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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1891
Page
3
Poetic prose attacks a coquettish woman as the poem traces the tension between desire and aging. It laments fragile romance, warnings of heartbreak, and the toll of lingering feminine flirtation across years. The piece appears in Maxwell Converse's Home Journal.
A former teacher recalls crossing a log road in Indiana where snakes hid as she hummed Greenville. She tests with other tunes and notes snakes retreat when music turns lively or harsh, while observing a robin and a fast-moving cat in the same rural scene.
A man hypnotizes a snake to follow a bright object, grows friendly with it, and shares the experience with a pupil. The piece shifts to counterfeit money, noting two blue silk threads in genuine notes and quotes Treasury official A L Drummond on why fakes reveal flaws and how experts detect tampered notes.
A San Francisco Chronicle interview recalls Chinese comedian Doo Doy Du amid a chaotic New York engagement ruined by critics. The tale widens to Swift anecdotes about dining with Lord Keeper and Faulkner, illustrating old world wit and uproar at dinner tables.
The article recalls Shakespearean reference to the bed of Ware in England. It details the bed as seven feet six inches high and ten feet nine inches square, accommodating twelve people. It notes the bed’s Elizabethan origins, carved elegance, and status as a famed antique item visited by travelers.
A dated pledge from April 1741 by Mary Christian on the eve of marriage. She vows obedience modesty and diligence including avoiding contrariness frugality and kindness to servants and relatives while trusting Providence. The piece ends with a remark that more Mary Christians would bring more marriages in 1991.
A collage of snappy lines and satirical quips from multiple papers mocks writers, workers, and social mores. The brew includes jokes about kneading dough, rein makers, winter quarters, flappers, and editors.
A collection of disparate, error riddled statements on perfuming, libraries, weights, strikes, diet, crops, silver prices, locomotives, Mississippi bridge, U S rail stock, and Washington treasury vault sizes and bullion. Many claims appear dubious or incorrectly stated.
A fragmentary quip filled row of aphoristic lines on theology manners and authorship. The excerpt mocks faulty grammar and belabors beliefs while noting self honesty and limits to power. Included are misread phrases and a Kate Field's Washington quotation about defense hesitation and deliberation.
A Sunday reflection notes fashion hinders motherhood to woman and warns of misguided choices. It asserts truth remains simple and realities endure beyond pretension. The piece jests about closets and skeletons, remarking relatives of celebrated figures bear much of the burden.
A humorous column presents quips on manners and sayings. It pokes fun at jokes about fowl pursuits, cornet bets, divers, and social customs while noting a New York doctor’s advice to a climate change and a Parsee population count.
A Ram's Horn excerpt offers parable like maxims on hypocrisy charity and Sabbath keeping. It contrasts reputation with character and urges personal effort in religious living. The piece uses proverbs about bees pigs and gardens to warn against self serving faith.
A collection of aphoristic quips and satirical reflections on manners fate and public life from a Texas Bits column. It muses on luck calamity perception vanity and social norms with wry humor and odd comparisons.
Mr Sidney Dilion admits he never carries more than fifty conta. Mr Howells will take editorial control of the Cosmopolitan when he retires from Harper's Magazine. Fanny Davenport missed a Kansas City engagement due to nervous prostration and requires a long rest. Florence the actor was near sighted and could not recognize friends in the theatre seats.
Notice announces intention to reopen for friends and customers at the office now located at No 69 Park Avenue in the Miller building. The communication signals a return to operation in the near future with a familiar address and venue.
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