18 Aug 1887
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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1887
Page
1
A garbled OCR piece threads through time with scrambled phrases and oblique wordplay. It juxtaposes lines about memory, duty, and common speech, weaving pseudorhyme with broken names and stray references to figures like Gray and Gieon, amid a chaotic, rhythmic collage.
An elderly farmer Eben Dodson and his son Frank visit New York to buy farming gear and see a theater. Dodson’s fall leads to rescue by a kindly duo, the Dodsons form a bond with Fanny DuPont and her mother, and Frank and Fanny marry after a summer courtship on the Dodsons’ farm.
A writer recalls Washington C De Pauw aiding unemployed mill workers at a New Albany rolling mill. He proposed letting workers run the mill in return for profits, faced refusals, then took a loss of about 31000 from his pocket to aid the poor. The venture later recovered and favored him in the end. The piece closes with a moral about duty and fidelity.
Aug. 7 sermon by De Witt Talmage urges life insurance as moral duty. He cites Joseph’s plan in Egypt and Paul’s teaching that neglecting family welfare is worse than infidelity. He warns against fraud in the industry and urges sober policy for wives and children, urging readiness for death with provisions.
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