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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1889
Page
8
A verse piece narrates a pampered pug in a grand coupe observing a destitute girl in the street. The dog boasts about luxuries and care while contrasting a pug’s life with a barefoot girl, ending with a playful envoi about wishing to be born a pug.
Don Eastern abandons one betrothed for another, choosing the pure Mignon over the alluring Jane Langdon. Jealous passions, marriage, and social ambition drive a circle of infidelity and longing, ending with Mignon’s death and Don’s lonely grave beside her.
A Harrisburg Hashington letter describes Judge Bricker of Clarion County hosting Sunday gatherings. Guests share a carved smoked beef wedge, a buckhorn knife, and a small jug of cider. The judge reappears the beef under the bed, marks it, and the ritual repeats each Sunday.
A Royal Institution talk by E Muybridge on instantaneous photography shows quadrupeds excluding camels moving first on two then three feet. The fore and hind feet positions vary with each step as legs extend or tuck under the belly. A critic notes poetry writing may be in decay and invites agreement.
A collage of humorous quips and cartoons ranging from umbrellas and telephones to misheard lines and love jokes. The piece lampoons social manners with brief gags about professors, salesmen, and everyday misunderstandings, ending with a pun on polygamy and monogamy.
Frost killed numerous conger eels washed ashore on England's southern coast. Some reached seventy pounds, seven feet long, and twenty four inches in girth. The event is described as a rare occurrence not seen since the Crimean War.
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