His Esthetic Wife
A playful verse exchange between HE and SHE about morning scenes and domestic duties. The dialogue blends romantic imagery with rustic chores and family life, ending with a humorous quip about feeding a brood and daily tasks.
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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1889
Page
8
The Pangs of Hunger in Piedmont Snowbound Village
In Bergoletto near Demonte, Piedmont, three survived five weeks buried by an avalanche in winter 1755. Roccia and family endured famine with chestnuts and goat milk and hid in a stable rack as neighbors perished, later recounting a tale of endurance and loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergoletto
Stura
Demonte
Piedmont
Roccia
Roecia
Deliverance After Five Weeks in Snow Prison
A family recounts five weeks imprisoned in darkness in frozen shelter. The boy died after a week of pain, others suffered cold and hunger yet lived to tell the tale. Milk, a tame goat, and strong family resolve sustained them until rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanticleer
The Englishman Was Silenced in a Boston Parlor
A Beacon Street gathering recreates a lively debate on violence in English and American cities. An English visitor recalls Liverpool street quarrels, contrasting with a mock police absence in England and a wary American debate about coal-heavers and fights, ending with the topic dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
England
Liverpool
Boston Courier
Tarahumari Indians of Western Chihuahua and cliff dwellers
Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka reports on the Tarahumari people of Chihuahua and nearby cliff dwellers. He describes their appearance, habits, and defensive cave dwellings, notes their peaceful nature yet strong terrain knowledge, and estimates thousands in population linked to ancient cliff-dwellings across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chihuahua
Mexico
Frederick Schwatka
Chicago Inter Ocean
United States
Canada
Chihuahua City
Tarahumari
Sierra Madres
Mr. Landean
Bacachie
Chihualma
Arizona
New Mexico
An 1889 Juniper Place churchgoing snapshot in Tangleton
Annals of Juniper Place recalls a Sunday with diverse faiths in tension and humor. Catholics, Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, and Universalists mingle as old Mrs Mackelhan prays daily, Dr Culver and family charm locals, and neighbors skew toward merriment and community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juniper Place
Jerry Smith
Everybuddy
Father Dickson
Monny
Culver Allus
Andressy
Culver Wood
Long
Pattersons
Main St
Patterson
Methodist Church
Cale
Juniper Derry
Awful Vengeance by a Jilted Cook in London
A betrayed cook armed with scissors and vitriol attacked her tailor lover’s Sunday clothes. She cut garments into ribbons sprayed corrosive liquid on socks shirts and handkerchiefs and was arrested the next morning. The incident occurred while the man was away from his lodging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph
Vented Row Between Two Friends Over Brown
A Boston Traveller column excerpt shows Frea denouncing Brown as rude and insulting a commenter by calling him a jackass. Fogg backs the reaction as entirely uncalled for and superfluous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frea
Brown
Fogg
Boston
Hills and Dales on the Ocean
The article discusses M Bouquet de la Grye's claim that ocean surfaces are not level, explaining how salinity and temperature differences create height variations. It uses a U shaped tube analogy and notes rivers and ocean currents like the Gulf Stream produce lighter water higher than denser water, affecting sea level across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Bouquet de la Grye
Gulf
Cane Presentation At School Delivers Quiet Moment
A brief school scene records William speaking after a long pause at the supper table, asking who has the cane. Ana confirms, saying I did. The exchange centers on a small, quiet incident during a school day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Ana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anna Ceres Fritsch
Aurora
Iona
Undine
Sally
Lieut
Schwatka
Eyrie
San Mateo
Annals OF Tangleton
Cookey
Rasu
Hills and Dales
Ocean
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