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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
11
A rural spelling contest at the schoolhouse stirs tensions between the district’s leading speller and the squire who controls local favors. The contest and its fallout reveal long held resentments as families attend and justify loyalties.
Recalled memoir recounts a rural spelling bee where a girl helped a shy boy named Sam. the event unfolds with cold night, crowded benches, and a community schoolhouse. It details Sam’s quiet dignity, a fatal accident later in life, and the squire’s lack of aid to a struggling widow and orphans.
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