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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1892
Page
1
The Dry Goods trade reports a season of abundant pretty items and rising American textile progress. Manufacturers push styles and quality, with trade journals praising advances in silks, wool dress fabrics, and cotton dress goods. The speaker notes four decades of experience and offers a wide assortment at uniformly low prices to all customer classes.
This week we offer special inducements on medium and fine all wool dress goods with new Priestley weave cloths and Latin Selies. Discounted Wool Serges and Henrietta Cloths. extensive Fancy Colored Dress Fabrics. Large selection of Trimmings, buttons, and Pearl and Horn Jewelry. Fur stock includes Muffs Boas Storm Collars and fancy sets with many new styles. prices low. If we lack a desired item we can order from Newland & Co. Detroit. Zephyr Fascinators, infant cloaks, Eiderdown cloths, Angora fur trimming, Foster Kid Gloves and New Jersey Gloves. Infants’ hosiery and Jersey undershirts in fine quality. Cloak department booming. visit to see best new goods at pleasing prices.
A fragmented poem narrates a rural scene with robin, peach trees, bees, and washing near a apple tree. It hints at rain yet ends with hopeful imagery of summer, blooms, and a faithful robin watching over lovers.
Beatrice fears a dangerous late night river bridge run as storm clouds gather in Clifton. She climbs Robins’ house roof to view the bridge, wrestling with guilt over engineer Gerald Fillmore and her father’s warnings, while a planned late train nears the crossing and threatens unseen lives.
The article surveys ancient beliefs about the earth and cosmos, noting flat-world ideas from Homer and early Cromwellian notions, Aristotle’s spherical view, Columbus era misconceptions, Marco Polo’s travels shaping European maps, and the shift to recognizing Asia’s eastern shore. It also mentions African and Asian knowledge for contrast, plus tangential notes on Boot Hill in Texas and other varied snippets.
A Detroit Free Press piece recounts a man using lorgnettes in a street car to court a swell girl. The gaze and wiles fail as the girl’s lorgnettes glare back, trapping him in embarrassment until she retrieves them. The absurd scene ends with his retreat amid the crowd.
A dramatic tale unfolds as a young woman braves rain and darkness to reach a river bridge. She warns a fast approaching train, sacrificing herself. only to awaken beside engineer Gerald Fillmore, her former foe, now her future husband. A mix of romance and peril amid bold success.
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