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Newspaper
Remington Reporter
Location
Remington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1879
Page
1
A tale set on a farm shows a dying husband kissing his wife Ruth before death. Their simple quiet life, once filled with romance, contrasts with daily chores and worldly needs. Neighbors like Lucy recount the last words and a lingering hope in true love that endures beyond death. Margaret E. Sangster in Youth's Companions.
Mr. Barkdale is mistaken for a suitor by a lively group of New York girls staging a surprise for Kate Keliford. Amid laughter and confusion, Barkdale ends up sharing fate with the real Nott Greenfield, then marries Barbara after a night of comic misrecognition and social missteps.
Mr. George M. Higginson, resident of Chicago for 36 years, argues Illinois prairie land and river access will drive Chicago growth. He predicts a 2,000,000 population by 1890, with canals allowing ships from Chicago to Liverpool and back laden with goods. He notes America’s higher male-to-female population and the potential benefit to Britain from Illinois agriculture.
A Philadelphia railroad crew at work on the Amazon river shares life in the forest where fruit is scarce and meat from the forest becomes a staple. Monkeys are hunted and cooked with improvised methods, followed by attempts with parrots and large fish, while health and nerves are discussed amid harsh working conditions.
A British report by Mr. Drummond examines US trade, noting expansion mainly in provisions and breadstuffs. He compares American and English steel, cotton, machinery, and small tools, highlighting lighter, better finished American products and urging purity and cost reduction to maintain advantage. He cites English wages and labor force, and predicts improved manufacturing times if producers cut costs and boost worker welfare.
The article explains fainting as a temporary failure of heart action causing vision loss and possible collapse, with no convulsions. It notes a range from pale feelings to complete swooning, asserts seriousness requiring prompt treatment, and attributes fainting to over-sensitive nerves and weak muscles with a feeble heart in some individuals.
Edward Havemeyer, son of a late New York millionaire and nephew of ex mayor Havemeyer, fell in love with and married Miss Carrie Weaver during a winter stay at the state asylum for the insane in Kingston. After consent from his mother and a period of recovery, the couple wed, moving to Middleton after a spell in the city. The union lifts a poor girl from poverty to a life of comfort.
A reflective piece imagines future progress from 1878. It contrasts century old travel by coach and ship with the iron horse and steamers, foresees faster Atlantic passages, gas powered lifeboats, and potential aerial and undersea freight innovations, pondering who among today’s births will witness these distant advances.
A Chambers Journal excerpt recalls an extinct colonial legion officer whose grandiloquent talk hid weak word knowledge. His son’s courtship with Miss Dash prompts Mrs Malaprops pompous claims and misquoted phrases. The tale plays on canards, salts, enameling, and post mortem fancy.
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