21 Apr 1887
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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1887
Page
1
A playful tale of Cupid teaching a maiden to use charm to win Damon. The archer assigns her a weapon of smiles including eyes dimples and teeth, and the maiden’s smile finally wins the love she seeks. Cupid proclaims the smile the surest wound.
In Arizona Territory a veteran prairie scout Jack Ankerney aids Capt. Raton and his daughter Neleta after Apaches raid. The scout guides a daring rescue, is fatally wounded, and is mourned as he dies aiding their escape to safety with Dick Arguson.
A collage of jokes and witticisms from various papers includes quips about health, travel, love, and daily routines. Items reference sensible humor about weddings, clergy, furniture, and common misunderstandings, with snippets from New Haven News Boston Commercial Bulletin Brooklyn Eagle and others.
A Wolf trapped by a Hare fears for his life but the Hare mocks his cowardice. The Wolf explains his mercy to hares in the past. The piece ends with a moral about accountability and a boastful remark from John L.
Blinks argues that virtue pays in the long run, recalling a charitable act that aided a sick window clerk. The jeweler boasts of saving a struggling worker preying on charity and revealing he hid five thousand dollars of stock under the man's pillow.
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