12 Dec 1894
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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1894
Page
1
The sale announces all Dress Goods are available without reserve to buyers who want the goods, rather than waiting for after others have supplied themselves. The emphasis is on immediate access and full selection for this time.
A Ravenna retailer announces a temporary sale with major discounts on broad cloths, ladies cloths, Henrietta Serges, and all 75c to $1 goods, with items halved or more in price. The ad emphasizes new season stock, honest business, and invites patronage from old and new customers alike.
A compact forecast of festive decor ideas for the Christmas season. The piece promises a curated selection of items suitable for the upcoming holiday rush, emphasizing timely availability and variety for shoppers and hosts alike.
The store invites customers to make it their headquarters when visiting Ravenna. It promises to handle bundles and packages, deliver them at the R. R. Stations, and make Christmas travel profitable and pleasant for shoppers.
A fragment from Pall Mall Magazine presents a flowing poem by Batley Aldrich invoking elm shadows, silent streets, and restless fancy. It conjures distant lands such as Norway, Geylan, Azores, and uncharted isles as a dreamlike voyage through seas of imagination.
Mrs Waterhouse reads her husband’s revealing letter in which Alicia is named, realizes the affair, and plans to flee London for Biarritz after a tense confrontation. Geoffrey defends the liaison as a hobby, urging secrecy while Mrs Waterhouse contemplates departure at Charing Cross with her maid Parker.
A witty exchange about Irish beauty and pride, recounting a remark about being meant for an Irish woman and a rejoinder that praising an Irishman would be equally apt. The quip reflects affection for Ireland through a humorous cross-contrast of identities.
An excerpt contrasts couple types, detailing eternal contrasts between a self loving, optimistic husband and a mystic, dutiful wife. It questions how such polarities can share life, citing traits from politics and religion to temperaments, generosity, and appetite for life. The piece moves to a humorous animal tale of a mother raccoon teaching her cubs, then notes Edelweiss decline in Tyrol with fines to protect it.
In Bluefields Nicaragua a St. Louis man, D. Peugnet, married into a noble Central American family after defending his bride and her sister during a revolution. He protected the women in a stone house while rioters looted the town. The bride comes from a wealthy line, educated abroad, a skilled musician and linguist. Peugnet’s lineage includes Napoleon’s Imperial guard through an esteemed American name.
In a Washington street store a bashful man, 23, insistent yet nervous, is guided by a perceptive clerk to buy a baby carriage for five dollars. He enters amid hundreds, struggles to speak, while the clerk quietly assists, recognizing his intent and helping seal the purchase. The scene unfolds with humorous, human detail as he exits with the red wheel still pinned to his hat.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recalls a flirtatious Evans Evanston encounter where Effie and companions were charmed by a witty young man who driven them, yet his mysterious behavior and a palmistry joke drive a twist, ending with Effie's humorous shock as she introduces him to Mr Tinker.
Barlaioz, a rebellious genius, was Haussmann's fellow pupil under Cherubini. In a memoir, Haussmann recalls Cherubini correcting an unfinished passage by Berlioz, who had tried to gain an effect by suppressing two measures. The story illustrates strict teaching and creative bravado. The library in question houses about 700,000 volumes.
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