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Newspaper
Chariton Democrat
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1887
Page
4
The speaker recalls distant voices and lost joys, pleading for a return to memories and a resolve to endure. The poem counsels quiet endurance, work, and a firmer will as darkness covers the hopeful path. It invokes sleep, memory, and the guiding stars above as solace.
In a moonlit frontier town a young man seeks help from a Justice of the Peace, troubled by Mary who has spurned him after a late romance. The judge recalls his own faded past and confronts a web of desire, reputation, and moral doubt as Mary’s fate intertwines with L’s infatuation.
A distraught woman advances a selfless gesture for a beloved but vows to avoid dragging him down. She vanishes into a harsh night, later found dead in the snow with a letter to her love, and the story ends with the grieving couple and a grave marked simply “Mary.”
An Arkansaw Traveller recounts a confrontation between a Black cotton worker and a white buyer over a heavy bale. The buyer accuses deception, while the worker insists the cotton is genuine and warns against taking wood hidden in the bale. The exchange ends with the buyer vowing no further dealings with the seemingly unscrupulous white man.
In Bridgeport Connecticut two years ago Beardsley Brothers bought fifty acres at Seaside Park for a dune dump. Government dredge mud, dumped near shore, yielded a surprise as a spring tide revealed a bed of vigorous young oysters among old shells. The venture turned into a potential oyster farm beyond prior expectations.
The article describes extracting floral scents by layering purified grease on glass frames, loading them with petals, and stacking frames to absorb perfume for months. The resulting pomades are used with alcohol to create floral waters and extracts for export, with coarser pomades boiled or pressed. Spent pomades serve toilet uses and fragrance oil is dripped through cloths to absorb scent.
Describes Andalusian women wearing mantillas or vibrant kerchiefs and hair styles, while Andalusian men wear red sashes, velveteen jackets, knee breeches, and Moorish knives. Notes the peasant’s attire and the swift, sure movement of guides along mountain paths cited from the Gentleman's Magazine.
The Cologne Cathedral displays seven in masonry and ornament from porticoes to side entrances. Seven niches, pedestals for statues, seven chapels around the High Choir, and seven times measurements for width and height appear throughout the detailed design. The article notes seven pillars and seven-aisled layout with dimensions repeatedly tied to seven.
A New York physician argues opium addiction implies insanity in chronic users and outlines effects on mind and body. He discusses treatment limits, dosing tricks, death outcomes, and routes of administration, referencing cases from his practice and broader observations.
The American Machinist argues that hands on shop work equips boys with practical skills colleges cannot match. It warns that many graduates lack usable trade knowledge while many who attend college benefit from broader learning. The piece urges youths to value schooling without despising practical training.
A fragment notes a new firearm edge with steel bullets replacing lead, claiming superior performance. The text suggests a debate over advantages and potential government or field evaluation.
A collage of quotes and witticisms from various papers includes reflections on bravery charity and renown, observations on social manners and courting, humor about streetcar etiquette and farming, a note on the Orinoco explorers, a joke about future careers, a paper-weight quip, and a statistical aside about clergy workloads and earnings.
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