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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1882
Page
9
A Brooklyn Bayle item recounts Mr. Spoopendyke’s botched shave prompting a hunt for court-plaster. The plaster ends up stuck to fingers, lips, and chin as he argues with his wife over care, while she cleverly retrieves the correct piece from the clock.
The article argues that women historically made preserves while men hunted and later society shifted to buying goods. It notes the ritualized, costly process of making preserves and the low consumption rate, with only nine percent eaten by households. It advocates letting men buy preserves as they do shirts and stockings.
An extended examination in the Pall Mall Gazette questions the Panama Canal plan. It cites earthquake damage to the Panama Railway, health and fever hazards, hospital capacity, and high mortality among workers. It contrasts Suez experience, warns of costs rising from twenty six to sixty million pounds, and notes possible competition from a Nicaraguan route with a US guarantee.
In Stockton California the Democratic Convention scene recalls Dr. C. V. Williamson of Lodi once famed as a war horse and poker player. Stopped by highwaymen on a night ride back from a patient he declared his identity and the band leader, recognizing the name, offered him tobacco and let him go.
A collage of short items notes canary birds, wood, jam spoils, and odd arrests. Reports recount a canary collection, a wood consignment, and raspberry jam replevin. notes on a kerosene lamp explosion, a police court theft, and a frightened witness remark. Observations cover a one legged boy, New York meals, Calabasas killings, and sensational forecasts of a 1883 storm.
A curio piece notes a German composer creating an Ik gg Po'ka a polka to cook eggs. Directions on back advise placing the open score on a piano desk and dropping an egg into boiling water while playing in tempo to achieve a soft yolk. Hard-set eggs result from a slower rendering.
A St. Louis Globe Democrat reader advises curing earache with a pinch of black pepper placed on cotton dipped in sweet oil and inserted in the ear, followed by a head wrap for relief.
In London for the first time the blue ribbon worn with Catholic religious symbols. Cardinal Manning accepts a position in the Blue Ribbon Army alongside Rev. Newman Hall and states he supports any cause guiding souls to light as the work of God, not tied to a single creed.
Somerville Massachusetts police chief applies boy natures insight to resolve a pay strike at the Somerville Glass works. Workers faced a choice to return to work or enroll in school, leverages compulsory education law and prompts a settlement. The Boston Post notes the tactic exposes youths views on compulsory education.
The New York Graphs notes the Prince of Wales reportedly owes 3 million dollars, hinting at financial strain amid royal duties and a distant press venture in the empire.
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