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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Times
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1882
Page
4
The readable text centers on a family called Blinks and their extended domestic disputes over hospitality, kinship duties, and financial pressures. Tone mirrors a moral saga with neighbors, a minister, and a dependent relative prominent, detailing social strain, legal threats, and community judgment amid a prolonged lodging crisis.
A long prose piece describes frontier life in Dakota with a Woman's Bureau voice, letters from the East, and a vivid Dakota townscape. It contrasts rugged settlement scenes with observations on women and daily labor, money, weather, and transit amid a growing boom town.
An odd tale of a traveler to Buraie and locusts carries comic boasts and rebukes. A reader recalls a boastful Irish youth Barney and a Yankee in a schoolyard debate over bravery, ending with a painful lesson after a dare with a pin. The piece mocks boasting and vanity among youths, noting later reflections on clever wit and consequences.
The excerpt discusses Daniel Webster with a focus on his upbringing. It notes his mother and sisters taught him to read early, his public schooling emphasized reading and writing, and his passion for reading and poetry shaped his development. It mentions his memory of Dr. Watts hymns and Pope’s Essay on Man, and reflects on the scarcity of books and the habit of rereading treasured volumes.
A San Francisco showman narrates about a ten foot red gopher snake who can unhinge its lower jaw to swallow prey such as a full squirrel. He claims snakes would be shorter in an evolved world where other animals shed their tails. The anecdote from the San Francisco Call presents a humorous yet curious naturalist’s view on snakes and nature.
A twelve year old boy, George Lives, died after a halter tied to his wrist caused a horse to bolt. He was dragged over rough ground and stumps, suffering a crushed head and arm before dying shortly after rescue. Obvious lesson on caution for readers.
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