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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1891
Page
3
Tom Partington reveals he secretly ran a private gambling club to curb Ada Partington's roulette losses. He explains he used the venture to shield her and repay her debts, ending the club after recovery, as Ada forgives and praises his cunning care.
Stephen B Elkins from Perry County Ohio to Missouri and New Mexico, a legal career and political ascent. He served in the Seventy seventh Missouri Infantry, became Attorney General of the Territory, U S Attorney, and amassed wealth by indicting Mexican slave-owners. He now occupies a West Fifty eighth Street house in New York and owns a grand Elkins estate in West Virginia with a castle like main hall and a 25 foot high ballroom. He is politically in a minority in his family. his father and brothers are Democrats.
An old Ram's Horn saying warns that talking with the devil leads to blindness and loss of spiritual sight. It cautions that stealing into God’s kingdom with devilish possessions backfires, and walking with the devil will force one to bear him eventually.
A collection of light verse and anecdotes contrasts rural winter scenes with city life. It includes a rustic call to visit, playful lines about skeeters and cider, and a humorous Irish bull. Also contains snippets: a limerickish note on a photograph mishap and a short quip about a salesgirl resigning to marry.
Fragmentary text presents a playful headlined idea about a game. The readable portion hints at evaluation of a match or tactic as “pretty good” within a casual storeside or sports page tone. No clear names or locations are readable to anchor specifics.
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