The Poet's Lament
A struggling writer laments delayed pay from stories and magazines. He hopes for eventual reward to settle debts and feed his household. He contemplates seeking faster work if literary hopes stall further.
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1892
Page
6
A struggling writer laments delayed pay from stories and magazines. He hopes for eventual reward to settle debts and feed his household. He contemplates seeking faster work if literary hopes stall further.
Hugh Colewood learns he must marry a woman chosen by his late aunt to inherit her estate. A journey to meet Ethel Wayne leads to mistaken identity and a forced choice between love and wealth. Miss Wayne is not who he first meets, and the story resolves with a cottage wedding and a charitable split of the fortune.
Gen Bidwell receives the Prohibition party presidential nomination after a two day gathering at Music Hall Cincinnati with over 6000 attendees. Delegates debate platform free coinage tariff and anti liquor planks while Miss Willard and ex gov St John figure prominently. Vice President nominee Gideon T Stewart is defeated. J G Evans appeals for funds for the National Committee.
The Prohibition party in national convention adopts principles calling for total suppression of liquor production, sale, and transport. It denounces liquor as a foe to civilization and government and urges federal and state action to end the traffic. The platform also covers money, tariffs, railroads, immigration, land ownership, lynching, and school funding with emphasis on moral reform and equal rights.
Italian boot factories produce boots with riveted heels and soles that can be rotated or swapped. When heels wear on one side they are turned. worn soles are removed and replaced to extend life.
The text notes Europe as the most densely populated continent with about 360 million people. It states the continent is small for its population, averaging ninety three people per square mile.
A Dinner potato in Ireland yielded a half sovereign at its center, the coin discolored yet preserved, later turning into a decorative piece for a watch chain. The item is paired with a reflection on work and toil, ending with a note on invention of burglar proof glass and dirt proof glass for cleaners.
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