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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1883
Page
3
A humorous exchange from H. C. Dodge in the Detroit Free Press features a slim person and a belle trading puns about apples tree anatomy and growing up. The dialogue pivots on paring an apple and a playful claim of being like a tree, ending with a quip about leaving as a bough.
Walter Allison and his wife Bessie face debt and illness after a baby’s loss and job loss. Catherine Allison learns to make others thankful, giving help to Mrs Vaughn and the Wheelers, and in turn receives renewed gratitude and a Thanksgiving peace with Walter and Bessie.
A passage describes a young woman’s ideal of marriage as a path to independence and social power. It critiques the notion of domestic liberty gained solely through wedlock and contrasts it with the constraints of single life and public scrutiny.
A Cincinnati Enquirer note explains versatile uses for old paper in home care. It recommends rubbing stove surfaces and utensils with paper for shine, using paper to polish mirrors and windows, and covering jars or cans with brown paper to improve preservation. It also suggests placing paper under carpet for warmth and quiet.
The notes sketch Wilkie Collins turning sixty next January and E P Whipple at sixty four. It recalls Blaine's book advance and sales projections, Miss Thompson’s marriage to a Choctaw lawyer, Wanamaker resigning from the Y M C A presidency, and Bertha Crowley learning her inheritance. It also mentions Dr Jones’s reversed wealth, Hazewell’s vast memory, and Mrs Young’s Paris death with infant.
A collage of humorous quips and misread adages from various papers. Jokes about beds and coal duty mark the tone, while snippets feature a book agent, couplets on love, and playful digs at manners and slang.
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