06 Oct 1892
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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1892
Page
1
The verses invite readers to dream of a land called Nowhere where rain never falls on picnics and children are never scolded. It promises carefree days, endless play, and a journey down the river of idle dreams toward an unknown shore for a year and a day.
In a sunlit nursery Totsy Paue mutters about a baby brother and packs Clementine as she affronts motherhood. She runs away hungry through dusty streets, befriended by a stray dog who guards her until a patrol and neighbors rally. Uncle William finds her at dawn, milk and care restore peace, and Totsy vows never to run away again.
The article notes instinctive early play by mothers with offspring in ferrets cats dogs mares and lambs. It documents various games from leading lambs crossing gaps to pigs racing for first place and birds soaring for pleasure, plus a reflection on how racing and play emerge naturally in animals. It also shifts to meteors and comets, comparing cosmic bodies to evolving life and discussing carbon content in meteorites and the moon’s possible origin from a comet impact.
A woman near Arkadelphia keeps a pampered pig that follows her everywhere and even gatecrashes a church service. While she and her husband ran to avoid the pig, it trotted into the altar area squealing for bread, drawing laughs and mortifying the couple. The tale ends with a question on the humor of the incident.
An Adirondack camper extolls the frying pan as essential gear. He demonstrates frying bacon boiling potatoes baking bread and even sweeping the floor with the pan.
Aly Choy, an Anglo-Indian traveler, helps in Canton with a young Chinese guide Ah Choy. The boy, proud of his English, mistakes brass for bass and village for woolwich, and boasts he could write an English poem after three years of study in England.
In Devonshire the local speech grips those born to it even under stress. A North Devon colonel orders a hare lasing great shaver and forgets commands, asking a drummer boy for the time. A yeomanry reenactment leads to a retreat as Cap'n Pridgen and his men flee amid shouted phrases. A toast to fox-hunting closes the scene.
A debt collector pursues a $13 restaurant bill from a beleaguered artist who delays payment citing a larger liability. He plans to buy shoes on installment and offers his paintings as security, while declining social contact with the tradesman and continuing to work on his studio scene.
The excerpt reflects on a spiritual claim that the Holy Spirit provides a closer sense of presence than earthly companionship and hints that events should lead women to rely more on their own sex than men. The text juxtaposes religious consolation with a social note about women's trust.
A girl and friend debate how to write home from a long voyage. Nell advises writing as you talk, answering questions, sharing vivid details, and saving best news for parents. The scene ends with parents praising a heartfelt, well crafted letter and urging better effort in future notes.
A St Louis Republic reporter narrates weddings at a parsonage with humorous details. A rough young farmer arrives with a whip to wed a girl soon, after securing a license a week earlier. The couple marry after a delay, the bride tearful yet certain Eve loved Jim all along, and the minister’s wife notes the swift, fateful pairing.
The tale of Jessie Brown the Highland Jassie during the Indian mutiny is exposed as a myth. Survivors deny her existence in the Residency, and claims of hearing bagpipes amid battle are debunked as untrue. The legend reportedly originated from a French governess’s romance.
Fragment from a 1857 column notes Jessie has been sent to join William Tell and other dethroned deities, with the Scots publicly giving her up a couple of weeks earlier, as reported by the London Times on December 2, 1857.
Fudan Spare, Colonel, an Indian agent under Cleveland, notes natives misusing government frying pans as thermo for a tabagan slide on a mountain slopes. After a year, demand for pans surges as Indians use them for sliding sport, leading the agent to stop restocking the supply.
A stylistic excerpt discusses the origin of the word kiss from Anlo-Saxon and Gothic kustus, linking it to Latin gustus and kiusan meaning to choose. It notes Rowena introducing kissing in early legends, contrasts with other languages, and cites a view that Australians, Maori, Papuans, and many other peoples lack the custom, highlighting the universal yet varied practice.
G C Cochrane reports on Chinese dentistry in Chinatown San Francisco noting a tooth-puller with teeth displayed from a window and claims of a home remedy powder that causes sneezing to drop out teeth. He warns of dangerous procedures using arsenic and remarks on perceived Chinese fear of operations.
Curious musings on Windsor Castle gowns kept by the queen from coronations and ceremonies. Attendants are urged to part with robes, yet hundreds remain stored as the royal wardrobe endures beyond the queen's reign.
A bizarre coroner’s office advertisement features a coffin with a tattooed dead Samuoin warrior Letunagaife from the Pacific Islands. It recounts his acts during the 1880s ether and notes his rescue efforts for U S Navy crews, his embalming, and the cultural conflict over proper burial amid colonial tensions.
A period summary notes a quiet but extensive French Canadian migration into the United States, especially the Northeast. It reports rising populations in New England and New York, with significant numbers in Massachusetts, and outlines impacts on real estate, agriculture, and education amid rapid cross-border movement.
In a dated critique, the author mocks how women copy male fashions and habits such as clothing, hair, hats, cigarette smoking, and betting. The piece urges women to resist masculine imitations and to cling to traditional feminine charms as the source of genuine power.
A bruised man, Sam Johns, sought arrest for battery and assault, contending the other party struck him with a fence stake after Johnsime reportedly used a weapon. The dialogue shows a tense exchange as a magistrate interprets the events and the accused explains the alleged provocation and mutual rough handling.
An 19th century Tacoma anecdote recounts a frugal husband who abstains from drink and tobacco while his wife receives a monthly sum he would have spent on vice. She diverts it into a fund for their five children education. The fund grows until heirs attend school, with charity and prudent investments noted as the cornerstone of the estate. The story highlights virtue, self denial, and long term family planning as a model for household finance.
A fragmentary report hints at a new element named tsrittma found in the bed of a river, claimed to exhibit unique properties and contribute to validating atomic theory. The text references chemists noting strong individuality and potential to test Periodic trends, with remaining details unclear.
The article discusses how coal coking varies with properties beyond hydrogen and fixed carbon, noting coal samples with identical carbon can coke differently in ovens. It explains swelling, fusion stages, and the escape of gases, highlighting the role of oxygen content and coal texture in coke formation.
A tall English laborer famed for strength is in a strange scene described by an old biography. He mounts a road donkey, asks about fees, then quietly lifts the animal by the head and forelegs, carries it through a gate, and returns to mount again. The excerpt ends with a cautions note on gossip before admonishing social status.
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