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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1891
Page
4
A lyrical meditation on memory, courage, and tranquil homeland. The verse speaks of memory shielded from sorrow, enduring summer light, and a peaceful heart that denies pain, with imagery of roses and calm faces in a stationary, hopeful scene.
Two brothers from York hatch a butter theft plan and travel to New York to sell a summer haul. After a failed hotel stay and a midnight break in, a gunfight erupts with a red headed burglar, money is found under pillows, and the brothers barely escape back home, faces red with shame and a tale for Jenny and Clara.
A Sunday traveler tricks a landlord by drilling three holes in a cask and using the landlord as a stop. The thief escapes after the landlord, unable to halt the leak, runs to fetch a tap and never returns, leaving the innkeeper to wait for churchgoers.
Hostetter McGinnis proposed to Miss Esmeralda Longcoffin last week. She refused and urged him to wait until Saturday to see if he would marry despite his plan to reveal a new suit with lavender pants. The tale appears in the Texas Siftings column.
Bulfinch compliments his husband on a clever speech described as impromptu. Mrs Wooden agrees noting he spoke tired yet delivered well after staying up all night preparing the lines.
The Golden Bough notes various rain charms from Georgia to India, Transylvania, Peru, Sumatra, Bechuanas, Timorese, Garvs, and others. Methods include naked processions, animal sacrifices, black animals to darken skies, and ritual roles for women, dragons, and slaves.
A Medical Record article argues that anatomical differences between men and women, notably the knee, pelvis, and foot, create functional limits for women. It claims women lack brain substance and skeletal structure suitable for certain labor and soldiering, framing equality as a matter of knee and pelvis.
A snippet from a humorous column recounts Snaggs-Hello meeting after a month away down south in Florida. An alligator allegedly bites a boy on the St. Johns River, but the punchline jokes persist. Additional quips touch on medicine, fish handling, and a burned donation due to no fire.
Fragmentary timetable notes list Plainfield New York departures and connections to Newark Easton Allentown Reading Harrisburg Pottsville Mauch Chunk Wilkes-Barre with multiple quoted times and stations. The garbled OCR preserves route names Swann Somerville Easton and 6.00 to 10.00 p m travel windows with several intermediate stops and car changes.
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