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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1890
Page
5
A collage of vignette text covers 19th century diaries and census talk with trickster dialect, courtroom Bible notes, English court politeness, werewolf superstition, and a Staten Island social mismatch. It references Abraham Lincoln era life, the Washington area, and disparate anecdotes from Brooklyn Eagle and St Louis Republic.
In Pawtucket, Darius L. Goff and R. J. run a braid works with a front hall clock that stays wound by a door mechanism. Electrical devices tied to the clock wind it as people enter or exit, while gas lights dim at dusk, bells ring for wake and breakfast, and bell music fills the house. The tale, from the Boston Advertiser, mocks witchcraft-era ideas.
A late sewing machine magnate W E Baker built a Boston area estate at Wellesley Massachusetts with whimsical garden devices. Visitors face concealed platforms that lurch and chairs that drop near flowering cacti and a red grinning wooden devil, among many grotesque contrivances.
A fragment from a magazine dialogue hints at taking medicine. One voice, Hig, remarks on swallowing difficulty while Dudekin longs to be the medicine. The exchange ends with a cryptic note about 860 disa and misperceived dosage.
A writer coins Unistatians for U S people opposing the term Americans. He laments that Americans, and by extension Canada, have established the world’s name for their nations. The piece argues Canadians should stay with their own label and let Yankees remain Americans.
Grocers report shortages of crackers as demand rises. Officials say mass production cannot keep up. grocers must place orders a week ahead to secure stock. A shopper notes the gap between baking capacity and consumer need while manufacturers race to catch up.
An anxious mother recalls the tale of George Washington’s no lie pledge as reported by a New York weekly. The fragment hints at a lesson on truth and parental concern amid a casual market of memories.
Fragmentary OCR notes recount a loud incident at Willie’s home stirring talk of a rivalry. The brief text hints at an exchange and a cutting remark suggesting a dispute or challenge between neighbors.
The Erie system promotes Fast Vestibuled Trains with through first and second class day coaches and Pullman dining cars to Boston New England and New York. Travel boasts gas lighting steam heating and no extra charges. Tickets and reservations available via local agents Chicago city offices 107 Clark Street and Dearborn Street.
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