22 Apr 1875
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Newspaper
Brazil Weekly Echo
Location
Brazil, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1875
Page
1
A muddled excerpt discusses reading verse aloud and the stretching of breath. It references a doctor and a theory about lengthened lines requiring more air, noting the speaker feels better or at least as well as before.
Alice May Quinn reports on new papers opening under party lines, fashionable charity events at the Occidental, and a bustling Trade Palace debut with elaborate dress displays. She laments city temptations, teases scandals among reformers, and notes spring fashion trends and Parisian flowers in detail.
A breezy tale unfolds at a summer town as Jack Haviland and Clio Stanley meet in a rain bound grove. He helps her with an umbrella and a romance slowly blooms over three years of courtship and a shy proposal finally becoming a marriage.
A conductor on an Utica and Chenawag Valley line enjoys a lesson in civil rights as a color man refuses to pay fare claiming the act grants him the right to ride for free. The man resists until removal is attempted and then pays, hinting at a planned test case.
A Columbia Tennessee man hawked a homemade hair restorer made from Macaboy snuff and rainwater. He attracted money but daily letters accuse him of fraud, with one reader claiming rapid hair growth at impossible speeds before erasing the claim with garbled text.
A farmer’s son seeks to become a lawyer after meeting Rufus Choate in Boston. Choate instructs him to study Blackstone, describing twenty five years of effort as the reward. The boy concludes farming is easier and more suitable.
Atlanta to Cincinnati Enquirer report recounts Phillips of Kokomo Tribune, a fine looking editor, mistaken for a senator by a reporter while touring a hotel promenade. The exchange ends with Phillips denying being a senator as questions about Mexico and Montezuma are asked.
A Baltimore American reader proposes words for the next spelling match noting ancient and modern terms such as Honorificabilitudinitatibus and nitro phenyl diamine, plus a 169 letter Aristophanes coinage. He bets on outperforming the Bee and hints at publishing the list to gain prep time.
A first edition on fans by M. Blondel traces their origin to the east where a fly flap and parasol accompanied the fan. Feathers dated from the seventh century in China, with uses ranging from court display and cooling to punishment and reward in noble families.
A Chicago Tribune note extols a merry optimistic woman who uplifts her home with warmth and kindness. It recounts a West Jackson Street incident on a State Street car where a confident, polite lady endures crude remarks from a stranger but remains a beacon of resilience and care for her family.
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