08 Dec 1869
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Newspaper
Neosho Valley Register
Location
Iola, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1869
Page
1
A fragment recounts six hundred people asleep in a Thurso church during a sermon by Dr. Guthrie. The preacher delivers a fierce, overlooked address as bells, fear, and thunder fail to wake the audience.
Harriet insists Caroline must earn her living after their father is buried and mother sick. Caroline becomes a seamstress at Mrs Peters, then takes a governess job with Mr Hillary on a remote coast estate, meeting his young wife Mrs Hillary who longs to learn, while Miss Ingersoll faces social and personal tensions.
In a coastal home a strict governess Miss Tremont stirs jealousy and class conflict as Mrs Hillary grows distant. A stormy beach confrontation ends tragically with a fall, while a later railroad tale reveals a brakeman as a city magnate and a hidden fortune tied to a murder confession.
A Commonwealth essay asserts that surroundings matter, stressing trees shrubs and flowers near the home and the comfort of books and papers. It argues atmosphere inside the house is more important than material adornments, shaping daily life and a sense of thought beyond the home.
The piece presents a burlesque 1870 extracts from Variton New York publisher's Farmer's Almanac with mock proverbs and humorous misprints. It lampoons prognostications, receipts, and moral farming advice while listing quirky phrases and satirical quips about society, hair, law, and economy.
A murky note lists numerous sensational mishaps from various exchanges. It mentions A Gates torn in a threshing machine, A Pomrine and Abel Weather butchered, Antern run over, S. Bunk robbed, Amoz Krat shot on Puckaway, Juce killed after wreck, Cran Berryt scalded, Mo Ule injured by a horse, Teem of Watar found in water, and M C Casin burned by an angry Indian fire.
A militia company members raise funds to buy a silver cup for a comrade and appoint a toast speaker who delivers a pompous pledge. The speaker, nervous, forgets his lines and finally shouts Captain, here's your mug as the crowd looks on. A Paris paper notes a Protestant gentleman with rents seeks to marry a Protestant lady.
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