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Newspaper
Democratic Northwest
Location
Napoleon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1887
Page
2
A fragmented chapter recounts Shirley Brownie and Rip's schemes to stop a wedding, Brownie's jealousy, and a daring plan involving a letter and a train, as Edgerly returns to Linwood and clashes with Brownie over class and propriety. The scene shifts to Linwood’s social edges, with Mr Edgerly and the English visitor influencing local hearts and future matches.
The reminiscences recount John Godfrey Baxe, famed as a witty satirist and voice of the 1840s 50s, his works like Progress and The Proud Miss McBride, his move to Burlington Vermont, his later lecture career, the ruin from a railroad accident, and the series of personal losses that followed, ending with his life in Albany with his son Charles G. Saxe.
The speaker urges a rising talent to stay local and study in San Francisco rather than Italy or Germany. He recalls consulting Gen Miller and French surgeons in San Francisco about eye surgery and notes the city’s advanced medical knowledge as a contrast to distant paths.
The Jamaica labor exodus to the Isthmus, with 64 000 leaving 1883 to 1886 and 22 000 still absent this year, raises wages and threatens sugar production as planters consider suspending operations. Returned workers save earnings, buy land, or bank funds, signaling future prospects for the Black population. Mary Stop your flatteries, or I shall hold my hands to my ears. John wishes to be complimentary.
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