Local Notes and Changes in Fraternal Circles
Local items report new pickle offerings at H C Jentz and bulk onion seed from Higgins and Company. Residents travel to Lafayette Indianapolis Converse and Monticello for visits and events. The Plymouth district Democratic convention is postponed again. A surge in corn planting boosts future prospects while livestock losses from lightning are noted. Brown closes meat market in Engle block amid local business slump.
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Higgins and Company
H. A. Myers
Lafayette
al Shirtz
Will Rees
F. A. Hollett
Valparaiso
Charles Davis
Esta
Indianapolis
George Daseke
P.lts
Maldon
E. L. Delamere
Converse
L. G. Hullinger
Sam Hendrickson
Monticilio
Plymouth
Bol Shively
Ed. Randall
Pleasant Grove
Fred C. Westphal
Ruth Collins
Mises Fay
Francesville
EJ. Collins
Seattle
Washington
Orleans
Ind
R.T. Alkire and Son
Mr. Brown
Court notes cite venue change and dam age rulings in county suits
The Palaski County Democrat reports on a state ex rel B J Moore versus Joe T Burton a venue change to Starke county and amended drainage reports with remonstrance deadlines. It notes Johnsons damage suit against Pan Handle railroad with a 2000 verdict and rehearing granted. Also a Monon duel dismissal final report outlines fees and refunds. Harry Payworth of Lafayette visits town. Lord Byron 1830 matrimony tale ends with Milbankes rejection and arranged letter tale.
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B. J Moore
Joe T. Burton
Mosier
Starke County
John Kolho
Cod Johnson
Pan Handle Railroad Company
Palaski County Democrat
J. R. Guild
You May Love Her From Afar In The Merry Widow Hat
A playful verse notes affection from distance and admiration for beauty. The speaker cautions that despite teasing closeness one cannot truly possess her in the distinctive Merry Widow hat.
Husband's Faith Debated by Clergy's Wife
A troubled wife pleads for help with her husband's shifting beliefs from infidel to agnostic while a pastor's wife offers a chastened view of knowing trouble. A quip from Path der contrasts political economy with a joke about a poor man running for congress whose expenses are covered by friends.
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Mrs. Badman
Papi
Congress
Pathder
GREAT PEAKS OF ALASKA AND THE GREAT MOUNTAINS
William Williams argues that Alaska hosts some of the world’s most imposing snow peaks, including Mount Mechinley over 20,000 feet and Mount St. Elias over 18,000 feet, visible from ships near the coast. He notes the perpetual snow line comes down to 3,000 feet, creating vast ice surfaces 15,000 to 18,000 feet high, and compares Alaskan mountaineering to the Himalayas, Andes, and Caucasus as fields of exploration.
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United States
Alaska
Mount Mechinley
Mount St. Elias
Mount Fairweather
Mount Crillon
Alps
Himalayas
Andes
Caucasus
William Williams
Scribners
Economical Chinese Steamer Cooks For A Dozen
The New York American describes an economical steam powered cooking method. A large cone shaped boiler two feet in diameter is used to cook water and rice at the bottom while placing fish fowl and vegetables atop a frame. Heat rises through a wooden cover with a central four inch hole for a dish heated by steam.
Arab guide in Algiers offers dangerous tours
A London Scraps item mocks guides in Algiers selling tours for francs. One advert promises a “best guide” to Arab cafes for five francs and a dangerous street tour for ten or twenty francs, noting a prior tourist was shot. The couple Mr and Mrs Smith are mentioned as having sailed by a nearby ship.
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Mrs. Smith
Algiers
France
London
The Loyal Servant William Behind Landseer Myths
Sir Edwin Landseer relied on a trusted servant named William no one could access Sir Edwin without. William guarded the portal and denied visitors, even fooling the prince consort with a staged wedding claim. One day William startled Landseer by asking if he bordered a lion when a lion’s corpse arrived for painting.
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Edwin Landseer
William
Edrwin
Hedwin
Sir Edward
Sir Hodwin
London Street Names and the Clash of Language
An essay notes how English speech in London distorts French and Norman pronunciations driving mispronunciations like Rotten row and Marylebone to become Beecham and Ighobon as drivers struggle to understand routes and destinations. The piece mocks the gap between written names and spoken forms in the capital.
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London
Makais Route de Roy
Rotten Row
Marie
Marylebone
Beauchamp
Warwick
Beecham
High Holborne
Ighobon
Ludgate Hill
Lugutill
Thackeray and Archdekne Meet After Lecture
Thackeray faced mild trouble for likenesses in Pendennis including friend Arthur Archdekne as Harry Foker. After Thackeray's first English humorists lecture, Archdekne greeted him at the Cider Cellar club with praise and a jab about Willis's show and a piano quip.
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Thack
Archie
Willis
Declaration of Independence Draft Team Named
The June 11 1776 committee for Independence included Thomas Jefferson John Adams Benjamin Franklin Roger Sherman and Robert R Livingston Jefferson was chosen to draft the declaration after Lee left for home and the document was discussed with general verbal changes but remained substantively the famous paper.
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Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Roger Sherman
Robert R. Livingston
Lee
Jefferson
Naper
Striking Contrasts Between Authors and Their Works
The piece notes that melancholy writers often appear jolly in society, while humorists seem lugubrious in practice. It cites The Comforts of Human Life by R. Heron written in prison, The Miseries of Human Life by Meresford penned in comfort, and Burton of Anatomy of Melancholy known for facetious talk. It ends with a classified ad listing hammocks priced 50c to 3.50 at Higgins & Co.
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R. Heron
Meresford
Burton
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O. Smith
Burget & Co
H. C. Jentz's
Circuit Court Notes
Woddabard’s Furniture
Harry Payworth
Joe Gant
Rayal Center
Byron
Lord Byron
Dee
Milbanke
Ralph Milbanke
Tivron
Political Economy
Great Peaks OF
New York American
Landseer’s Valet
London Word Butchers
Thackeray and Archdekne
Higgins & Co's
Indiana
J. W. Burger & Sons
Canada
North Dakota
Michigan
Northwest
William C Myers Land Company
Francesville, Indiana
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