County fairs endure and evolve amid modern changes
An aging essay notes how the county fair remains a cherished autumn ritual while adapting to rural free delivery cars, phonographs, and more distant fairs. It discusses city visitors, racing bans, moral shifts, updated exhibits, costs, and the harvest timing shaping the annual festival.
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Deacons’ Cider Exchange Ends In Widowly Standstill
Two neighboring Deacons pursue a new marriage via a matchmaker scheme for Deacon Brown to wed a Strongsville widow. After a string of overbearing demands from the widow and comic misreadings, the plans collapse with both men defeated and the widow remaining unwed.
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The Old Order Changeth on Private Affairs
A critic notes modern society reveals private life openly while old standards of family loyalty fade. He warns about public discussion of faults within families, yet argues frankness may be needed to expose wrongdoing.
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