29 Dec 1892
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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1892
Page
1
Fragmentary verse text by Frank T. Stanton speaks of love as a crown and allusion to nature. The lines evoke light rivers valleys birds and roses as part of a poetical meditation on love and devotion. The piece reads like a lyric fragment with repeated love imagery.
Copley receives six invitations from girls for a leap year ball, each inviting him to be chauffeured and escorted. Friend Huntington jokes the invitations are a sales pitch, while Copley schemes to dodge the event, planning to mail some invitations back and escape consequences. As carriages crowd the driveway, Copley contemplates a last minute exit and the chaotic comedy of his predicament unfolds.
The article surveys historical bread materials from America, India, Tartary, and Europe. It notes chestnuts, poppy seed, earth nuts, dried fruit, bananas, and sawdust used in shortages, and describes a ghastly Russian famine bread made from birch bark and other bits, a dark, stony mass that sickens readers.
A shop clerk demonstrates the correct method to roll and wrap an umbrella. He explains twisting ribs and braces around the stick causes damage and shows the aligned roll with the right hand guiding the ribs and the left hand adjusting the cloth.
An elderly man proclaims his daughter’s “practical education” as he basks in pride beside the fire. He dismisses sewing and housekeeping but boasts she can drive a nail every time, insisting the inmost education is strictly practical despite visitor skepticism.
This column argues for better pasture management to avoid overstocking. It outlines rotation schemes mixing plowed and reseeded fields, sheep in one pasture cycle, cattle in others, and even pig and horse considerations. It urges farmers to adjust stocking to forage, not acres, and highlights benefits of keeping pasture grass short and diverse.
A weary man in a crumpled shirt seeks counsel about reconciliation with his estranged wife. The lawyer shows sympathy, but the reveal is a comical dispute over alimony, money, and in-laws, leading to a quiet, ironic moment of moral reflection and a trio of memory lines about daily conduct and virtues.
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