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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1877
Page
4
A collage of humorous anecdotes and odd notices unfolds from a late 19th century page. A Scottish minister overstates fox lengths in a lampooned pulpit scene. a girl explains lighting costs by living on starlight. jokes about blue glass and a blue eyed man chase farcical cures. A long anecdote on cannibal affection, a stray lesson in oxen and cows, and a mock self-help catalog of amusing ads pepper the column.
A Western editor rails against unpaid subscribers in a spoof of Brutus and Shakespeare. The piece mocks duns, contracts, and long credits, urging payment to keep the paper moving, with sharp edges on printers and creditors. Also recounted are stories of a St Louis phrenologist barber, a hostile trade tale, a miser’s quip, and a court oath question. Further items mention Blaine dining with Evarts and Schurz and a Mormon colonization plan into Arizona.
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