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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1891
Page
3
An American woman surveys life in a Middle Eastern harem under French rule. She describes brutal social codes, child brides, and marriage practices, noting policed veiling, seclusion, and the contrast between religious law and civil law. The piece contrasts male authority, veiled women, and cultural dress with tableaus of courtyard life and attire.
The Contemporary Review discusses Australian mortality and social conditions, contrasting high general comfort and intelligence with turbulence and lax commerce. It cites Victoria statistics on insolvencies, convictions, and deaths, comparing Australia to the United Kingdom, Switzerland, England and Wales, Ireland, Denmark, Paris, and London, noting Australia’s relatively high death rates and the need for clearer town statistics.
Reported by the Cincinnati Times-Star an anecdote recalls a preacher declaring that social standing matters at prayer. The Iron Duke, the Duke of Wellington, knelt beside a peasant and replied to coming whispers with Let remain there, there is no rank at this altar. The tale critiques social branding during revival services.
A post-mortem was held over a valuable bore in Sherman Michigan. A half bushel of foe sand was found in its stomach. The passage of short clover pasture is suggested as the likely cause.
In 1890 England imported 309 tons of tomatoes valued at £40,000 from the Channel Islands. Most went to London, with Liverpool Hull and Newcastle also receiving sizable consignments. Islanders pack tomatoes and other soft fruits in light wicker baskets lined with paper, then seal with twine for steamship shipment. Azores and Canary Islands also send large lots to London. Northern France sends shipments neatly packed with colored paper shavings, a method that boosts appeal. Small quantities have come from the United States but distance hurts perishability.
A historical excerpt notes geological upheaval forming Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands, creating coastal fjords and coal deposits. It highlights Vancouver Island seams, Nanaimo mines supplying fuel, and a recent prospecting success finding two twenty foot bituminous seams and a harbor four days from San Francisco.
Kenneth Pritchard captain of the British steamship Tangier recounts a perilous episode amid Buenos Ayres rioting. He was seized by two bayonet guards and forced to join the firing crowd, served three hours, escaped near the arsenal, hid in a gutter as grapeshot fired, and afterward wondered if he fought Union or Confederate forces.
Francis Wilson tells a tale praising himself while a chorus member, hampered by drink, is dismissed for poor singing. The dismissed man challenges the decision and taunts Wilson, who replies with witty calm, affirming his superior stage voice. The exchange ends with Wilson asserting his voice would still be better than the critic’s.
A barnyard tale contrasts a peacock and a hen over pride. The peacock ridicules the hen for her mate while claiming men excuse pride with a proper foundation. The hen argues men admire hers for courage and vigilance, while cackling at the rooster’s vanity.
A collection of short notes covers microscope power in Munich and 11 000 magnification 16000 in twopeecs volcanic moon activity claims by Prof J L Ray Ashland Va an avid collector G W Dunn California horn winged crickets many plants and aphids use sluchinum for photographic flash lighter than magnesium Hopkins University thermometer valued at 10000 with delicate graduation Yale records show son smokers lighter lung capacity Amherst classes show heavier weight larger dimensions and greater girth in male students cable 06 mentioned as part of ongoing tech tests in Switzerland and Germany with compressed air pipes low power loss signaling cable driven systems.
A jumble of short items notes a deaf mute visitor in Topeka with an alarm clock, a Georgia farmer with wives, a fiscal epoch oddity about water, tax plans to burden bachelors, a Chinese compositor’s type frame specifics, and details on the braddy aquatic plant and its eel-trap like leaves. The fragmentary text blends curiosities, local color, and technical notes in a period newspaper style.
A collection of aphorisms reflecting on fame, virtue, wealth, and social behavior. It contrasts love of glory with heroism, wealth with generosity, truth with falsehood, and describes how value shifts between public praise and private conduct. The piece links everyday life to general maxims, noting human foibles and social pressures.
A compiled sketch shows Daniel Frohmas an errand boy, James Edison a telegree operator, Roswell Flower a corner grocery clerk, Henry Abbey a corner theatre player, Senator Quay starting as a wood saver, Senator Proctor entering office as a village taxman, Senator Gorman as a page in the Senate, Jay Gould a surveyor and teacher, Burton of Fort Bend born a slave then prospering on plantations, Adams of Adams Express once a stable helper, and Milton Sterrett of Houston rising from steamboat waiter to real estate fortune through plantations.
A collage of quips and snippets from old papers references poets editors and jokes. It notes indictments by the district attorney and sly barbs about cigars seasides lodges and public manners. The tone evokes late 19th century humor columns and urban chatter.
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