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Newspaper
Brimfield Gazette
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1879
Page
3
A narrator recalls pressures around selling the farm and moving to town. Jones offered cash for a quick sale with a down payment discussed, while the speaker reflects on work ethic, pride, and modern temptations. The passage contrasts rustic labor with town life and hints at family tensions.
A narrator recalls solitary wanderings on mountain slopes with a guarding vision named Elspa the Wise Woman who saves her from a peril on the misty hills. She returns home to family, hearing of a suitor named Edgar Neville and a mistaken match, only to discover love is renewed with James Edward Neville as the true fiancé.
A late 19th century recipe outline details using white paper and boiled oil for covers on jars and a mink boil mix of milk and water with candied filings for cleaning stains. It advises renewing drained parts with ink and applying a solvent blend including spirits, vinegar, antimony batter, and turpentine to remove old and new stains from furniture.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls President Taylor and First Lady Sarah Taylor, with anecdotes of Taylor’s cordial greeting, public aversion to life, and a candid 1840s dinner scene referencing Lincoln. The piece also includes a Washington correspondence by Ben Perley Poore, recounting office-hunting zeal and a Lincoln rebuke in the War Department.
A verdant actor mispronounces a line during a minor scene in Pizarro, prompting the troupe to roll the offender. The exchange devolves into a comical miscue as the crowd reacts to the bungled palm and casique gag.
The piece recounts an anecdote about seeking the sutlership at Point Kent and an interview with Secretary of War Stanton. It contrasts the stern treatment with President Lincoln's humane responses, including a moving scene with a distressed mother and a humorous exchange about railway apples. It also notes Lincoln’s remark about too many applications for limited offices.
A young woman recalls her father's death and sudden guardianship by Uncle Ritson in Cumberland. She narrates arriving at a cold, restrained family home, feeling forsaken and solitary as she battles grief, impulse, and isolation while mountains frame her sense of freedom and entrapment.
Report from Trespa Francisco notes heavy rains across California with strong winds indicating continued wet weather and the prospect of abundant crops next season.
A crowded train tale recalls a gent with homemade wine unable to free the cork. Neighbors offer tools, fails, and misadventures unfold as Aldermen and a conductor mix with a rumor of a boy’s failure at a revival and a curious scene around Elder Hide amid a teasing crowd.
During a Hamlet performance in New York the graveyard scene unfolds with a grave-digger joking about skulls and rewards. The crowd reacts as Booth struggles to keep straight, Horatio loses control, and Owen Fawcett remains unamused by the comic interlude in a Bloomy churchyard setting.
A garbled fragment describes a misdirected letter from Ireland and a widow questioned about a son whose address was misaddressed. The tale hints at social scrutiny and a sharp rebuke for the confusion, noting a woman questioned about the intended recipient and a penitent reaction.
The New York Tribune notes a letter addressed in a name had no such letter. The writer followed the printed letter head but erred in giving the town and state. It highlights prompt attention to work by a wagon and plow maker and a note on instruction adherence.
A humorous incident in Caroline county Maryland involved a chapel member named Marvel dropping a tobacco quid into a onlookers eye during fervent prayer at Shepherd's Chapel. The man was fined three dollars, prompting reminiscences of similar theater mischief from London and a tale about tobacco in a solemn setting.
Guidance for reacting to smoke and fire with practical steps. Stay low to avoid fumes and cover the mouth with wet cloth. Use doors and windows strategically, keep doors closed, and call for outside help if needed. Seek outside rescue if stairs are blocked and know hotel exits.
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