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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1881
Page
5
A discussion of Mark Twain as a humorist grounded in common sense and justice. The piece notes his intolerance for pretension and folly, his reforming streak, and how his laughter targets abuses. It contrasts his genuine spirit with lightweight newspaper humor and cites scenes from his European travels and Baden springs dialogue.
The passage criticizes active women who prioritize form and order over comfort in keeping house, deeming them pests to society for neglecting the house’s purpose of housing people and the need for sensible direction of energy.
Advertises syrup of tar to soothe coughs colds croup and whooping cough. Sold for 2 cents per bottle by druggists.
Advertisement describes Harper's Bazar Harper's Magazine Weekly and Young People subscriptions with pricing terms postage to US and Canada and options for cloth binding. Offers eleven annual volumes cloth bound $7 each with mail at postage paid and fees for cloth cases. Recommends money orders for remittances.
Vicks Illustrated Floral Guide offers a 120 page book with one colored plate six illustrations and growing directions priced at 11 cents. Seeds can be ordered at a deducted 16 cents and Vicks seeds are promoted as best. The guide and garden books also list German or English editions and a monthly magazine at 1.25 dollars yearly with specimen copies available.
The poem describes intimate vows and tender caresses under stars. A speaker recalls a deep, evolving romance with longing eyes and whispered promises. A second voice asks how to deepen love, while a third contemplates frank confession and shared desire.
Harry Fleet, a Newburg blacksmith with a three generation homestead, faces mortgage pressure from old Squire Mitchell. His wife Margery, clever and loyal, schemes to avert loss as rumors swirl around Margery and her potential former suitor, Sawyer Knowles, testing their marriage.
In a rural tale, Margery hides a secret mortgage stash while Harry, Jealous and dutiful, confronts debt. Margery reveals the aid left by uncle Heth as Harry wrestles with pride. Their reconciliation comes with a husband’s tears and a renamed Bird’s Nest years later.
The Indianapolis News notes Italy gains eighty million francs annually from lotteries while poverty and demoralization grow among the lower classes. It argues small savings are drained by lottery tickets and warns against the appeal of gambling, drawing a contrast with a New York discussion on modern courtship and class pretensions.
A romantic verse excerpt from the Indianapolis Herald contemplates tomorrow as a fragile promise. The lovers vow to meet again, but the poem warns that tomorrow may bring silence and distance, changing their tender pledge.
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