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Newspaper
Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Location
Bismarck, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1875
Page
2
A Danbury News item recounts a family tea in Nelson street with a prank war over utensils and plates. Thomas, the boy, disrupts the table with pointed questions about Miss Walker and the joked spoons, until his mother and father dismiss him.
A Boston Gazette account recounts Major John S. Walker of Fryeburg Maine, his service as paymaster, and his presumed shipboard disappearance in 1873 after leaving Alaska for Portland. Remains later found on an Alaska island with keys, a button, and gold. Burial at Fort Vancouver. police eyeing the case. A court scene with Hwang Lea and Ah Wing features a humorous mispronounced exchange and a dog dispute resolved by a butcher’s tool.
The fragmentary piece cites a prisoner, a tainted toast to death, a fatal dose mistaken for laudanum, a lover’s suicide attempt, a staged death kissing a countess, and jokey musings on a pleasant end. The St. Louis remark notes Marquis de Conti’s death while kissing a countess.
The Bismarck Tribune notes its proximity to Black Hills gold discoveries, claiming it offers more reliable information on the topic than other newspapers and highlighting its extensive coverage.
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