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Newspaper
Barre Evening Enterprise
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1808
Page
3
In winter of 1871 a squire recounts a moonlit midnight wedding near Isville. Jim wishes to wed a reluctant partner after years of sparking, promising a half dollar to seal the pact as a backwoods ceremony unfolds. A tale of improvised nuptials and rustic humor from a bygone moment.
An intoxicated passenger aboard a Larimer avenue streetcar clung to a strap as he swayed. At Atwood street he exited with help from the conductor who commented on blind passengers and a man who takes him home each evening, causing embarrassment among two young women.
Recent experiments cited by the London Standard claim certain individuals show magnetic polarity. When placed near a galvanometer and turned, these persons shift deflection first one way then the opposite, similar to magnets. Professor Marius and talan allegedly displayed a north pole at the chest and a south pole at the back.
A visiting Confederate returning from the war encounters a cripple without limbs at a corner. He first gives a quarter, then keeps returning to donate another. The man finally asks why, and the Confederate replies that the cripple is the first bluecoat he has seen trimmed up to his taste, in a blunt moral jab reported by the New York Post.
The piece cites Macmillan's magazine on Welsh rabbit as a joke term and mocks crowds of odd phrases. It also notes Minnesota bogs and a peculiar Rhodes island marriage custom where suitors dive for sponges to win a bride, with Greek sponge fisheries described.
A Californian, age 42, Samuel Harris, controls the pearl and pearl shell market for America and Europe from Tahiti to the Society Islands. He buys from natives, exports to San Francisco and London, and has built a vast network turning Pacific pearl fishing into a major commerce. Harris reviews value, pays promptly, and commands high grades of pearls sold globally.
A stirring reminiscence links the Gibraltar 1806 incident with Commodore Macdonough at Lake Champlain and Lake Erie. The tale shows his bold action to free an impressed sailor and defend a Yankee brig, illustrating a bold early career.
The article records a local debate on how streets should be named aligning residents with the types of workers and community groups on each street. It notes examples from A to Q streets and mentions diverse groups, from navy workers to printers, Chinamen, debtors, and others, reflecting a clash of social labels and urban planning ideas. It also briefly touches on broader historical notes about building and temperamental claims from other sources.
A compilation of anecdotes shows artists misreading texts leading to bald heroines, a boy named Patty turned into a girl, and soldiers depicted on foot yet drawn mounted. It cites James Payn and Sir John Mallais, plus odd beard records and stray signs in shops.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a scene involving Colonel Tarleton and Colonel Washington, with references to a retrial or ruse and a Lady. The text mixes dialogue and stray names, lacking clear events or outcomes. It preserves the sense of espionage and social maneuvering but offers no verifiable date, place, or concrete action.
Fragmentary historical clipping presents various patent medicine and tobacco cessation ads. Mentions names and products such as No-To-Bac and Shilohs Cure alongside generic cures and promotional copy. Contains scattered references to locations and vendors, typical of 19th or early 20th century newspaper snippets.
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