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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1883
Page
3
A nostalgic verse recalling simple courtship, rural life, and adherence to old morals. The speaker contrasts past calm with present change, praising enduring values and the beauty of timeless customs. Written in a reflective, period voice, attributed to Edmund Lyons and noted in No. Sun. 4.
A sixteen year old girl narrates a dangerous, escalating charade of flirtation with Ellen March and her cousin Guy Reeves, leading to secret letters and a forged romance. The plot ends with a confrontation, a public assault, and lasting shame for Aura and her family.
Philadelphia Record recounts Mr. Thomas H. Green defending the old brick front of a house once home to Benedict Arnold. The prior owners linked to Burd and Shippens allegedly forbade converting the property to stores, invoking a dying injunction. A romantic ghost story ends with a fatal duel between suitors.
This excerpt outlines the Brooklyn Bridge project costs and nine year build time. It details bridge width of one hundred feet approaches eighty five feet suspended, traffic capacity for teams and cars, and a daily pedestrian flow. It also mentions a Marylander shooting a colored man on his farm after the man claimed to think he was a crow.
A collage of notes mentions Henry Ward Beecher in a soft felt hat, plus Levantine intellectuals like Brehm planning lectures. It covers General Thomas’s widow, J L Dobbin’s linguistic skills, Rev Henry Tucker’s unpaid long ministry, Fremonts returning to New York, Josh Billings’ payrise, Whittier’s impromptu verses, and Carlyle’s MSS heirs with Froude anecdotes.
A column of quips, jokes, and light anecdotes from newspapers. Items reference locusts, alligator farms, advertising boasts, Mr Partington, lightning in New Jersey, grammar class humor, undertaker etiquette, tornado conduct, and Civil Rights era theatricals with a dialect punch. Notable lines include Wiggins as the locust emblem, a Florida man overrun by gators, and a Rochester Post joke about branch offices.
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