06 Aug 1872
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Newspaper
Waukesha Plaindealer
Location
Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1872
Page
1
The item details the 1872 fair in Waukesha with divisions for dairy, poultry, horses, and cattle, listing judges, notable exhibitors, and premiums. It notes extensive displays including dairy products, poultry breeds, and farm equipment, along with competition results and prize amounts spread across multiple divisions. It also includes a late robbery report from a separate city scene.
A Sonora paper recounts a comic traveling exhibition by a clever agent promoting a grand menagerie. The bill features bizarre beasts like megatherium and ichthyosaurus, plus a remarkable monkey trained by a Mohammedan priest that speaks languages and recites texts. A girl calls for her mother to ask why the monkey travels ahead.
The piece lampoons a tribal encounter at Grand Central noting Red Dog Lone Wolf and other figures. It describes caricatured Indians, a mocked feast with grotesque dishes, and comments on colonial relations and a mock peace gesture with blankets to be returned to their owners.
A crowded railroad car hosts a pungent passenger clash. A rotund man claims a seat, provoking a violent confrontation with a lean fellow who refuses to yield. The scene ends with the aggressive rider defeated and moving on after forty miles.
A young man visits Ar. James S. Sturgis in New York, recounting a past $2.50 loan to start in the newspaper business. He later tries to swindle the importer with counterfeit funds and cigars, but Sturgis detects the scam. The episode ends with the youth exiled and the banker recalling the lesson in honesty.
A desperate man named Smithers seeks housing for his large family. After repeated refusals, he hides his children in a graveyard then tricks the landlord by claiming all his children are in the graveyard, securing a house and leaving the landlord unaware they are alive.
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