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The Jefferson County Record in Diller, Nebraska

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The Jefferson County Record

Location

Diller, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1900

Page

6

Widow Clarkson’s Rent Negotiated by Olive Mellen

Matthew Deane threatens eviction over rent at Widow Clarkson’s, visits Olive Mellen who denounces his harshness. She offers to jail him until he promises no further pressure. He agrees to her terms and falls for Olive as she asserts control, planning marriage.

Mr. Deane Jenkins Clarkson Mr.Deane Matthew Deane Mellen Mr. Siltemen Olive Miss Mellen Matthew Olive Mellen

Literacy in Porto Rico Mirrors Barriers to Learning

The piece argues that high literacy rates in Porto Rico result not from innate ability but from late opportunity and systemic barriers. It describes prejudice in employment for natives, the rise of Spanish clerks, and poverty deterrents like taxes and scarce capital that hinder peasant families from educating their children.

Arecibo H. K. Carroll Spain Gracia Barcelona San Juan Porto Rico

Too Much for Him Meets in Washington About Clayton of Alabama

A Washington discussion recounts Congressman Clayton of Alabama formerly a district attorney who once prosecuted an elderly backwoodsman for illicit whisky. The man, lacking a lawyer, sought to plead his case as the court friendly smiled while the proceedings proceeded.

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