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Newspaper
Jefferson Era
Location
Jefferson, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1867
Page
3
A long fragment blends a harvest festival ode praising a fair, wreaths, and a call to crown the true maiden. It shifts to a neighbor’s memory of William Jackson planning a billiard saloon and a cautionary tale of Georga W- who wastes home and life on the game, urging restraint and moral conduct.
The text laments the elusiveness of earthly powers and praises the Bible as eternal, unchanged while nations decay. It notes Assyria Median Persia and Greece fading yet the book survives, guiding minds and enduring beyond kings philosophers and institutions. A parable about grain and pride is offered and a discovery of quartz crystal at Little Rock is mentioned.
A green salesman on his first Boston visit asks a clerk if the shop is wholesale and retail. He proposes a job, then awkwardly requests to buy old shirts to “retail” them, sparking laughter as he explains plans to fix for winter. The piece shifts to plantain uses and quirky terms, ending with a note about Tusquatlco in St Louis.
Paris correspondent reports Abbe Dennis of St Ello parish in Faubourg St Antoine hosted guests who tasted fowls claimed to descend from Dagobert era poultry found beneath a medieval abbey. Eggs over twelve centuries old were hatched after expert advice led to incubating hens with the eggs. The Abbe now keeps Dagobert era fowl and plans a charity sale of “Dagobert birds” for parish aid amid a digressive note on church membership by gender.
A Phrenological Journal style critique argues against flashy dress and external adornment. It contrasts savage and civilized tastes, condemns vanity, and praises simple attire emphasizing comfort and taste. The piece cites women’s trunks, headgear, and a Danish princess as examples, urging moderation over pomp.
A twenty year old Worcester youth, once drinking and aimless, is touched by a stranger who invites him to a meeting. He signs the pledge of total abstinence and keeps it. The account recalls John B. Gough’s exhortations at Exeter Hall and the Academy of Music and the impact of that moment.
A Western New York paper ridicules a pollye for wanting to play baseball, comparing it unfavorably to a game called Craw-K. The fragment reflects on universal landmarks rooted in ancient cultures from Noah to Solomon, traced through emblems and rituals across civilizations.
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