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Do you find reading the newspaper depressing? If so, you may need a different paper, preferably from a different century, like the Lincoln County Leader in Toledo, Oregon, in 1899. The paper was published weekly and included local news such as this item:
“St. Patrick’s day passed quietly in our city, only one altercation taking place. As usual it was whiskey did it. Al Waugh made the assertion that Jack Allphin drank 138 drinks to celebrate the day. Jack denied it and a scrap would have ensued if it had not been that Sam Owen was present. He told Al he was mistaken and told also where the mistake was made in the count and this averted a bloody encounter and the consequent breaking of an old friendship.”
It also included news from around the country and around the world:
“Prospectors who have arrived from Alaska bring news that there are at least 400 prospectors on the Edmonton trail between Dease lake and the Hudson’s Bay post on the Liard river, most of whom are in destitute circumstances. Many of the men are said to be suffering from scurvy and frost bites. The sick cannot receive proper medical attendance and many are dying.”
“The Indians of Paraguay eradicate their eyebrows and eyelashes, saying that they do not wish to look like horses.”
“One is forcibly impressed by the number of blind men seen about the streets of Fez, the capitol of Morocco. It is invariably attributed to the excessive use of coffee.”
About the Author
My husband and I, after living in San Antonio for twenty years and a 32′ fifth wheel for nearly 13 years, moved into a house in Colorado almost a year ago. We like it here very much but still miss the traveling. Galen fills the void with gardening and tending bees and eight very spoiled chickens. I compile books from nineteenth century newspapers. We both play old time acoustic music with a group of friends.
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