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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1890
Page
4
In Harper's Young People, Howells recounts boys imagining Indians as idols. Canal boat arrival brings genuine Wyandot Indians to town, sparking games with bows and arrows. Boys glare at blankets, watch squaws and pappooses, then keep memory as bows linger.
A New York Sun correspondent recalls Macaroni the Italian swamper who chased a black bear through Humboldt redwoods. The tale ends as the bear is felled with a two barrel setup, the chase lasting hours. Also notes prices in Buenos Aires and odd household ice tricks.
The article profiles Ida Lewis, lighthouse keeper of Lime Rock, Newport. It details her daily duties from lighting at sundown to midnight shifts, her skilled rowing to visit ships, and her status as the only woman lighthouse keeper in the country with a $750 yearly salary and two ties, noting her precision in recording wick burn and weather in a daily expense book.
A fragment from a memoir recalls early childhood experiences, including a white cap with ribbons worn to see company, lessons on innocence and punishment, and a child’s imaginative attribution of intelligence to stones and objects. The narrative shifts through memories of garden scenes, family life, and a note on the Victoria ship, with reflections on growing understanding and awe at the world.
Clarice Deming explains in Harper’s Weekly the evolving theories on how ice calving creates icebergs. The piece outlines older notions of the front breaking away, a progressive ploughing process, and a newer idea of the upper portion driving the break. It describes dramatic calving moments with explosions, spray, and the birth of a dangerous new berg set to drift with currents.
In 1710 the celebrated French author Crebillon recounts a London visit by Miss Stafford who offered her fortune with her heart. He, dazzled by her grace and wealth, accepted after a six week courtship and a favorable letter from her father.
A chaotic collection of vignettes from a 19th century page features a young couple on Walnut Street with children mentioned in passing, a motherly interference over childrearing, a boy's blunt reply, and stray notes on literacy and transit passengers. The items include population figures for Chili and Russia, a streetcar scene, and a remark about Bismarck.
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