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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1892
Page
4
Nixon Waterman writes a humorous poem in Puck about preferring rural life over urban bustle. The speaker contrasts city noises and crowded streets with open air, birdsong, and quiet nights on the farm. He imagines roosters crowing at dawn as a sign of home.
An ility tale portrays Olive North as the refined, intelligent daughter of Judge North who ignites envy among Bend women. The narrator recalls hardship, the community’s envy, and Olive’s modest dress and quiet dignity contrasted with Rosy Watts, highlighting social tensions in a small town.
A first person account from Mrs. Harriet A. Chute recounts Olive North and her aunt transforming a poor frontier valley. Initially met with rejection, Olive earns trust through teaching, music, and charity, guiding neighbors through a scarlet fever crisis and building a new schoolhouse and church music program.
A Detroit Free Press critique laments an army of chronic dime borrowers who drain funds and time. The piece mocks their preambles and vices, noting they avoid work, drink three cent beer, eat onions, chew tobacco, and waste a busy man’s minutes before asking for a dime.
The article describes lime candle production in New York theaters and venues, noting reliance on handcraft over machinery. It details sourcing lime, shaping by file and hatchet, waste recovery, and variable burn life from two to five hours, with a typical price around eighty cents per dozen.
A historical overview traces the adoption of adhesive postage stamps starting May 6 1840 in England, noting Rowland Hill's early advocacy and initial ridicule. It covers early use in Paris and Sardinia, Brazil’s 1843 stamps, the U S adoption in 1817, and the shift to stamped mail across nations as designs evolved.
A breezy miscellany recalls the grieving Princess of Wales after Albert Victor's death, quirky tales from Florida to Wiesbaden, and family recollections from the Astor circle. It notes figures like Ollivier, a French prize, a German shopkeeper jailed over a hoax telegram, and a young Washington boy named Harry who mimics biblical patience.
A collage of witty exchanges and social quips from 19th century papers. Jokes about burns, theater tragedies, hair, proposals, and manners parade through brief vignettes and light anecdotes, reflecting humorous daily life and societal norms of the era.
A New York Tribune excerpt describes elephants in captivity, noting sunstroke risks from sun exposure, the benefit of shade, and why elephants roll in mud to clog pores. It recounts a Park incident where an elephant injured a man and a mare attacked a restrained elephant, ending with the animal’s death.
Cyrus C. Adams argues that map reading goes beyond symbols. A skilled reader perceives terrain from hachures colors and scales and converts map distance into real travel effort.
The article describes summer evening gowns in diaphanous fabrics such as gauze chiffons and grenadines with large floral prints from the Pompadour period. It notes white gauze with rose spray decoration, silk linings, seamless shaping, high waist corselet, a rose chiffon chemisette, Duchess de Berri sleeves, and antique lace trim. A joke about a divorce suit appears from Puck.
A collection of household hints covering bread preparation with buttered slices, scalloped corn, banana toast, potato soup, beefsteak Spanish sauce, and Everton Toffee. Also guidance on home building: sunlit southern exposure, kitchen placement, summer kitchens, and proper kitchen doors and ventilation to avoid odors and heat in daily life.
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