04 Dec 1856
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Newspaper
Bellevue Gazette
Location
Bellevue, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1856
Page
1
The piece surveys a crowd in a dance of fate and fortune. It names Voth and Goewt as figures in a shifting dream of greatness and death. It questions who will endure, who finds joy, and who hides in hardship as dawn nears.
A satirical sketch by A. Oakey Hall mocks Sloperton Slawl a Harlem shyster linked to the Tombs detailing his tactics from committing papers to habeas corpus and bail fraud, showing his manipulation of judges police and poor clients amid late 19th century legal culture. It ends with a Napoleon anecdote on coat of mail deception and payment.
An enterprising monkey named Pug recalls a kitchen trick. He steals a powder horn, causing a fiery eruption that blasts him onto the chimney. He survives, returns home singed and wary, and remains dramatic whenever a horn appears.
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