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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1882
Page
3
A humorous verse by H. C. Dodge in the New York Graphic mocks marital roles with listlike duties for husbands across trades. It warningly cautions against betrayal and urges careful support, respect, and compliance with a wife’s various occupational fantasies, from shoemaker to doctor and mother-in-law.
In a primitive 1840s Indiana setting, Harold Inskip and his ward Jennie McMillan endure a moonlit trek through forests to reach safety from pursuing wolves. They are rescued at The Hill by a party of hunters, saving them from a brutal attack. The tale closes with prosperity in the county and the couple later marrying, with children recalling the story by the fireside.
In Jefferson Market Court Judge Kilbreth hears a dispute between a German grocery owner Fritz Hoffman and a boy Patrick Duvall who admits threatening to fight. Hoffman claims the boy harassed him and his mother, Patrick says he warned to defend himself if bothered. The boy was discharged after a night in custody.
A collection of brief notices covers Poetic commemorations for Longfellow by Whittier and Freeman's praise of Americans. It notes Edward Freeman’s favorable view of the U.S., Wellesley’s delicate health after marriage to a sister of Owen Williams, and Chandler’s Concord roots and Navy service. Also summarized are Wood Hite’s death linked to Jesse James, W. Clark Russell’s life, Jesse James and his mother, and Garfield works editing by James R. Osgood Co with Hinsdale as editor.
The Chicago Times quotes a Missouri governor stating he will not pardon horse thieves, deeming petitions useless. He says other criminals may hope for relief, but horse thieves must serve their full sentences unless higher state interests dictate otherwise.
Tommy the big headed dwarf with a head like a bushel basket and horned protuberance died. His mother sold the body to a Philadelphia surgeon for 30 dollars, according to the Chicago News.
M Damala met Bernhardt last August and expressed a passion for the stage. He asked to join her troupe and she admitted him to the company under the name Dala. This brief note records his entry into the act with the New York Post as a reference.
Murat Halstead of the Cincinnati Commercial and the Typographical Union reach accord. Quiet restoration follows after a publicized dispute on this side of the Rhine.
A collage of wry quips and jokes from various papers. Burglars kept at bay by leaving valuables at the doorstep. a gnash-Barol stage actor. a horse grooming machine joke. a husband’s stance on future life. elephants possibly playing billiards. a truancy quip. rheumatism cures by lightning. dialect sketch about trousers. an orange peel mishap and a drunken stumble anecdote.
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