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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1890
Page
4
A late nineteenth century diary excerpt presents a fifteen year old girl in a flippant stylistic voice, detailing fashion, flirtation, impulsive acts, and temper with heavy French phrases. She recounts loves, scorn, splurges, and theatrical desires in bright, scandalous tones.
A Lingle farm tale from a New York Sun letter describes a goose and an imported gander protecting their brood. They watch a rat hole under a barn, the gander spears the rat’s neck, the rat drowns, and the couple feasts on the carcass before guiding the goslings to swim. Two English residents known for heavy smoking and light drinking are noted as well.
A long portrait of Abraham Lincoln as a boy shows a dislike of manual labor yet a prodigious love of reading. Neighbors misread him as lazy, while he secretly studied grammar and law, reading by firelight and chalking figures on boards. Lincoln’s lifelong habit of learning shaped his character, and he later used biblical and fable references in public speaking.
Describes the Capitol's female lobbyists including aging oldtimers waiting in galleries, knitting in hand, and a new red faced woman with blue eyes and a rakish straw hat who glares at Silcott while addressing Congressmen who generally treat her kindly.
Fashion notes from Ladies Home Journal describe stylish fans in lace and lisse, including Watteau designs resembling heirlooms. Styles feature carved wooden sticks, metallic bead fringes, and intricate plaits, with evening and everyday varieties and limited new Japanese designs in black and gold.
A Sunday morning tale from India describes a cobra pursuing a frog on a veranda. The narrator retrieves a pistol and a tire to block a cobra den, firing repeatedly until two cobras are killed or mortally wounded. A crowd gathers in alarm as the fight ends with both serpents killed and holes found under flower pots.
A writer from the far west describes the rapid real estate rush and brisk deals. He notes quick deed filings and frantic sales efforts as he compares ambitions in the booming western market.
In St Paul a printer was distracted by a jokester asking to borrow money. As chatter rose, the prankster turned aggressive and struck the printer, knocking him down as fellow workers watched. The incident ended with the men urging witnesses to see the scuffle and the danger of the prank.
A Washington Sunday Herald excerpt narrates The Barber's Terror, a tale of a barber nervously shaving a customer with a glass eye. The barber recalls the unnerving stare and nearly fails to finish the shave as the glass eye keeps its gaze, prompting tense humor and a cautionary yarn about nervous barbers.
A narrative describes a shallow well near a cabin opposite Memphis on the Arkansas side, noting a cheap improvised curb and children nearby. A later anecdote in London recounts a church collection scene with a puzzled Irish participant and a plate miscommunication. It ends with a brief historical note on the invention of the tithe and a medical citation.
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