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Newspaper
Springfield Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1876
Page
4
A critique of the word pretty as a label for women, arguing it signals more about social effect and manners than pure physical charm. It contrasts outer prettiness with inner qualities, noting that capable, witty, and cultured women often outshine supposed beauties.
The author critiques the use of beauty as a measure of a woman's value, arguing true merit lies in a generous heart, graceful manners, and a good mind. He notes men often misread plain women, and that plain beauty, paired with virtue, outlasts superficial charm.
A sensational retelling links Beal to Booth from boyhood and describes late night White House pleas for clemency, Lincoln’s tearful promise to spare Beal, Seward’s opposition, and Booth’s return to vow vengeance ending in Lincoln’s death and Seward’s stabbing.
A garbled account alleges a National Headstone contract scheme profited from corpses at Fort Craig and Santa Fe Cemetery. Soldiers’ remains were mishandled as teamsters delivered “freight,” with a buried coffin opened and bones exposed. The piece denounces the alleged crime and calls for justice.
A family led by Jesse Lynch, a preacher in Newton County, practiced extreme religious rites that culminated in the death of a child after alleged brutal exorcism. Lynch and his sister were jailed after an inquest. Cantrell and neighbors described violent acts and aclaimed miracle claims that the child would return to life. Local reaction split community and some followers repudiated the sect.
A murder and bizarre religious disturbances anchor a chaotic scene as a mother resists declaring her child dead, a suspect couple jailed at Neosho clings to strange rites, and an impostor at Henderson schoolhouse is exposed by Ava Carlin. Residents recall a revived man at the same event and a tense atmosphere surrounds the unfolding cases.
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