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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1891
Page
4
A collage of jokes and odd lines from various newspapers. Bits include playful exchanges between characters, a Cadillac of witticisms about the Century Dictionary, a dash of travel and rail humor, and light remarks on court, business, and agriculture. The collection showcases era-typical banter and social glimpses.
Period timetable notes for the Central Railroad of New York and connections. Includes departure times from Plainfield and Plainfield to New York via various routes, with through coach services to Williamsport and Easton and lists of stops such as Allentown Mauch Chunk Tamaqua Pottsville Shamokin Wilkes Barre and others. Also shows Sunday and weekday departures and connections to Easton Bethlehem Allentown and Flemington High Bridge.
A garbled excerpt attributes to Kate A Bradley in the Detroit Free Press. The verse recalls summer imagery, longing, and perpetual love with lines about four leaf clovers, dew, and paradise. The readable text preserves romantic sentiment despite OCR distortions.
In August 1835 at the Presidio, Lieutenant Anderson courts Pachita de Bola as a dramatic bay tale unfolds. A second, quieter encounter follows near the wharf with Senorita de Sola, while local figures like Don Luis Arguello and Ensign Tiburcio Mendez loom with family ties and duty.
A dramatic eight day ordeal near Angel Island and Raccoon Strait recounts Corporal Pedro and three sailors guiding their battered boat toward the Golden Gate while sharing water and food. Senorita Padita de Sola and Lieutenant Juan de Echean pledge union as rescue rumors swirl.
An excerpt details a sturdy ferryboat and ice breaking vessel built to keep a winter channel open in the Mackinac Strait. It describes the hull as blocklike and heavy with engines, noting its role as an ice cutter using weight and suction to crush and move ice, enabling passage through extreme winter conditions.
A fragmentary political quip piece mocks honesty in politics and politicians. It wields rural imagery and anti establishment tone, praising farmers as the country’s lungs while lampooning national leaders and patriotism.
Reflections from the Atchison Globe quoted in the article highlight that over time troubles pass, sobriety affects judgment, manners extend beyond forks, and reputations follow spouses. The piece muses on pity, tomorrow as today, and the rumor mill surrounding a young woman's woes.
Health hints discuss home remedies for sore throat headaches hay fever and poisoning. Advice mentions hot salt water foot soak menthol and carbonate of ammonia for hay fever and a mixture for decontaminating swallowed poisons with warm water salt and mustard in tea. A half glass of sweet oil is noted to render many poisons harmless.
A review notes rising gold and silver holdings across major nations. France doubles reserves in ten years while the United States Treasury and banks hold about 700 million in precious metals. Germany and England maintain substantial vault stocks as global wealth expands.
A column notes minuteness in nature and places in Britain. Spiders four thousand to a hair, the world’s smallest church seats twelve at St. Lawrence Isle of Wight, Wainfleet parsonage pays ls 1 a week for ten souls, and Ben Lomond bears a two inch dwarf willow.
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