18 Jan 1893
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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1893
Page
1
An 1898 notice urges readers to make good resolutions while promoting sales at a dry goods store. It highlights bargains on table linens, Huck towels, sheetings, Percales, prints, chenille table covers, curtains, black wool dress goods, and undergarments. The piece blends inspirational lines with strong pricing and product emphasis.
A tale set on the Nindobar plains features Nellie Ashforth and Tom Sherman as they discuss illusion and honesty. Their candid conversation turns to memory and risk, leading to a boar hunt where Sherman saves Nellie from a tusked attack and hints at enduring regrets. Gilbert Parker in Speaker. Switzerland builds its first sugar refinery.
A reminiscence from the eastern shore of Lake St. Clair recalls a group of three or four men hunting ducks in November. An English visitor, wearing corduroy and eye glasses, brags of a new gun and shoots four canvasbacks at a bayou near their decoys. The tale ends with amused disbelief at the unfamiliar shooting style. Separately, Dr. William Daffield Robinson argues that penitentiary sentences reflect broader crime levels and notes young criminals predominate, but reform with age is uncertain amid rising assaults and declining forgery.
A western cattleman recalls a lasso throw in New Mexico that saved a child from a rattlesnake. He notes a Mexican cowboy caught the serpent by the neck just as it struck, while a farmer discussed a cattle trade nearby.
A fashion piece from a newspaper column recounts a girl struggling to wear a tallormade scarf with a four inch band and a ten black satin scarf. She asks for a ready tied option but is told no gentleman would wear one, sparking her worry she will never be a perfect gentleman.
A jumble of humorous anecdotes and curiosities spans game theory on seating arrangements, Burke and Bedlam, an Indian evangelist tale, clergymen with false teeth, street justice, and a gigantic gas name drop. The items mix satire with oddities and a Detroit Tribune remark echoes.
The ad urges shoppers to visit for ladies and misses cloaks offered at strong discounts. It promises new, stylish goods with no leftovers and warns against chasing other cost sale discounts. It highlights favorable weather bringing long-distance trade and pledges unusual inducements across all departments.
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