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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1881
Page
1
A girl sitting under a tree in Idaho mistook a grizzly approaching from behind for her lover Tom. She leaned back to enjoy the hug, and when she asked for tighter, the bear fled to the forest, sulking for three days. The humorous tale ends with a quip about aging changes and beauty.
A speaker recalls daily evenings returning home to a dear child with blue eyes watching from the window pane. The poem contemplates a mourner’s hope and memory of a baby awaiting Papa, and imagines reunions in a future paradise.
An elderly farmer's wife named Mattie Phillips endures a quiet life with John Philips. A past romance with Paul Gardner resurfaces when a mistaken marriage notice exposes her secret. Paul remains loyal, forgives her, and they part. Mattie later dies after a life of patient devotion while John honors her memory.
The excerpt recalls General Garfield’s hospital hours with Dr Bliss and nurse Cramp. Garfield narrates a tale about losing and recovering his first college funds. A joking note follows about Bliss potentially bearing responsibility if mistakes arose in his presidency.
ASaving woman at the head of a family is the best savings bank, receiving deposits daily and hourly without costly machinery. The piece urges housewives to track expenses to build security for stormy times and to cultivate a habit of saving.
A lively note describes a country dance with mixed ages, conversations on the bread piazza, and a visiting elder who praises resilience. The writer reflects on aging, choosing happiness, health, and living well, while avoiding fretful thoughts about troubles.
An intimate vignette blends domestic scenes, weather, and memory as a couple in a modest room seek solace. The man promises devotion amid storms and distance, while a wife longs for a small gift, deepening an emotional portrayal of love and separation. A brief comic aside contrasts hollow straw images with flippant lines about appearances.
A humorous note suggests King Kalakan of the Sandwich Islands is a devout Christian because his ancestors were missionary-influenced. In a bridal reception scene guests crowd around the bride asking for the groom, who the bride says is upstairs watching the wedding presents.
The letter from Enver Jay Burwayne discusses abolition of capital punishment and argues for hanging murderers to deter crime. The old responder cites Detroit crime rates where murders go unpunished and criticizes philanthropists and lawyers for weakening the law.
E P Cart employs about 10 hands to produce roughly 2006 lead pencils daily. Cedar is bought from Florida and processed in slabs. Leads are inserted into grooves, then glued and molded into fours, finished, pressed, and boxed for sale. Pencils come in three hardness levels and sell at 85 cents per gross.
The list shows women in key banking roles: Mrs. E. C. Williams presides over State National Bank in Raleigh North Carolina, Miss Jennie Coombs serves as cashier at Brown and Coombs Bank Mid dleville Michigan, Miss Sarah F. Dick is cashier at First National Bank Huntington Indiana, Miss Annie M. King signs as cashier at Springer and Noyes White Cloud Kansas, and Mrs. M. H. Cowden runs a banking business in Forest Hall California.
A brief exchange features two speakers, Sam and a sahib, discussing placing ripe strawberries on top of a measure to improve the front while the back is left to be less refined, illustrating social observation through dialect humor.
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