09 Dec 1875
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Newspaper
Wakarusa Weekly Sun
Location
Wakarusa, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1875
Page
1
A humorous poem in a periodical recounts three Goshen hunters who go to the Kankakee to hunt ducks. They boast of catches, drink, and poker while a chorus notes the toil of work and a weary travel bill. The piece humorously undercuts their bragging with light verse and local color.
Henry Murray a twenty four year old rider rescues Nellie Brown from her abusive foster mother and marries her to avoid returning her to danger. They travel toward New York and settle Nellie at Rockdale Seminary where Henry remains guardian. Nellie grows into a celebrated student while Henry secretly loves her, finally revealing himself on her sixteenth birthday after she wins praise for a poem.
A thin woman entered a Detroit drug store and asked for poison to kill a husband. The clerk refused, suspecting misuse, and the woman boasted of controlling her spouse. She purchased a powder poison, warning she would outmaneuver any consequences.
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