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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1883
Page
3
The piece recalls spring’s tonic and a boyhood friend, lifting the speaker to memories of a schoolroom door, grasslands, and bygone days. James Whitcomb Riley reflects on spring, childhood, and the lure of Time's wooden yesterdays in a lyrical meditation.
A nameless narrator recalls choosing love over wealth and status. She inherits sorrow from an unloved childhood, contemplates marriage to Reginald Dacre, and reunites with Alan Leighton after a false impression of betrayal. In a moonlit church vestry, she retrieves a note and faces future with Alan.
A critique from Atlantic Monthly argues American society centers on young girls and marriage driven by market dynamics. It contends the pairing system shrinks educated, socially active women and pushes eligible men aside, shrinking the social circle to intimate tefe a tefes and small coteries.
The piece surveys American magazines surprising British readers with vivid illustrations and fresh literary content. It notes authors like Foster earning large sums, while others like Mrs. Akers Allen receive modest pay though publishers profit. It includes portraits of notable figures such as General Spinner and Professor Henry Croft, plus a human-interest note on Frederick N. Crouch. It also mentions Mrs. Frank Leslie and the Saratoga house anecdote from the New York Star.
A Kentucky bred stallion named Onondaga, owned by Milton Young, was chloroformed and blinded to curb its temper at stud. A veteran veterinary surgeon denounces the act as a dastardly cruelty, suggesting goggles as a humane alternative and warning the horse may become morbid and lash out.
The Shah of Persia supports a stable government while his vast stable holds four hundred horses. Fact focuses on the ruler's belief in stability and the extent of royal wealth expressed through the equine herd.
A collage of witty remarks and light anecdotes from historical newspapers. Jokes about cannibals, broken legs, doomsday, rubber shoes and fashion. quips from reporters and readers. a neighbor’s house styles and a shopper’s depot tolls.
A Kearney street broker’s window displayed dummy money as a lure. Two youths smashed the plate glass a fortnight ago and stole counterfeit greenbacks. Yesterday a thief named James Neary forced entry with a cobble and pocket handkerchief, grabbing brass discs resembling twenty dollar pieces, including a real double eagle top coin, before losing several fake notes.
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