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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1888
Page
3
A garbled OCR passage blends quirky dialogue and vignettes about a French thinker, a physician, a lender named Lasi, and social introductions. It mentions a tailor’s grandson, a Geneva town acquaintance, and a mix of eccentric anecdotes about sewing, leather, and humorous misunderstandings. The piece reads as a collage of clipped scenes, dialogue fragments, and character sketches.
An overheard domestic argument centers on a fashion ad praising a brocaded flower fabric. A husband and wife discuss whether the fabric’s poetic tones justify its price of 916 a yard or if simpler prose would endure longer and cost less.
Fragmented dialogue and odd anecdotes mix in a garbled text about a marriage rumor, a tense desert hunt, mouthy remarks, and a joke about signs and appearances. Characters named Mollie, Ruswell, and others appear amid disjointed conversations and humorous asides.
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