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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1893
Page
6
The piece examines picnics as centers of romance and social theater detailing couples choosing shaded spots, the role of lemonade committees, swinging stations, and carnival-like entertainments. It notes widows attract attention, public opinion, and the humor of observers, while highlighting the social dynamics and economic quirks of gatherings.
The Rost of William Cullen Bryant notes a plan to mount the poet’s bust on a monument in Central Park New York. Architect Ergestlage designed the pedestal and monument of pure Italian marble at a cost of 20000. Inscription will include Bryant’s titles and the poem Thanatopsis.
A garbled, era-spanning recap blends praise of Bryant with humorous travel sketches and social quirks. It recounts Bryant’s literary standing beside Irving and Cooper, a Minnesota campfire tale of mutton, a clever dog, and a caricature of an ignorant songstress who mispronounces Goethe and Werther.
A quip filled piece discusses reverence for mother tongue and correct grammar. It warns against double negatives and misused pronouns while clarifying nominative and objective cases. It explains common misuse of nice and lovely for a wide range of meanings and reminds readers to consider context when praising appearances or manners.
A Nova Scotian maid, six feet tall, hired by a troubled household, is blamed for salt being forgotten. The husband, tired of daily orders, tells Christie to fetch a stepladder and inspect the table for salt, only to reveal the salt was missing again. The Bacus Record reports a humorous household miscue.
A New York City rector at Trinity Church, De. Werman, regarded as kind and intelligent yet a poor speaker, is offered help to secure a better living after a country clergyman, earning only five hundred dollars, asks Dr. Berrian for support. The elder replies he has served Trinity Church for forty years and has no desire to move.
A fragment cites a biblical warning against women who sew pillows to armholes, referencing Ezekiel xiii 18. The line mocks balloon shoulders as a fashion failing from ancient times, framing Waterbury Americap commentary on style.
The cathedral of Antwerp claims the world’s tallest church steeple at 476 feet, asserting its height over other cathedrals. The note cites Antwerp as home to this record height, marking a landmark in ecclesiastical architecture.
The fragment notes that no British sovereign has vetoed parliamentary will in 185 years and mentions Kaigall at the equator with a remark on average rainfall around 100 inches. The readable text is incomplete for a fuller summary.
A dense collage of quips and witticisms from various papers, highlighting humorous misprints, malaprops, and social jests. The items riff on a wide range of topics from railways and money to superstition, with many named newspapers and editors as the sources. It reads as a miscellany column of light humor and quaint remarks.
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