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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1888
Page
3
A garbled OCR page recounts postwar reflections on mortality, graves, and public memory. It names unnamed observers, a professor figure, and mentions wartime losses, graves, and sentiment about mourning, with dense, unclear dialogue interwoven with disjointed phrases and stray names.
A long fragmentary account describes snuff usage as a colonial practice in Paris and northern Europe. It notes fashion, trade, and social roles, detailing snuff boxes, aromas, and rituals, with references to pawnshops, jewelry, and fashion among elites and common folk during centuries past.
The piece surveys the Maine coast herring fishery and its growing secondary industry. It details fisher and factory life from catches at sea to cutting, brining, packing, and the brisk labor of cutters, packers, and keepers, with Eastport and Lukes as key labor centers. It notes boatmen, factory crews, and the rapid rhythm of perishable product handling.
A compact survey contrasts New York middle class courtship with London and Paris customs. It notes that calls occur in family parlors, young men must win parental favor, and marriages hinge on religious and financial expectations. Also recounted is dockside harpooning of boards to salvage building material and a Sunday school anecdote about a Berg furnace. Syracuse Herald.
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