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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1891
Page
4
A collage of jokes and quips from Puck and various papers, featuring wordplay on wills, con artists, marriage, manners, and social foibles. Snappy exchanges touch on reading, neighbors, judges, divorce, and lectures, with rural and urban vignettes.
The Atlanta Constitution reviews Rev. James A. Weston of Hickory North Carolina who argues that Peter Stuart Ney a 1846 Rowan County teacher was the French marshal Michel Ney. Weston cites testimonies from Carolinas figures and notes Ney’s image and habits while opponents reject the link as unfounded. Additional columns discuss New Hampshire towns and Cardinal Newman’s signs of a gentleman with disciplined intellect and tolerance.
A historical piece notes Sioux dependence on tobacco amid government curbs, with older chiefs favoring willow bark and Kinnick Kinnick while youths prefer cigarettes. It argues tobacco limits affect Sioux war potential and hints at a future railway tunnel plan through the Andes linking Argentina and Chile.
An article argues ancient knowledge rivaled modern science, citing Euclid optics and wind instruments, Damascus steel, Tyrian dye, glass makings, steam driven machinery, and early vaccines. It contrasts past limits with present rapid invention spread and notes diet science and railroad safety comparisons across nations.
A New Yorker’s nationality was questioned after a physician left the house. A mother tries to learn about her son, who has been in America for three years without word. The foreigner struggles to explain he never knew of her son, who was in Minnesota at his last letter. Some believe the New Yorker is an impostor not from America.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat correspondent recalls sixteen years of farming and claims he stopped shoeing animals since 1876. He reports no loss in work, health, or fatness, noting shoes may be unnecessary on farm and country roads, depending on local work and animal acclimation.
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