18 Jun 1880
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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1880
Page
1
A city tale from Peek's Sun recounts a cruel prank on a man with a new hat. A limberg cheese slice hidden in the sweatband caused vivid fear of smallpox and illness, prompting a doctored postmortem of the hat and a dramatic chase to confront the culprit. The victim nearly dies, misreads a doctor’s diagnosis, and seeks legal and clerical aid as the hat is blamed for the scare.
The Chicago Times notes the Mississippi Volunteers Rifles colonelcy dating June 20, 1846 and their pivotal Buena Vista role with Jeff Davis. It details Taylor, the regiment’s charge, and the battle’s turning moment as they entered the fray. Includes Judge Urquhart on Texas land taxation and an anecdote on onions from a Washington Commercial cook.
A satirical tale recounts a man enraged at the editor who quits his paper, sells coins below market, loses property to taxes, is fined for hunting on Sunday, buys forged notes, hires a big Irishman to assault him, and pays four years in advance to force the editor to restart him. A Logan county Ky. buzzard with a steel foot trap is identified as having been carried away five years earlier.
In Georgia the ladies often hunt rabbits with shotguns. Nobody questions the practice, and it does the rabbits no harm while helping the ladies avoid dyspepsia. Wisdom is better than rubies, yet we chase rubies with indifference to common sense.
A stingy old man inherits a fortune after a sister’s death. To curb his thrift she adds a clause requiring him to give a five franc piece daily to the first beggar he meets. He endures the pledge until he can no longer resist. He contrives a ruse by posing as a beggar to claim alms, the coin dropping into his hat.
The text extols the Smiths gaining an estate in England that will yield 100 million dollars. It praises the family, notes broad happiness, and humorously reflects on sharing the wealth. The piece treats the Smiths as universally fortunate with light irony about distributing small favors after division.
The Buffalo Courier Washington correspondent sketches a scene in the senate gallery with Jessie Raymond holding her child and Senator Hill with his grandson nearby A separate figure Miss Lacey Horton is described as having shot Senator Morgan's son who lies resting on a sofa in the chamber The imagined reunion includes Christiancy with a broom and Sprague with a shotgun in a vivid domestic tableau
A Cleveland clergyman was deposed after his loud preaching disrupted sleep in the congregation. The Boston Post notes that patrons who play keno six nights a week seek Sunday rest, highlighting a clash between nightlife and worship.
A concise, character focused remark notes that the hornet and the male show tenderness toward suffering, always turning away when harm occurs. It contrasts their reluctance to witness pain with their instinct to strike, highlighting a paradox of aggression tempered by compassion.
A government demand for Arctic exploration funding is condemned as unwarranted. The piece argues public funds should not back voyages into the Northwest Passage while Franklin’s fate remains unknown and only limited gains, such as Nordenskjold’s scurvy cure, exist. It urges individuals to fund such ventures themselves and prioritizes agricultural funding.
A passage explains the dangers of alcohol, noting that wine and spirits raise brain blood flow causing facial reddening and quicker tongue action. It warns continued drinking crowds brain arteries, compresses veins, slows blood outflow, and can trigger a fatal apoplexy, describing it as being dead drunk.
In the United States Senate Senator David Davis of Illinois extolled the press as a wonder of the republic. He said it is the bulwark of liberty and a powerful instructor surpassing all except the Christian religion. He cautioned against curb on criticism and urged protection of open speech.
A revived English Bible edition plans to replace damned with condemned and hell with Hades, drawing satire that critics say risks turning hell into a respectable dwelling place if strictly followed.
A countryman angrily confronted a waiter after receiving a napkin the other day. He claimed he knew when to use a handkerchief without any hints being offered.
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