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Newspaper
Pratt City Herald
Location
Pratt City, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1900
Page
4
The piece criticizes Pettigrew for a late session anti-trust measure used as campaign leverage. It argues Republicans forced a down vote to reveal their stance, warns of armor trust profits versus real value, and notes political scandal, Bryan, and foreign affairs commentary including China and Russia relations.
The Herald hints that a strong cage or high rail should be built after a prisoner escaped from the City Hall courtroom last week. The note warns authorities to prevent similar breaks under similar circumstances.
A fragment recalls a territory exchange and a duel between Nott and Shott. Nott was shot and Shott was not, leading to speculation about who fired the shot and how the outcome came to be. The tale notes that circumstantial evidence is unreliable and questions who bore the danger in the event.
Florence Herald reports James H. Blair sightings of a belled buzzard in McFarland's bottom. The crow bell tied to its leg chimes audibly, heard nearly a mile away when the bird flies.
A Florence Herald item recounts Rev Archibald finding an old hen in Oakland pulpit loft and later collecting eggs left by his predecessor. The piece humorously questions who may eat the chickens when ripe and invites the debating society to discuss if only preachers may do so.
A Paris World correspondent reports that Peck's management of the American section is blemished by political favoritism, hiring clerks at 50 dollars weekly who previously earned only 15 dollars. The notice adds a health advert for White's Cream Vermitage, priced at a quarter.
The city council met at City Hall with Mayor Hudnall presiding. Aldermen Stovall, McPherson, Culpepper, Shedd and Lovelady attended as well as City Clerk Donaldson and City Engineer Byrne. The meeting covered a new water well test, sidewalk curbing upgrades, street drainage and street rail crossings, sidewalk donations from local merchants, and a partial refund of slot machine licenses.
The poem recalls a joyful past with Mary walking through daisied fields at dusk and sharing love until nightfall. It then shifts to a darker turn after death, with the speaker mourning Mary and imagining a heavenly home where sorrow ends and Mary shines as a star at dawn.
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