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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1896
Page
2
Margaret questions her origins and Ruthven's knowledge while he recalls adopting her at a distance. He reassures her and denies paternity, yet she fears a hidden fate. Their exchange exposes tension between gratitude and longing as she contemplates life with him and Pomona Villa.
Ruthven returns to England and contemplates proposing to Margaret O Reilly, a sixteen year old ward. He confesses a long, shut heart, then is interrupted by Hamilton’s unexpected arrival. Margaret, blushing and eager, hints at mutual affection as Hamilton asks for Ruthven’s consent to an engagement.
A downtown businessman challenges the phrase respectable working girl arguing it lumps diverse women into a vague stereotype. He notes many women in lunch spots on Fulton Street who are typists and sales staff yet appear as fashionable and well mannered as upper class youths, showing work has not altered femininity or spirits.
The verse fragments present a wry exchange about lineage and vocation. Ragged Robert muses on parental power, while Thirsty Thames imagines cultural birthright as a brewer’s offspring.
Phillip Rogers seeks a divorce after his wife left him, citing his refusal to read the full testimony from the Durrant case to her. The filing notes marital discord centered on access to court records and proceedings.
Peter Conlin, long-serving New York police official born 1841, rose from patrolman in 1869 to chief of police in 1893 after a five-hour written examination. His career included sergeant, captain, inspector and acting chief before promotion. A key exam answer proposed using grape and canister against strikers, drawing mixed reactions.
A long-winded item covers Rev H H Conden of Port Huron as the new congress chaplain who lost sight in the Civil War, his early enlistment, West Virginia campaign, Shiloh, and Mississippi marine brigade service. It blends with notes on Empress Frederick’s bust, Sir Francis Scott in Ashantee, and a string of disparate curiosities from the era.
An editor quotes a market gardener praising Salzer's northern varieties and urging readers to request the mammoth Salzer Seed Co catalogue by mailing 10 cents to La Crosse Wisconsin. The offer includes ten sample grains and grasses, with oats mentioned among the included items.
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