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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1885
Page
3
A New York Times tale follows a fancy skater from down East who wins a Post Office daughter and marries after a dramatic rink rescue. The manager recounts how the lovers met on a roller floor and wed soon after an arm injury to the would‑be rival.
From the Boston Herald the piece describes a vast Havana fortress perched on rock, noted for its brutal history and alleged political imprisonments. It cites executions, dungeons, and the captain general controlling citizens as prisoners, while criticizing Spanish rule and tyranny in the Americas.
The piece discusses labeling schemes for history columns as profitable for newspapers and notes political cousins Dawes and Evarts, grandsons of Roger Sherman, connected to 1793 Senate service. It recounts Dickens's death, a Grief-stricken English visitor at Gad's Hill, and a waiter’s wit, then sketches extravagant NY fortunes with a gilded youth chartering a palace car and circling the world by yacht.
A Baltimore Herald column records farm and city beliefs on forthcoming weather. It cites February signs such as grass in January, adder’s head to peacock’s tail in March, bees in May and July, and a dozen proverbs linking rain, cold, and harvests with seasonal timings.
The supply of sponges for soft flesh of wealthy New Yorkers has become a trade in itself with tip-shaped sponges of fine texture bringing as much as 15 to 20 dollars.
Mr Bonner stated he paid 377000 for thirty five of his ines flyers Maud and Poca ontas costing 40000 each.
An Andersonville Georgia physician brags that his watch is three years old and his clock is over 150 years old, both running and keeping good time.
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