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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1891
Page
3
A fragmentary poem speaks of grief and sympathy arriving unbidden at a doorway. Dark crowds, a lonely heart, and the longing for a comforting word mark the mood as Susan A White in Boston Traveler records a troubled scene.
In June 1887 near the Republican River forks General Custer's camp endures a stampede as Sioux bands attack. A young hunter and his three companions flee. scouts Jason and the narrator pursue to recover them. They find McHenry's dead horse and captive, follow Indian trails, and face a siege where the Sioux feign peace while massacring others. The narrator, marked by a wine-stain birthmark, witnesses the tense pursuit and encounters with the hostile camp.
A former naval sailor recounts his capture by Pawnee and Red Trail’s band, enduring torture of a companion, disguising as mute, and a dawn escape that led to uneasy pursuit. He later reveals his role as a government scout and his subsequent manhunt across the plains.
Dr Costa of Portuguese origin reports a new substitute for gutta percha called Duid. It is solidified, insoluble in water, and flows to a Nivpl cantem. It grows wild in Cancan district and is planted for hedges. It hardens in cold, can be cast into thin sheets, and captures impressions well. White when flowing, dried form is chocolate color resembling gutta percha.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a young widow and her children debating marriage prospects among several suitors including Mr Webster Mr Fish Mr Dixon and Mr Sheldon. The scene ends with the mother preferring the first proposer in Greensburg Sparks.
Reports detail Colorado oil wells netting 500000 in 1890 and 11000 miles of canals built since 1880 supplying irrigation for 6000000 acres. Hungary sees 18 percent rail revenue rise after zone fares cut by 80 percent, with passengers up to 7000000. Memphis bridge plans total 8000 feet with tall piers and a central span of 621 feet. Nearly 150 ships head to Baltimore for grain, while Russia eyeing the longest electric railway. Virginia and New York propose 13 million bonds at mixed long-term rates, New Orleans aims to become a top port, and Europe faces a breadstuffs deficit with grain moves to Europe discussed.
Reporter notes Gladetone delivering his maiden speech on June 3 1833 and traces power behind the Russian throne Pobledonostsefl ts. It describes London Lady Mayores Mrs Evans and her marriage to Count Eugene Logothelli, a Austrian lieutenant, and a Chicago bound Cincinnati yeast magnate’s daughter. It cites Queen Victoria's secretary Sir Henry Ponsonby wealth and house, the Marquis de Urquijo death taxes, Dudley life insurance record 6 million, Wanamaker 5.25 million, the Prince of Wales 2.625 million, and a Swabian ancestor famed for a large waistline.
A collage of editorial quips from Chicago Buffalo Philadelphia and Louisville mock or praise political figures and events. Observations range from anarchists and reform to emperors presidents and spies with humor and sharp comparisons. Notable tones vary by paper.
A garbled collage of quotes and stray phrases from life papers. It includes pithy lines on headaches politeness labor love and social duties with scattered attributions to Lowell and Yonkers periodicals. The text reads as a rough OCR extract with incomplete sentences and broken punctuation.
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