16 Jul 1885
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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1885
Page
1
A chaotic reminiscence recalls bargaining for apples on a train, the boy, and a host of books and trinkets. The narrator laments aging, lost landscapes, and changing times, contrasting youthful pleasures with present scarcity and altered values.
A Lewiston Journal tale recalls two young Upper Main Street boys in skirts courting a front-seat schoolgirl. One boy earns a nickel from his father, uses it to secure the girl’s hand for the next walk to school, prompting envy and tears from the rival. The father 出overs hopes for the winning boy.
The text argues forests regulate water flow and flood risk, not rainfall quantity. It warns deforestation causes floods and drought, citing Italy and Spain, and stresses watershed preservation from the Great Divide to major rivers. It notes interstate water issues require federal action. cites Josel Parkman in June.
A tale of a scheming widow who coerces a rich man into a $100000 pre nup like agreement before marriage. A Lewiston grammar student, Charlie, bungles a class correction, turning “Rose said I know the girls is coming” into “Rise said I, now the are coming,” eliciting a wry schoolroom smile.
A Des Moines Register note recounts Miss Mary Shoemaker charming Loren F. Bishop with a merry laugh and pretty manners then marrying him the same day after visiting the county clerk for a marriage license. The piece also mentions Paul de Cassagnac boasting of his fencing prowess and bold stance.
A German woman in Idaho’s Little Lost River area defended her cabin's stockade from a pack of mountain lions. Wielding an ax, she killed four felines and saved fifty goats, with several more wounded or dead. Eyewitness Frank Lamah and Ed Schofield corroborate the skins’ harvest.
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