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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1895
Page
4
A jumble of humorous exchanges and quips from various papers includes jokes about exams, marriage, fashion, and social manners. Notable snippets feature lines about exams, a vegetarian joke, attire, and playful banter between couples and friends.
A narrator recounts Count Teleki the African explorer facing a wounded buffalo. He met the beast in the open, fired as it lowered its horns, and killed it. Masai witnesses cheered the Count’s narrow escape and celebrated the safe outcome with shouts and shrewd relief.
A Chicago couple on a Wisconsin farm stay encounter a comic scare when a gobbler the host left alive appears headless after being snapped by the feet. The cook finds the bird risen naked and gobbling in the icebox the next morning.
The article argues 19th century Egyptology revealed Egyptians were novelists and readers of fiction. It cites tales from Herodotus sources and Middle Ages Arabic storytelling, noting examples like The Shipwrecked Mariner and legends such as Joppa and Cinderella type plots stem from Egyptian narratives.
A mountain lion boarded a railroad engine in Utah during a snowbound winter. Engineers Gast and a fireman repaired a hot box on the tender, then faced the cat in the engine cab as the lion fed on tallow then leaped away to danger beyond the hills.
A Braemar resident recalls a tale of the Princess of Wales helping a humble peasant woman. The royal visitor praised the old woman, offered a coin, and assisted in lifting a bundle of sticks before departing with a cordial good day.
A rear berth passenger screams as a train robber confronts a woman over an engagement ring. He asks if she loves the man who gave it, she denies, and the robber is later said to have murdered the front brakeman and disappeared into darkness.
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