10 Sep 1874
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Newspaper
Wakarusa Weekly Sun
Location
Wakarusa, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1874
Page
1
A satirical court scene depicts a judge evaluating a fashionable petticoat in a mock trial. The garment grows impractically large, prompting arguments about woollen trade, whalebone demand, and societal impact, ending with the petticoat ordered forfeited but repurposed for a widow and her five daughters.
Shrewd Burlington youths paraded with a drum and fife near a charter election. They interrupted a candidate's home, mistaking him for a voter, and ate most of the suppers meant for genuine voters, leaving the real guests with an empty table.
A witty remark about a boy asked to step into another room likens it to starting a whaling voyage. The scene includes dialogue on debt and division of money between Sambo and Pompey, ending with a note that another Atlantic cable now links United States and England with Portsmouth as the attachment point.
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