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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1872
Page
6
The excerpt presents alternating states of presence and absence, betrayal and sorrow, with imagery of a rose cherished briefly and a lover's passion fading. It evokes mourning for a friend who betrays and hints at transience of affection. The tone is somber and reflective.
Kate Talbot hopes for Bruce Gaynor but he courts Emily Montressor for her fortune. Rossmore Wylie probes the situation while Bruce sires a marriage to the wrong Emily, prompting a daring escape by Kate and a comeuppance at Niagara. Bruce realizes too late he was used.
The Boston Globe reports a Paris “gourmet” shop near the Halles selling controversial siege era fare. Badgers, cats, rats and other creatures appear on the facade while tabbies in skin and other grim curiosities tempt the epicure without prejudice. A curious venture awaits whether Parisian epicures can sustain such offerings.
Robert Collyer of Chicago argues Nebuchadnezzar was spared in mercy not as punishment for sins. He suggests the king, drawn to Babylonian city life, needed renewal rather than censure.
A discussion argues the tea plant, related to camellia, could grow in the Southern States but faces high labor costs and long time to maturity. It notes China’s manual leaf picking requires extensive labor and questions US viability versus imported tea. An elderly man in Danbury seeks fare information to Bethel amid a humorous exchange about civic pride.
A medley of quips and quibbles including puns about tariffs, dictionaries, peacocks, and editors. It notes a Belfast riot damages estimate of 250000 dollars and a Tennessee subscriber loyal for fifty four years. It ends with a Prescott Miner report on Apache murders and property theft.
A rural scene celebrates the harvest with fields of golden grain and the farmer’s contented labor. It invites all social ranks to share in a princely feast, praising dawn-to-dusk toil and communal merriment at autumn’s bounty.
A verse in Our Young Folks by Charlotte F Bates reflects on reaching eighty with tender images of an elderly grandmother and a grandchild. The speaker measures time by kisses and stairs, concluding with trust in strength and prayer.
Building News explains that lightning instantaneously converts sap in a tree to steam, shattering wood and stripping fibers. When sap is abundant in May and June, the steam can burst trunks or throw sections off along lines of weakness. In drier stems, leaves wilt in days and trees may die even without visible damage. Smaller discharges may travel the moist stem with little effect.
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