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Newspaper
Wadsworth Dispatch
Location
Wadsworth, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1897
Page
2
A fragment from a New York Sunday Journal item shows a family exchange about a swimming outing with a Black or mixed-race boy, reflecting tense racial attitudes. The dialogue reveals parental admonition and a claim that the boy wasn’t white when he arrived.
The San Francisco Examiner recounts Chief Justice Joby Marshall getting a car wheel stuck on a roadside sapling. A negro passerby offers to cut the tree for a dollar. The judge questions the price, but the man agrees to the simple task and earns a dollar.
Paria and partner Thrifty French claim 160000 francs from permits to place chairs in the yards and garden areas for a fever module of proponents.
The Pittsburg Commercial Gazette recounts Lincoln’s early career anecdotes. It notes his conscientious practice avoiding unjust suits and his humor in court. A Springfield theater license dispute ends with Lincoln persuading removal of the tax, proving fair play over rigid legality.
A northwest congressman recounts six months of effort to open a district post office. Bondsmen stayed up all night as someone altered the official name to match a desired choice, highlighting a possible government fraud scheme tied to the office’s designation.
Cleveland press fragment cites Rev Textly and Detroit News quoting a claimed call. Text is garbled with missing words and uncertain figures making precise meaning unclear.
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