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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1892
Page
4
Grant Rose of Jefferson County Mystery Flower
A sensational tale describes a rare rose in Jefferson County near the Aucella river. The Grant rose reportedly grows only in that area, with pinkish dew and crimson petals, tied to a tragic 1880s settler family fate and a survivor’s rediscovery years later.
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Jefferson County
Flo
Grant
San Francisco
How He Kept His Word About Money but Got Diamonds
A St Louis Republic fragment recounts a couple's tale of restraint and diamonds. A husband who pledged to live on his wife's money for five years ultimately gains momentum after hardships and pawned rings, while she forgives and funds his renewed career with clever moves.
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Indianapolis Journal
Australia
Yonkers Statesman
Queen Victoria
Philadelphia Times
Puck
Weeds
Fritz
N. F. Weekly
Washington Star
Tommy Whykins
Apain
Washington
St. Louis Republic
Charley
Mary
Shiv
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Gol
Thad
Shedding of massasauga skin and match industry notes
A writer recalls a massasauga shedding in a swamp revealing the skin’s removal over nearly three hours. The article details the snake’s blind eyes, underground retreat, and final escape, then shifts to notes on Sweden’s match factory history and Europe’s production.
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Worl
Sweden
United States
Europe
Teaching by example on sit and set words
A note on the vexed usage of sit and set with examples from a Youth's Companion piece. The piece mentions how grammarians and dogs would howl at misused forms while a man might sit on a tail or set on a tail, and notes the well that inspired The Old Oaken Bucket remains in good condition in Scituate Massachusetts with visitors drawing its water.
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Scituate
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Fair Woman Was Emancipated Courtship Scene in 1900s
A Detroit Tribune reprint depicts a staged emancipation scene from the woman’s rights era. In a parlor lit by coal fire, a slender woman and a burly youth enact a bold proposal scene. Her kiss is resisted and she leaves, distraught, muttering about the emancipation movement’s supposed triumph.
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