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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1891
Page
3
A lyrical passage presents imagery of ecstasy and weather changing from gloom to blue, with mentions of Dicky-bim swine, poles and sings, and fairies. It concludes by naming Florence E Prats in the context of this flowing, dreamlike verse.
Grandma recounts Patience who wooed Reginald Bruce against her father and faced ruin. Patience slips away with a key to elope yet four swordsmen confront them as the tale unfolds with old family feuds and daring mistake.
Old Deborah recalls Patience's escape from a dangerous marriage to highwayman Captain Squier. The bandit confesses love, vows honesty, is captured and dies by poison before gallows. Patience remarries a good man and learns of the outlaw's death.
Dialogue between Mr Blinkers and Mr Levelheal reveals a censured engagement and youthful ignorance. The exchange mentions a betrothed daughter, a young son, and a proposed postponement amid social constraints. A separate note lists a waterproof blacking formula using beeswax and spermaceti.
A letter outlines slang and social labels with definitions and stereotypes. Terms include Right Sort, Good Form, Mash, Smart Woman, Outsider, Smart Man, Johnoy, Duck, Jolly Girl, Good Chap, Chaff, Smartness, A Young Married Woman, Bounder, Duck neuter, and Slabces, highlighting class prejudice and gendered expectations.
A fragment notes an 8 hotel Ins Hor sailing to New York on December 23 and a first appearance at a New York theatre with a $453 farm item value in Arkansas. It mentions selected spring plans and a plan to turn someone over to Wind- in an unclear context. The readable text references Afghanistan and inviting him to Wind- without clear details.
A catalog of trends in men’s fashion cites dull satin peck wear fabric plain pongee or China silk handkerchiefs favored by well dressed men. The wide cuff London style is out while snug fitting cuffs and American made suspenders gain appeal. Colored neckwear shades and avant garde mulberry hues spark shopper interest amid general dress critique by Clotalier and Furnisher.
A collage of quips and jokes from various newspapers. Bits include advice on conduct during engagement, a policeman trick question, actor and elocution jests, poker caution, a judge’s remark, a machine that could fling a man into the air, and a breakfast toast gag. Names and origins span Puck Washington Star Indianapolis Journal Somerville Journal Good News New York Sun.
United States farm mortgages total 15 3580 5750000 dollars. Eight thousand five hundred churches built in the nation. Twenty million acres held by English in U S land. Pittsburg horseshoers win return to ten hour workday. AFL eleventh annual convention to convene in Birmingham Alabama on December 14 1891. California servant girls average 25 dollars monthly. Nurse maids 15 to 8 dollars. cooks 90 dollars and up. Oil boom site in Pithole Pennsylvania sold at tax sale for 100. Chicago sweatshop girls eleven to sixteen years old work fourteen to sixteen hours daily earning 1 to 5 dollars weekly.
A Dallas News reflection notes that foolish behavior in men attracts misfortune and that consistent employment guards against ruin. It quips that even the best people may drift into mischief when idle while joking about justice and wedded life.
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