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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

Mar 16, 1900

Page

9

The Scapegoat Widow and the Opal Ring Mystery

In Chicago a quiet widow Mrs. Clara Herford moves into a refined neighborhood drawing quiet suspicion with her aloofness and beauty. A luncheon and a jewel tale unfold as a coveted opal ring links to a hidden past and the woman’s enigmatic loss of her husband.

Widow’s social return hints at distant travels and forgiveness

The article notes Mrs Sands touring West and possibly visiting New York within a year or two, while the beautiful widow extends hospitality at her home. Mrs Keepers showcases an opal ring on a large white hand and says she wears it to remind her of several things, a remark carrying behind its vagueness a marked significance to listeners.

Clara Herford Chicago Clara Herford Richard Henry Sands SiSees

Indian Girl Wins Oratorical Contest After Stage Fright

In a spring term event a student wins first place in an interclass oratorical contest held in a chapel decorated with college colors. She receives roses as a friendly rebuke for earlier hard feelings and is met with triumphant cheers as classmates celebrate with tin trumpets.

The Atlantic

History of the Rubaiyat Forty Years Since FitzGerald Translation

The National Magazine runs an article on Omar Khayyam and FitzGerald's paraphrase. It notes the work first appeared in England in 1869 marking forty years since its publication.

FitsGerald National Magazine FitzGerald Omar Khayyam England

Little Things How a Match Heels a Job Chance

A Philadelphia Inquirer anecdote shows how a clerk candidate’s quick problem solving and thoughtfulness won him employment. An insurance executive recalls how the applicant spared a vandalized marble column by striking a fresh match on his shoe heel, impressing with conscientious behavior.

Philadelphia Inquirer

The Turn of Life in Midlife Health Perspective

The passage discusses aging between forty and sixty, asserting that a properly lived life yields prime health. It emphasizes matured constitution that resists disease and frames aging as a pivotal life turn toward wellbeing or decline.

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