01 Dec 1870
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Newspaper
Tipton Advertiser
Location
Tipton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1870
Page
1
A poem from the Western Christian Advocate portrays a woman who appears calm yet plans murders. It warns that outward wealth or dress do not define virtue, and compares the plotting spider weaving its web to a hidden, clever hunger.
A shoemaker lends aid to a struggling family by tracking down a five dollar bill owed to Mrs. Lee and Mr. Weaver. Herriot initially withholds payment, but ultimately returns the money, enabling the needlewoman to settle four debts and restore credit with the grocer and baker.
A tale follows Mrs Lee who returns home empty handed from a shoemaker owed two dollars. She helps a suffering girl Harriet by accepting funds from Mr Grant to cover coal and pressing needs. A man owed five dollars to Mr Herriot is briefly delayed until Mrs Lee settles one dollar, returning two dollars to Herriot and clearing the debt.
A New York court last Saturday fined an offender 250 dollars for kissing a lady and giving the impression he meant it the judge ruling that even a single kiss can raise hopes of marriage amid a display of famous deathbed maxims and literary quotes from Napoleon Byron Raleigh Nelson and others.
A lengthy sermon denounces corsets and fancy dress, urging women to wear plain modest clothes and speak earnestly. It mocks overdone fashions, praises industrious sehat, and argues sensible men seek competent, hardworking partners over frivolous beauty. The piece also cites postwar Black education progress with numbers on schools and deposits.
A humorous old tale recalls a husband who meddled in his wife Maria Ann's kitchen. His failed pies and buckwheat cakes end with the pies inedible, the cakes a failure, and the household unable to feed the family. The piece includes social jests and a light mockery of manners, plus a short note about a Brigham Young son’s marriage plans.
A dusky Adonis escorts his Dulcinea to the Bowling Green in Kentucky where they discover a tank with a crocodile fresh from the Nile. The saffron damsel asks what the creature is and Johnsing replies that it is a concubine from the shores of the Nile.
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