28 Aug 1879
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Newspaper
Wellington Enterprise
Location
Wellington, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1879
Page
1
A fragment from volume XII reflects a speaker revisiting an old love once denied and now remembered in a reflective, lyrical voice. The brief excerpt hints at themes of memory and longing without presenting a full narrative.
A lengthy tale follows John Riddel a Moonstone shop foreman entangled with Mrs Montfort a widow and a duchess like client in a Shady jewelry racket. Riddel is accused of naivete and then framed by a plan involving a shaved head prank while a widow schemes to test him through flashy diamonds and checks. The piece ends with threats and a sly indictment of high end shop manipulation.
Buffalo Courier correspondent reports on stage drivers among Native Indians and their experiences. It covers white drivers, trust, earnings, discipline, and Indian beliefs, including astronomy, floods, chiefs, the Custer massacre, and reactions to seeing locomotives during visits to a car.
The San Antonio Press reports the death of Annie Haldeman, nine, from accidental lye ingestion at about fourteen months old. Her throat was scorched, she could not swallow solids, and despite medical care she declined until death. She lived mostly on liquid sustenance and remained mentally lucid until the end.
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