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Newspaper
Oshkosh Record
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1887
Page
2
A fragmentary verse-like piece from Wisconsin invokes the Bob White quail, its call described with musical and interrogative tones. The text muses on nature, longing, and the bird’s cheer amid sunlit woodlands, ending with a faint farewell to the endangered lyric of the wild.
In a dense serialized scene set around Bar Harbor, Fairfax and Richard Oxford plot a bold scheme involving a rich heiress, telegraph intrigues, and a race against time. The narrative follows stealthy telegram exchanges, a swift horse pursuit, and a tense plan to secure a fortune through a daring, morally fraught adventure.
In Cadiz a writer sketches a street archway scene beside a dim courtyard. A veiled girl, a watchful scribe, and a shadowy man in a large coat sit within the arch as the writer captures the moment and finishes a letter while street life drifts away.
Evening gloom and cold frame a mother’s weary walk with a child and a beloved bundle. The young reader learns a message from a motherly figure to pause and praise one’s mother, the best friend at home, in gentle verse ending with a warm plea for kindness and gratitude.
Arthur, Nell, Bella, and Teddy search the house for Daffodil the Maltese within the Bent h household. They fear a trap or misfortune after Daffodil roams to Tom Akers’s place. Arthur goes to Tom’s, Diaz trains to Nat Dean’s, and finally Daffodil returns safely to Aunt Bell and the children.
Report tells of Wash and Uncle Jake grabbing driftwood on Mississippi in a skiff when a sleeping lion emerged, frightening them into fleeing to shore. A nearby policeman detained the beast, later claimed by a traveling circus owner. Neighbors and boys watched as the lion rested, while the tale concludes with moral reflections on mischief and colorblind jokes interwoven through the narrative.
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