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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1882
Page
2
Poem recounts a speaker confessing enduring love for Josephine amid memories of earlier romance. He recalls shared moments, a gift of wine and roses, and a voyage of the heart, contrasting past affection with present loss and longing for his Josephine. The speaker urges her to seek happiness elsewhere while cherishing their former bond.
A Parisian style bachelor narrates life in a French flat with noisy neighbors on adjacent floors. He clashes with a harpist fourth floor and a scholarly widower, then meets Barbara Willis at a picnic, discovering they both share flats and a romance blooms leading to an engagement.
In 1836 a barefoot boy walking toward Honesdale, Pennsylvania met a boy from a Scotch family aboard a canal boat. The pair befriended, later rising in the Delaware and Hudson company. One became Thomas Dickson, president. the other, Colonel F Young, general manager and railroad president.
A chaotic spoof section features impostors claiming fame from the Spoopendyke Papers and Derrick Dodd, with anecdotes about bed bugs and a mock romance excerpt. It parodies humorists like William Nye and Eugene Fields while highlighting morphia addiction’s ruinous effects and a morphiomania warning.
A Pawtucket resident, angered by chickens she harmed, could not rest after learning the owner planned to butcher them. She later bought the entire flock at a price well above the butcher’s offer to prevent their sale.
Morphiomania in London and New York exposes a new vice as morphia use spreads among women and men. An American orphan, once Refuge House staff worker, returns to “square off” with his former employer, delivering a thrashing before leaving for the western home.
A New York cameo cutter discusses making portraits for notable clients including Garfield and Hayes, describes the cutting process using diamond dust and a lathe, and explains where stones come from and how life and photo sittings are used to finalize portraits.
A writer claiming to be a friend of Payne sent Patti a lecture ticket and a note about his dying wish to hear her sing. Patti responds by offering a seat, while a trickster swaps seats. The tale expands into a plan to influence Worcester youth through library books and teacher complicity.
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