the strange scene as the ruckus continues.
The king was laid to rest in a feather cloak handed down among royal chieftains. His father ordered the body buried in the robe, the last of the family to hold it. Replacing the robe would cost over one hundred thousand dollars, sourced from a million birds with red and yellow plumage. The Delaware Herald notes the Republican party in turmoil ahead of the Fall election.
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