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Newspaper
The Grafton Eagle
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1885
Page
1
The column lists county officers including the sheriff and county surveyor, court calendar noting circuit court sessions in March and November, and officer appointments. It then details Justice districts and named clergy and churches with service times, along with fraternal lodge meetings and other community organizations in West Grafton. The page closes with a brief note about a cold in the head.
The fragment recounts humorous tales and portraits from an era of newspapers, including misread words, playful banter about ministers, and colorful stories of English travelers, vaudeville-like vignettes, and a dramatic elephant encounter. It preserves a collage of satirical humor and frontier travel lore with named figures and vivid incidents.
A historical piece highlights extraordinary recall abilities from a Corsican boy who could hear and reverse dictate forty thousand words without error to a physician who could recite Paradise Lost from memory after twenty years without reading it, and Euler who, blind, remembered Virgil line by line. It notes memory arising from sheer effort and dedication, illustrated by Blind Alick a Sterling man who memorized the Bible and could identify the exact book chapter and verse from any quoted line.
A lively barroom tale describes Lus rake, a lone Bumerman, and a panther encounter on Front Street near the Mines Arms. A hunter named Heme used a whip to fend off a panther while a frightened panther stalked him by a riverbank, then the creature fled as he escaped into the water.
A lower city shop showcases dead birds and animal hides for sale, with a black and white sign reading "Paxidlar mist" and a tour through the range from woodlands to exotic taverns. The piece notes prices from thirty-five to forty-seven cents each and discusses supply, including a woodsman from Res. Hank One Le tiga, who brings in up to 200 weekly during warm weather. It also touches on Yankee Doodle’s debated origin and a Holland-to-English lineage of the tune.
A fragment from the Chicago Inter Ocean recounts Camillé Farcy a famed correspondent and writer tangled in a battlefield intrigue with Forgemol and Porcemol forces. The piece blends memoir and reportage detailing the perilous espionage plot the correspondent witnessed amid martial law and ceremonial Parisian society.
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