07 Apr 1876
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Newspaper
Tarboro Southerner
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1876
Page
1
A dense mash of names, offices, and local notices appears including sheriffs, coroners, lodges, churches, hotels, express offices, and meeting schedules. The fragment lists individuals such as Feldanheimer, McGabe, Cobb, Staton, and Hurst alongside various civic roles and lodge chapters, plus hotel and service mentions and scattered dates and times.
A Burlington Hawkeye humorous tale recounts a South Hill man tormented by a persistent clothes line around his yard. After repeated misfortunes from lines, he invents a patent reel that catastrophically tears apart his home, leaving him and his wife with a boneless, grisly postscript.
Washington letter details Awful Grant’s alleged flirtations with a pension office clerk and the President’s staffer’s admiring gestures. It covers Grant’s ongoing political bid, Blaine and Morton’s reactions, and controversy over Tilden and Blair’s views among lawmakers. It notes Alabama Senate intrigue with General Morgan opposing Spencer and scrutinizes party unity ahead of nominations.
A shy young tiller of the soil courted a daughter for months, visiting her home twenty times without courage to ask. On a decisive evening he resolved to declare his love to Mary, but his nerve failed as he entered.
A dramatic domestic scene unfolds as a furious storm forces John Henry and his wife to confront conflict over a bedroom door. Mrs Henry asserts control with a series of comic, splashing reprisals until John finally shuts the door. The next morning details follow.
A Detroit storekeeper explains that fifty ladies shopping may yield little cash as they roam the aisles, compare wares, and gossip. He notes farmers and older women are steady buyers, while male customers spend quickly. The scene ends with a lady ordering a tiny ribbon package sent to her carriage.
A jealous wife suspects her husband of kissing Molly the cook. She hides in the dark kitchen and, mistaking the hired man for the wife, confronts him. The husband says his wife has shown him unusual affection since their early marriage.
A Chicago confectionery owner quotes a bill of sixteen dollars and fifteen cents as a boy laments paying for sweetness after a breakup. The quip shows the salesman noting the hardship and the boy explaining the girl ghosted him. Johnny receives a cheeky marital-age pun about knowing via pockets.
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