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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1889
Page
5
Poem fragment quotes Ella Wheeler Wilcox from Cosmopolitan on how early art and feelings fade beside matured love. It contrasts spring’s brightness with midsummer fullness and ends with valuing the heart’s final, deepest affection over initial passion.
A Spanish brig anchored off Naples carries 300000 ducats to fund the citadel garrison. Masaniello leads a fearless Neapolitan mob to seize the treasure aboard with Gennaro and fifty followers. The crew are captured or killed, the prize taken, and the garrison’s hold in the city shifts to the insurgents.
A retold Poe death tale recalls Baltimore election corruption with coop polling schemes. Voters lured into wood hauling, locked doors, liquor and opium, then shuffled across polling places. Butchers on Slaughter House Hill used blood tubs to deter repeaters, a nickname that haunted the city for decades.
George Conklin, a veteran trainer for Barnum, Bailey, Forepaugh and Robinson, discusses progress in animal taming. He cites patience and self possession as key, notes carnivores respond to reward, and mentions the rhinoceros and rogue elephants as difficult. He calls bears the best among tamed creatures.
The south gate of Seoul frames a lively scene of straw booths, one story tile houses, and wooded hills. Officials move in a formal procession with paddlers, soldiers, and magistrates, while masses of white clothing hint at a white dress tradition tied to mourning and royal caprice.
The engagement between Mr. Coates of Paisley Scotland and Miss Clark of Newark New Jersey marks a rare truce in a long running commercial feud between their families. The olive branch diplomacy is praised though the public gains are modest as the thread price is increased to cover wedding expenses.
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