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Newspaper
Ireton Clipper
Location
Ireton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1891
Page
15
A playful, but rough reworking of the classic nursery tale lines. The poem riffs on Jack Horner’s Christmas plum, noting missteps and social judgment for the boy’s cheeky feat. It hints at pride, modesty, and contemporary commentary through eccentric phrasing and irregular rhythm.
Margery, practical and unimagining, feels a strange foreboding on Christmas Eve as Tom Lansing leaves with their son Boy to catch a late train. A sudden, eerie calm follows, the train arrives unseen, and Tom and the lighted lantern vanish in darkness as Margery’s world halts at 9:45. Special despatch notes a near miss on the Sunset Cutting route when the engine briefly loses control before stopping the heavy train.
Railroad officials estimate the southern California potato crop at 22 500 car loads across Los Bues Orange San Bernardino and San Diego counties. This output would net growers about 300 000 at current prices.
A donated tree arrives under ARC aid program as the community awaits planting. Workers from SP EnerE ware coordinate delivery and site preparation for the upcoming park project.
An elderly man aboard a Weast-Shore ferry-boat carryover tale from the Nin Evening World describes a woman in a fur cape and asks if it is real fur or imitation. He remarks on the fashion, prompting the woman’s blush and a startled exit as fellow passengers react with quiet amusement.
A traveler and a passerby discuss literacy and signs in a humorous scene. The tramp asks what letter a sign shows, revealing a childlike pursuit of learning. The pedestrian praises the boy’s ambition while notes on reading signs like beware of the dog or free lunch opening highlight humor and early education themes.
A Rhode Island woman aged ten years has completed a cross continental journey to San Francisco. This marks her seventh excursion of this kind, illustrating early travel feats by young adventurers and reflecting the era's growing mobility.
A collection of vintage ads tout remedies for colds headaches and fevers including Syrup of Figs and Kemp's Balsam. Also mentions birch glass iridescent film and a word puzzle offer from Dr Harter Medicine Co with Crescent marks. Reports Great Britain emigrants to the U S and notes Blaine grandchildren named Blaine and Cameron.
A fragment reporting Emperor William’s latest hunting outing features a carriage drawn by four white horses. The item blends miscellaneous notes with advertisements and various historic anecdotes, including a catarrh cure testimonial and local business references, all in a concise, period-voice snippet.
The jingle recalls Castoria as a remedy from infancy to parenthood. It highlights motherly care from child to grandchild, emphasizing trust in Castoria for every stage of life.
A collage of items from a historical page covers medical quackery and curiosities. It mentions George W Childs and a hit with Dre Kane's Arctic Explorations yielding about $70 000, a BEEEy treatment by Dr Emyr, and a Beecham's Pills ad for indigestion. It also notes two bodies disinterred in Allegheny petrified and a Japanese person removing a building’s front to reveal interiors.
It is a forthright ad asserting August Flower cures dyspepsia. The copy claims the remedy consistently treats stomach and liver issues with twenty years of success, a large national presence, and a Woodbury New Jersey manufacturer. The sole maker is G. G. Green.
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