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Newspaper
Wakarusa Weekly Sun
Location
Wakarusa, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1875
Page
4
A Vicksburg wife visits in the country without telling her husband. On his return, he learns she is missing and a neighbor quips that someone must split the wood for breakfast, highlighting the anxious concern of the absence.
A burglar enters a Broad way residence and a large woman, mistaking him for her drunken husband, tackles him and forces him into the street. Friends laud her bravery, but she reveals she thought the intruder was her husband. The incident sparked the caption Heroic Repulse of a Burglar by a Woman.
Mrs Rumble unaware of housekeeping buys a tin wash-basin full of holes from a tradesman. Mr Rumble notes the leak and later returns with a colander, leading to a tense exchange. The couple discuss domestic duties and woodworking.
A Saratoga correspondent recalls a pair of young ladies laughing about mischief with a diamond brooch and an engagement talk with a clerk, followed by a clergyman named Rev Tom Parsons. The tale ends with a blush as the pair flee, leaving questions about behavior and propriety.
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