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Newspaper
Fort Smith Elevator
Location
Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1883
Page
4
A traveler recounts time spent in fierce campaigns with Fuss and Feathers, marching through chaparrals to Mexico and the battle of Churusbus. He describes recovery, a moment of awakening to a pretty face, and the nurses and doctors who tended him and offered care.
A boy around twelve visits a Duffield Street doorstep with a hat rack and claims his father, then mother, then sister are dead. He pleads to buy the rack for twenty five cents, asks for bread and butter, and hints that more family deaths will occur if not purchased by Saturday night. The stranger questions reveal a distressed plea.
The fragment describes a series of numerical riddles and curious questions. It mentions clocks, revolutions, a coat tail whirling for seconds, and a shaft turning 645 times per minute. It also notes families of mothers and children with poor outcomes, street encounters, and counts of blows and motions by a woman and man. The tone resembles a late 19th century puzzle page.
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