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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1883
Page
3
A humorous ballad recounts Duke Friedrich and his duchess fleeing a burning city with a newborn daughter. As pursuers close in, the infant’s nursing moment saves them, and the happy fugitives declare that the child could inherit the crown. The tale ends praising the baby as a defender and future duchess.
A reading boy Ned Wright endures a harsh farm life under Farmer John Baker. After a violent outburst Ned seeks a better path, leaving for work in a Milton printing office. Years later as a teacher, Wright’s aunt Jane Baker attends his State Teachers’ Association address titled The Poetic Principle, finishing with Wordsworth lines.
A profusely illustrated feature describes ostrich feather harvesting in South Africa. Birds are penned or crowded, blinded with a stocking, plumes cut and later pulled. pain and bleeding are common. Primaries begin white, shifting to gray and black. female feathers are smaller. Feathers are stored with pepper or camphor to deter pests, often by an agent preparing them for market.
A reader praises Mr and Mrs Sinfield for photographing a tattered flag they revere, corrected facts about the banner from the 3d Excelsior Brigade Dunkirk connection, and recalls a Sanitary Fair at Loeb's Hall on February 22 1864 with a wartime poem about the flag and battle.
A wartime poem recounts the flag bearing tale of the Excelsior Brigade in Dunkirk. It honors fallen captains and soldiers Doyle Brooks Darke Holland and others, recalls battles such as May sacrifices, and closes with the flag’s ceremonial return to the town.
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