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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1892
Page
6
A quarrel throws light on Absalom Rampo after a fight prompting Mrs. Rampo to declare trouble. Absalom denies involvement while a lawyer discusses securing a will. A side gag follows about a folding bed and a maiden aunt, with humorous misreads and a wary suitor.
The record notes a locomotive strength of nine hundred horses for the era and contrasts practices in England without belts headlights or cow-catchers. It cites the Poughkeepsie bridge span of 548 feet as America’s longest, mentions smokestack reductions on New York elevated trains, and provides 1890 Egyptian railway passenger totals of 4 006 285 versus 4 378 453 in 1889 with an increase of 317 833 along with 1890 wire figures of 60 compared to 945 in 1868.
The text notes high Anglo-Saxon word use in the Bible and cites the first Russian newspaper of 1703 with Peter the Great's editorial role. It mentions Prov Kurwer of Leyden dying at sixty three as a critic and recounts a Whittier celebration anecdote about Plato and a farmer’s praise.
A collage of 19th century social minutiae. It lists fortunes, lavish purchases like $500 lace curtains and $300 a yard draperies, and philanthropic gifts such as $23,000 for Yale infirmary. It also notes anecdotes about Gen Stonewall Jackson, letters by Senator Plumb, and newsroom banter about a suicide at the St Fashion hotel.
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