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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1883
Page
5
The piece traces the evolving use of Lady as feminine of Lord and notes shifts in rank and ceremony. It then recounts a tale where a bachelor challenges a kiss bet and, after public reward and arrest, is later welcomed by Upsala’s governor and rises to prominence as a Swedish scientist.
A penniless student in Upsala admires a beautiful governor’s daughter in the town square. Laughter and libations of youth surround the moment as a spectator exclaims that a kiss from her mouth would be worth a month's imprisonment, reflecting playful courtship and social limits.
Fur lined garments come in short visites long casaques redingotes and loose dolman cloaks as well as large circulars. Solid color linings include brown mink gray squirrel backs chinchilla and black Astrakhan with royal ermine for evening. Prices range from thirty five to eighty dollars with rich silk garments and plush linings for carriage and evening wear.
A method prints colored patterns on porous paper then applies a cement coating to create faux stained glass. The process, tested over five years, claims ten year durability with regular varnish and soap cleaning. The venture cites hotels, churches, and blocks as customers and notes costs about one tenth of genuine glass.
A lengthy, harsh caricature of Piute people describes them as degraded, nomadic, and dependent on whites. The narrative mocks their customs, gambling, drinking, and scavenging, portraying them as a societal nuisance while detailing supposed tribal breakdown and behavior. The piece centers on stereotypes and emphasizes perceived moral decline.
In Detroit Free Press style, Charles Barnaby defends patriotism in a courtroom drama as he faces sixty days in jail after opposing a mockery of the Declaration. The exchange sparks debate on loyalty, freedom, and national symbolics in a saloon confrontation.
The Minnesota Tribune reports a Osakis Minnesota banker, the town’s wealthiest man, built a tornado resistant house. The design features acute angled corners, oblique weather boarding, and thick cellar walls aimed at withstanding storms while the structure anchors to its foundations. The banker's wife is said to inspire the angular style to deter tornadoes.
Reno Cor N Y Sun reports a Native gathering where gambling with shell tricks and chants fills day into night. A Piute chief’s wife bears twins. tradition threatened but saved by the mother’s pleas. Tensions with Washoe people are described as exaggerated myths by Piutes, while actual clashes since 1863 are noted as rare.
Boniface De Roo a Hol land native who spent seventeen years in Akron Ohio where he died recently left ten thousand dollars to the city his entire fortune. He suffered a severe illness at eighteen that damaged a lung yet he lived to seventy two due to prudence. He traveled widely seeking favorable climates and distrusted doctors. He recalled Waterloo cavalry in his youth and once held a French officer’s horse, during that conflict.
DetroIt Post notes barbed wire fencing prices have fallen by ten percent over the last quarter. The quirky remark adds that cows now use the fencing as a hair brush.
A Western Rural piece by C. H. Allen notes neglect of child body training versus animal care. It argues fathers neglect physical development and mothers lack knowledge of nutrition, urging balanced feeding, activity, and rest to build strength for future duties and religious life.
Charles Green of West Virginia plotted to marry Ella Foster against parental consent. He enlisted two friends to kidnap her, abduct a preacher, and force a marriage. Charles then backed off delaying the wedding, while his accomplices held him at gunpoint.
The New York Mail notes a Boston paper printed the coal sheds of Mount Auburn instead of the cool shades of Mount Auburn in one of Ben Butler’s speeches, highlighting a misquote and transcription error.
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