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Newspaper
Mccook Weekly Tribune
Location
Mccook, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1884
Page
3
Ella Wheeler Wilcox voices a moral parable on wealth and pride. The poem urges readers to examine their inner channel and spiritual water, warning that selfish abundance corrupts the heart and fouls the stream of healing and joy.
A dialog with gambler Charlie Dunn explores faro’s origins from Italian roots to English and American spread. He recounts changes over centuries from hand dealt games to the modern box, and notes New York’s 1827 public play and a 1834 fire impact.
The piece notes Faro gambling revival after near ruin, then a 1840 Virginia law declaring faro illegal and driving players to sneak. It cites 18th century acts prohibiting the game as unkingly, with harsh penalties of heavy fines and long imprisonment.
In this anecdotal note from Kentucky State Journal two women discuss bashfulness and marriage. Mollie wavers about marrying Frank, while Jennie weighs social nerves. Nellie Jones’s recent marriage is cited as a turning point, suggesting bashfulness dissolves after wedlock.
A Georgia doctor recounts a bulldog named Ponto who mourned his owner W H Harvill after his death. Ponto followed the coffin to the grave, refused food, and died weeks later, illustrating a dog’s broken heart. The piece shifts to Emerson and Miss Fuller debating life, with fragments of Margaret Fuller’s thoughts on life and God quoted but not fully preserved.
The statement notes Dr. Sir W. Gull, a renowned London surgeon, recently received professional fees of 5000 dollars and 7500 dollars for two visits, suggesting some patients are part of the gull family.
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