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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1893
Page
4
A collage of humorous snippets from 19th century periodicals quotes jokes about actors, designers, weddings, and domestic life. Witty exchanges, social foibles, and minor anecdotes feature across Boston, Louisville, Detroit, and other papers, ending with a note on monumental lifting figures.
A crowded railroad coach frames a delicate romance as a dainty young woman and a tall Idesse meet over a lost pencil. A city man with a bridal photograph hints at a past and a future, while war reminiscences and social scenes unfold in a collage of stories from travelers and towns.
In a western valley a Chinaman named Jim Lung saves his white employer from a deadly landslide after carrying him in a blanket down the slope. The caretaker loses the use of his legs, while Lung suffers injuries but survives. The owner vows lifelong support, praising Lung’s inner character over race.
In this Washington Star tale a Baltimore clerk explains a reckless scheme of “kiting” drafts between Washington and Baltimore. He borrows 100, issues notes and drafts to cover them, using new loans to pay old drafts, until a bank refuses to discount and his entire plan collapses leaving him in debt and pursued by creditors.
A St Louis tale quotes Bill West praising a mule that can outrun barbed wire fences. He recalls Pete the mule backing into a fence, tearing it apart, and escaping with a few bruised heels, vowing he would not sell the mule for $200. The piece ends noting Bolivian voters restricted to literate citizens.
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