Original Prize Story Featured in Yorkville Enquirer
A prize story originally crafted for the Yorkville Enquirer showcases storytelling flair and regional voice, illustrating local life and community interest through a crafted narrative.
29 Feb 1872
Page 1
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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1872
Page
1
A prize story originally crafted for the Yorkville Enquirer showcases storytelling flair and regional voice, illustrating local life and community interest through a crafted narrative.
In Mansfield Park, Cecil fights scarlet fever while Richard battles illness and a hidden past. Dr. Crosbie uncovers a family mystery linking Richard to Albert Beaumont and Marian Harcourt, revealing Richards true identity as Marian’s lost nephew.
Herce Fontaine, descendant of Patrick Henry, speaks at the Island Historical Society about the Virginia orator. He aims to correct errors in Worth’s 1857 biography, drawing from family manuscripts and grandson accounts while detailing Henry’s life, speeches, and character.
The text notes the unpredictability of Providence in choosing reform instruments, citing New York papers that credit a vigorous man who disrupted Tammany, then left England amid unpopularity fueled by a habit of beating his wife. It ends with a cynic remark on differing poison and meat.
A survey of slang life shows phrases bloom from street chatter and minstrel stages, spread fast through street boys, stump speakers, and crowd repetition, then fade. Notable terms include What are you going to do about it, can you see, and hunky dory, with origins linked to Tweed era politics, the Civil War, and English slang carried to America.
A Iowa reform proposal suggests biennial meetings for representatives with a sixty day session and Governor driven extra sessions in emergencies. Economically, the plan could gain traction. A Kentucky girl wishes tobacco planted on her grave so lovers may chew the weed nourished by her dust.
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