27 Jun 1889
Page 1
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Newspaper
Grand Traverse Herald
Location
Traverse City, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1889
Page
1
Fragmentary verse-like prose recalls melancholy scenes by the coast. Archaic phrasing and garbled names hint at a mournful gathering, sea salt air, and lost loves as a tide of memory washes over a creaking quay.
Joe Barrett and Polly Barrett with Phil Somers and Miss Maud Mortimer drift into a doomed seaside trip. A sudden storm knocks Joe and Polly from the shore, revealing past loves and a fatal conscience. Joe dies after revealing a long-held secret about Polly and Phil, leaving Polly and Phil to cope with the tragedy.
The article surveys mirror use from playful sun-aimed pranks to heliotrope signaling and scientific measures. It notes practical mirroring to locate stones in wells, illuminate dark basements with prism mirrors, and catalogues curiosities about spiders and other creatures, detailing imagined devices and anatomical facts.
A doctor assists a mule with morphia to start a balky animal. The old man offers a dollar to the man who can move the mule, the doctor undercuts him, and a comical exchange ends with the old man agreeing to twenty cents to try the same trick on himself. The tale unfolds with regional dialogue and a humorous misdirection.
The text recounts a quip involving Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, and Lovejoy about the proper length of a man’s legs. Lincoln responds with a humorous, evasive remark, implying uncertainty about the topic and offering a practical stance on leg length. The item sits among miscellaneous notes on moccasins, ozone, and local oddities.
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