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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1898
Page
2
Advertising notices offer baths for four for $1 and singles at 50 cents. Promotions promise several affordable properties for sale. Warnings tell hunters not to enter certain ranch areas to shoot due to escaped cattle causing trouble.
A short notice ad urges readers to protect local pricing by using in town agents for the Weekly Examiner. It warns against ordering through traveling agents and directs payments and orders to the district office or post office to ensure the same prices and premiums.
The New York Commercial Advertiser recounts harsh English customs less than a century ago where husbands controlled wives and children. Fathers chose spouses, limited wive relations, and could chastise wives. Wives had no legal rights to their children’s services or their own earnings, with property rules favoring sons in real estate.
The Strand Magazine recounts Flensburgs method of keeping fish alive during transport by placing them in drilled oblong boxes with water flow. The fish remain alive until the harbor, then are sold on the quay. The Chicago News adds a domestic scene about Mildred and her father noticing a late guest and a friend.
Chicago Post quotes differing views on what makes a man popular. Some say he talks well others insist his appeal rests on his laughter. The brief remark highlights a public perception of charm and wit in social standing.
A brief domestic comic exchanges between a small boy and a confectioner about candy pricing. The boy asks how much a case costs and laments needing more money after a visit from his rich uncle. The scene captures a child’s bargaining and uncle’s influence.
A fragmentary quote describes a contentious exchange between Ae nial and Thompson over truthfulness and deceit, noting Thompson's denial and suggesting another speaker called him a liar.
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