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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1882
Page
3
A dialogue on longing, adventure, and the pull of distant peaks. A youth yearns for distant treasures and love, while the other urges caution about perilous climbs and the rewards of staying home. The verse explores desire, danger, and the lure of the sublime as the speaker contemplates journeys and memories.
A German prize story translated to English recounts a couple who adopt a sick mother’s child. Jealousy and longing for love strain the marriage until the child’s illness brings them together, ending with renewed affection and a vow to love their own family dearly.
A survey of literary and public figures from various papers notes Wilkie Collins as modest genius, Victoria Woodhull’s social standing, young brides and debonair counts, Captain Cobleigh and the James A. Garfield canal boat, Canadian weather prophet Henry G Vennor, Mayne Reid eccentric dress, Artemus Ward’s lecturing wealth, Rev B Hurst’s linguistic studies at a forge, and Julia Ward Howe on idols of affection.
A French paper quotes a postscript from a letter to the Duc de X in which the steward apologizes for writing in his shirt sleeves due to excessive heat, reflecting a courtly plea for politeness amid harsh conditions.
A collage of jokes and quips from 19th century papers. Regions include Cincinnati, New Haven, Detroit, Boston, Burlington, Lowell, and Washington, parodying ads and social mores. Topics range from advice to apprentices, real estate boasting, tobacco courtesies, loot wordplay, luggage mishaps, water rights, masher culture, and cigaret humor.
A citizen with a soaked umbrella visits a hotel to see someone upstairs. He leaves the umbrella to drain and pins a note warning of a 250 pound blowback, then returns fifteen minutes later to find the umbrella missing and a counter note stating the thief walks ten miles an hour and won’t return. The detour ends as the unusual exchange unfolds, reported by the Detroit Free Press.
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