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Newspaper
Cambridge Herald
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1884
Page
4
A playful farm tale unfolds as a shy bride gazes on a tan faced groom, the parson nods, and the couple bursts into joy with a bean laden wedding. The bride clutches the cherished beans, leaping down from the window sill to share prize harvests with laughter and cheer.
Marm Lawson, a dignified seventy, hosts tea for three aging women and her granddaughter Levina. Rumors about Levina's health simmer as Marm clings to the damp, mildew-streaked home. After years of resistance she finally leaves for her son's, but returns to fight for Levina and her cherished homeland.
A Digger Indian known as Buckhorn drives a buckskin harnessed team of two large buck deer at Big Meadows attracting a crowd. Buckhorn, high Chief of local Diggers and seasoned guide, is said to be fairly well off with ponies and livestock and has used the unusual team for years, even sleigh rides in winter.
The Troy Times notes on legendary and historical giants: Chang seven feet six, Patrick Cotter eight feet seven and a half, Eleazer ten feet six, William Evans eight, Goliah nine four, Loush kin eight five, Maximinus eight six, John Middleton nine six with a seventeen inch hand and eight and a half inch breadth, plus a preserved eight foot six skeleton at Trinity College Dublin.
A collage of historical gibes and product blurbs on punctuation errors. It cites mispunctuated notices affecting lamp contracts in 1819, a toast misprint, drug ads, and various patent medicines, with brief examples and sales pitches including Brown’s Bronchial Tradies, Hough on Toothache, Bucka Paiba, Rough on Rats, Wells’ Health Renewer, and grape shot quips.
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