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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1889
Page
5
Retrospective verse contemplates day ending and life’s passage from Miltonvale Kansas. The speaker recalls childhood and manhood, sorrow and triumph, while night yields to dawn and a hopeful divine rest at the universal home.
John Ratchet, a hard pressed foundry worker, shelters a destitute old man during a harsh storm. The stranger, Grandfather Dill, dies leaving a will that hints at a hidden heir Priscy. John discovers Dill’s fortune exists only in his imagination until a Pomfret tale reveals Priscy alive, a missing daughter who reclaims the estate for a rightful heir.
A dated sketch praising Black hotel workers in the South and North for politeness and cheer, noting similarities among waiters and a humorous table mix up at Everett Hotel in Jacksonville, with a literary citation to Max O Kell’s "Jonathan and His Continent."
A collage of humorous vignettes and quips from a historic page. It mixes streetwise humor, conversation snatches, and parlor anecdotes from various speakers, including references to money, marriage, and social scenes. The piece catalogues playful banter and observational wit across several voices.
A medical note compares washing the stomach before meals. Washington youths use stomach pumps as courtesy, while the British Journal of Medicine recommends drinking water to cleanse mucus and aid peristalsis before breakfast.
A youth studying for a government clerkship faced the exam question of the earth sun distance. Lacking the exact figure he quips he cannot state it accurately but doubts the sun is near enough to interfere with his duties if it gets the clerkship.
A Texas Siftings item depicts Mrs. Pancake and Mr. Borrowit discussing a winter settlement. The landlady suggests it may be time to settle their living arrangement, hinting at stabilizing the situation for the season.
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