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Newspaper
Columbia Spy
Location
Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1857
Page
1
A late 19th century Columbia notice combines a printer’s subscription terms with small ads for baskets, yeast, brooms, and oils. The piece includes a poem “Song of the Editor” lamenting scarce subscribers and the struggle to publish on deadlines. The column mixes local business lines with literary verse in a single page item.
In a tale from Household Words Marion Wilmer, driven by jealousy, plots to snub her husband Frederick’s friend Charles Stevens. A fishing trip ends in a storm where Stevens saves Frederick from drowning, prompting confessions and a new sisterly bond between Marion and Stevens.
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