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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1892
Page
3
A young husband laments his marriage after learning his wife proved not angelic. His mother confronts him as he describes her outburst this morning with suspenders down and a collar button gone, while he calls her a brute in tears. The snippet echoes comic urban gossip tone from Indianapolis Journal and Life.
A Detroit Tribune piece shares a dramatic beach incident where a young woman is rescued from near drowning as doctors declare she will live. The fragmentary column also includes humorous vignettes from later pages about misadventures in love and society, a Columbia college note, Yorick jokes, and a murder-report scene from a field interview in Boston.
A humorous exchange shows a lawyer asking for a reference and a boy admitting he left his last place to avoid breach of contract accusations. The boy says he was discharged for not liking it, and feared being sued if he resigned without being sent off.
A fragmentary verse depicts a small boat gliding on a moonlit lake. A young man with a modern plan rows alongside an old gent’s pretty daughter as the water glows, though some lines are garbled and hard to read.
Frank Loringen recounts meeting Colonel Clay Benton Girardeau in Albitumen New Mexico during the 1880s. The colonel, famed for dueling views, is lured into a four man duel hoax by railroad workers. The plan backfires as fake cartridges and loaded pistols spark a chase. the colonel’s show of wit and prudence ends with the jokers fleeing and the insult repaid. The tale closes with the colonel’s warning not to meddle with Missouri.
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