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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1891
Page
3
A fragmentary verse note reflects on a world waking from dream-tortured sleep. It contrasts a hopeful city and country with birdsong and a longing for love while acknowledging distance and memory as life fades. The lines hint at human emotion, aging, and impending separation.
A fragmented article references global famines of the present century with dates 1833 1840 1860 and 1291, notes a Dundee stamp owned by Sigmund in Vienna, and mentions Hebrew studies and a private poem collection. It also hints at Ventura in California and a push of midship clothing and passports, ending with a cryptic line about an order and departure.
The readable passages blend religious themes with legal references and personal narration. Snippets mention a suit, a drawing room, jewelry, a king, and a verdict in a vague, reflective style. The overall sense is a collage of court, affection, and moral conflict.
Belinda Bosworth recalls spying on Obediah Bosworth and a Masonry secret at a town hall dedication. She accuses him of joining the Free Masons and exposes his staged humiliation at the ceremony, delivering a sharp critique of his actions and the secret rite.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt notes a street car scene where a self styled observer studies fellow riders. A meek man is teased by a boastful passer by who forces him to exit. The observer muses on human folly and universal error.
The Athenæum describes a late century engraver Becker who produced counterfeit Greek and Roman coins. He aged surfaces by sealing specimens with iron filings and driving them to wear. After flooding the market with counterfeits he confessed and began selling honest bindies, influencing many collections with Becker's dies.
A boarding house keeper remarks oysters live to age fifteen as a star boarder eats one, claiming it is that old. The Chronicle Telegraph notes this humorous exchange about seafood longevity.
A brief dialogue shows Miss Wayback and Mrs. Wayback discussing a death rumor and someone named Pain brushing his bat, ending with a punchy exchange about good news.
Licorice roots come from Asia Minor along the Tigris and Euphrates with small shab plants near water. Winter harvests dry slowly, then shipped via Bayilad to London and America for tobacco products. Spain supplies black licorice sticks made from pure juice with starch to prevent melting. The name licorice derives from Greek meaning sweet root.
Four years after Dom Pedro's survival from illness, Rio de Janeiro issued gold medals to Dr. Simmola, Dr. Charcot, and Count de Motts Mala. The emperor, later exiled, sent the medals back, and his phrase "fatherly emperor" evoked bitter memories as they circulated.
United States Army statistics from late 1890 show enlisted heights from four feet nine inches to six feet four and one half inches. The tallest serves in Arizona, the shortest in Missouri. Weights range from under seventy nine pounds to up to thirty eight, with an average height of five feet seven inches and an average weight around one hundred fifty nine pounds. Ages span sixteen to sixty six, average about thirty. Noted: during the Mexican War General Turnor commanded a seven feet one and a half inch soldier and another aged seventy four.
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