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Newspaper
Weekly Exponent
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1879
Page
3
A fragmentary dramatic monologue explores heartbreak and separation. The speaker pleads with a former lover not to touch or disturb memories, while declaring a vow to endure distance and fate that forbids their paths to cross again. The tone mixes passion with resigned farewell.
The City Times reports the dramatic claim that outlaw Jesse James was killed by George Shepherd near Shoal Creek with a controversial account of Shepherd’s undercover role and a staged arrest, while townsfolk question the evidence and search for the body persists amid ongoing vigil.
Hayden Survey reports describe cliff dwellings in New Mexico’s river canyons with multi story structures and vast stone walls. The excavations at Hovenweep Castle and Pueblo Chettro Korte show complex masonry, evidence of peaceful communities, possible fire worship, and accretions of millions of stones built into walls.
Denyer papers reveal two versions of a caviaous duel in Breckinridge territory during early settlement. GC Hart, now in Montana, and ex Senator Spencer of Alabama were the principals. A social dispute led to a challenge for mortal combat with hatchets. Delays, messenger letters, and a carrier halted the duel. Both men later joined or pursued frontier fortunes in Montana and suton river gold country. The tale ends with reflections on missed opportunity and fate.
The passage presents a fragmentary, stylized discourse on types of hands with idiosyncratic nomenclature and attributions to artists like Raphael Correggio and Rembrandt. It threads concepts of intuition, perception, order, and artistic finger traits, ending with a garbled remark about novelty and attraction.
A rapid digest notes Lucius Robinson’s political status amid New York state events, mentions George Augustus Sala’s American tour, and shifts in party results. It also covers a Burlington crowd with Grant, a fatal Brooklyn stabbing, rail wages, and fashion trends with kilts and pale tote wraps.
Women's Ways profiles Jennie June a New York journalist turned naturalist of lace traveling abroad gathering specimens and lecturing. Paris fashion columns describe milkmaid mantle hats gloves and fabrics, plus Butter Maker ads touting golden butter quality and market value.
Ten dollars invested in legitimate stock speculation on Wall Street yields immense returns. Pamphlets explain the method. ITEATIL & CO., Brokers, 1227 Broad Street, New York.
An advertisement claims 81 375.87 profits in 30 days from legitimate stock speculation. It promotes pamphlets with two unerring rules promised free upon request and directs readers to Emerson & Co. at 49 Exchange Place New York.
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