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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1895
Page
3
A newly married wife fears a train wreck as her husband Mr Nuwed travels by rail. She endures days of dread and vivid nightmares while awaiting daily letters. A telegram arrives purporting disaster, but the message proves to be a bland clothing delivery notice from a cold wave.
Inclusive slang from a Chicago Record item describes a woman named Miss Strider in bloomers who raises her hat when meeting women in skirts indicating fashion or social norms of the era.
Ruth Ash urges women to prioritize creating a good home over other pursuits. Boarding-house life is harsh for women. a wife should start small, with one maid, and cultivate patience, tenderness, and hospitality to become Mistress of the heart and home.
A Monday session shows Mr Blaine asserting the Mulligan letters were wrongly singled out in the investigation. He declares the letters show him as generous to innocent investors and reads the original package to a stunned audience, rallying 44,000,000 Americans.
A Godey’s Magazine note explains a Dutch courting ritual. A young man asks for a match to light his cigar at the beloved’s door to signal intent. After repeated visits and parental scrutiny a match is offered if approved, or the man lights his own and departs. A second cigar at the third visit supposedly seals the engagement.
A primary grade pupil arrives with dirty hands and face. The teacher scolds him asking if he washed up. The boy replies no one is home so he does not have to. The clipped passage reflects school discipline language from the Syracuse Post.
A humorous note from New York Weekly contrasts European tipping with American habits. It observes tipping in Europe as one twentieth of the bill while Americans freely give quarters, highlighting differing customs in a land of liberty.
Mickie Rafferty woos Mame Madigan in Paradise alley amid talk of marrying her and fixing papers. After a confrontation with Tim Clancy, Mickie strikes him and is arrested by police. a note from Mame promises love and vengeance, revealing their entangled, rough romance.
In Gentryville Indiana Mr Jones the storekeeper drew Lincoln into a reading circle around a Louisville paper. Lincoln gained fame as a debater and orator as neighbors discussed politics and slavery. he walked to Booneville for court and had pieces printed locally. Ida Tarbell cites McClure's Magazine.
London correspondent recounts street doctors, their horse and trap, and pill sales at a penny to a shilling a box. Prices and profits vary by weather and location, with one man claiming up to £10 daily in summer 1894 and mentions of curing “anything except broken limbs.”
In a Scottish tale from Pearson's Weekly, McRad and his wife sift a ledger of overdue debts. They face a stubborn bill owed by Elder Doolittle for a coat and vest. On a Sabbath collection, Mrs. McRad slips the elder’s small bill into the plate and the debt is paid, prompting a cheerful remark on marriage luck.
A historical excerpt discusses human life seeking equality across classes and society, citing Howells and Epictetus, urging restraint of mind and judgment in conduct. The snippet adds a note that over 2,000 patents have been issued in the United States for ink manufacture.
A dated advertorial notes Seorwine Syrup has long served children by easing colic diarrhea and stomach pains. It claims quick relief from upset tummies and gums teething symptoms, urging mothers to seek Droggis’s remedy to comfort infants.
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