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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1870
Page
4
A comic tale of Jonathan courting Sal under a deaf old man's gaze. Misadventure follows as braggadocio and mistaken bounty collide, ending with Sal's fate sealed and a comic muddy debacle. The piece blends humor with cautionary romance and a late-night meditation on sleep and health.
A drink madman, Joe B, wanders to a tavern on Connecticut baking day then returns home muttering about divine fire. His wife, irate, retorts that the Lord won t burn them if he finishes the wood. The scene riffles with religious talk and domestic tension.
A humorous piece portrays hens debating women’s suffrage with a parody of a convention. An ancient hen presides, crowing roosters interrupt, and a call rises for female lawyers, doctors, and trade to shape a new order while others mock the idea.
The Ohio river near Metropolis yields the body of a young woman tied and shoeless with bark strips, hinting at murder. A Tennessee river find six miles from its mouth mirrors the same fate. A Paris banker cages cashiers to curb defalcation, but workers reject the confinement, revealing the futility of the scheme. The notice ends with a job vacancy.
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