"His Idea of Gender.
In a Lewiston grammar-school class one day last week the teacher looked. over the class and said: 'Now, can no- body tell me what the word gender means?' A long silence was followed by the snapping of a boy's fingers at the foot of the class. Well, what is it, John?' asked the teacher. 'Please, mum,' was the reply, it's what goes with geese.' Lewiston (Mc.) Journal." (20 December 1886)? #PhenomnGender #1886_ #NoRAmericaNorthUSTexas
Supplementary: #NewspaperUSTabloidSanAntonioLight i.e. "As the only Republican daily in Texas, the San Antonio Light had an early reputation as a 'fighting newspaper' for its aggressive political stance. Although the Light specialized in local news, it included state and national politics, and according to an assessment in the 1890s, was 'energetic in promulgating its principles according to the Light that is in it.'"
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