18 Dec 1886
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1886
Page
1
A correspondent recalls fifteen years among Indians, noting refined conduct among some and suspicion of whites. She details teaching women housekeeping, repairing rag carpets, and guiding white visitors, while recounting distrust, scalping history, cattle loss, and the Indians’ slow, resilient endurance.
H H Bonwill, a Friends Society member, recounts her early Indian work during Grant's administration at Quapaw Agency Indian Territory. She describes dire schooling conditions, poverty, and her relief efforts including letters to East Coast supporters, sewing, bedding, and clothing for children, while noting cultural tensions and the Indians’ pride in long hair.
A quip filled exploration notes that the typewriter cannot replace heartfelt penmanship in romance. The piece imagines love notes written by hand as more expressive than typed lines and jokes about the impracticality of typewriter letters in serious dramas and legal cases.
A satirical folk portrait follows a flirtatious young woman through romance and marriage. The piece contrasts her morning bed scenes with evening duties, the sleigh bells, and the groom’s missteps as the wedding looms. It mocks haste, vanity, and social expectations.
An English farmer found a head shaped turnip in his field and had a cast made. A phrenologist declared the cast showed a man of quick perception and perseverance with credulity. The farmer replied he could not send the head as his family had just eaten mutton for dinner.
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