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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1887
Page
8
A verse comments on a wife versed in science who advises on food but whose meals provoke friction. It depicts burned meat, underdone vegetables, heavy bread, and petty quarrels, ending with a jab at her baking despite her learned persona.
A May train ride brings Frank Bolling into contact with Judge Carter and his daughter Lucy. The judge reveals Bolling’s potential, offers a clerical position, and helps secure a future in law after Bolling shares a letter from his late father.
The narrative notes a young lawyer newly admitted to the bar joining Judge Carter in partnership before moving into another firm on leaving. He travels with Miss Lucy Carty, later Mrs. Francis Bolling, as his companion on a long trip during a time of high spirits and social notoriety.
A Denver letter describes the ex senator's first wife as a well dressed, intelligent woman about forty who overpaid her fare on a Broadway car. She is said to be financially successful, owning substantial property including La Veta holdings and multiple rental houses worth hundreds of thousands, with ownership including forty acres and sixteen parcels sold for about $60,000.
The piece surveys wage conditions for unskilled labor in 1800s cities and countryside. It notes daily, monthly, and seasonal pay ranges in places like New York, Albany, Lancaster, Pennsylvania canals, Baltimore, Fredericksburg, and Washington projects, with hours from sunrise to sunset and minimal employer-provided sustenance.
A society profile recounts Mary Jane Morgan famed for owning the costliest diamond necklace in the United States. Her passion spanned hairpins brooches and rings with a central $48 000 stone set in a famed river necklace. Upon death many stones were sold separately.
A San Francisco reporter chats with a polished yet seedy man at the Baldwin Hotel about borrowing. The man explains a practiced method: small successive loans, repaid to build trust, ending when a larger sum is secured, noting he never borrows without confirming the lender has funds. He highlights timing, sponsorship by friends, and a rule to avoid debt until wealth is known.
Susanna Salter, 27, is the sole female mayor in America, governing Argonia Kansas a town of 500. She is a mother of four under six and a devoted domestic figure, with a cautious public image and limited convention attendance.
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