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Newspaper
Wakarusa Weekly Sun
Location
Wakarusa, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1876
Page
4
A man recalls drunken party events that destroyed his marriage plans. He describes a heated farewell, his partner Amelia leaving, his violent outburst, a broken mirror and wash-bowl, a feverish night, and a doctor’s blistering. He mentions Amelia wed a grain dealer out West and a comical note about his own toe-corns.
An ironic critique of women's footwear from earlier times. The piece references the Cincinnati Commercial selecting five hundred women to model Venus and critiques narrow toe boxes, stiff counters, and the impact on children's feet and adult gait. It includes a long anecdote about a woman missing a train due to a pin-back dress and a humorous misunderstanding about rheumatism.
A narrative recalls a man’s New Year resolution to quit the weed. He vows to quit for life, flings his tobacco box, and four days of change follow including altered habits and quizzical family reactions. A curious ending hints at a crime and a warning about a man with a big diamond on his shirt front.
In Georgia at the capitol Dan and two men discuss the nation’s money troubles through a parable about fifty cents. The tale ends with a joke and a police warning. Other notes mention a 384 pound woman dying of suffocation in Massachusetts, northerners and an Irish MP wintering in Florida, a Georgia man’s suicide after chasing a cow, and a Georgia woman thought poisoned by supper sauce. A ten year engagement is described as a slow match.
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