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Story
September 8, 1891
The Salt Lake Herald
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
What is this article about?
Two hunters find a bottle in the Jordan River with a despairing note from S. B. Strong, possibly a suicide message warning against alcoholism; identity and fate unknown, potentially a prank.
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OCR Quality
95%
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Full Text
European novelties in ladies' cloaks and dresses just received by the Schweitzer Cloak and Suit company, 55 Main street.
WHO IS HE?
Is S. B. Strong Dead or Alive?
The Weird Contents of a Bottle Found Floating in the Jordan.
As two young men named Higgs and Hunter were returning from a hunting trip on the Jordan yesterday, they noticed floating slowly down the river what appeared to be a bottle of beer securely corked. Out of curiosity they towed the object in to shore, when they found it to be a corked bottle with a small scrap of paper inside.
The paper was torn from a small note or memorandum book, and on it was scrawled in lead pencil the following:
I have bid farewell to all and with my wife and children to you am a wreck and disgrace to those I have left behind am only fit for a drunkard's grave young men take my advice square up your future life be honest and true and keep from a drunkard's grave.
S. B. STRONG
The directory fails to show any S. B. Strong in Salt Lake city. He may, however, be a new comer, and the question is whether his body will be found somewhere along the banks of the Jordan, or whether the whole thing is the prank of some would be joker.
This publication will probably draw forth whatever there is in the affair.
WHO IS HE?
Is S. B. Strong Dead or Alive?
The Weird Contents of a Bottle Found Floating in the Jordan.
As two young men named Higgs and Hunter were returning from a hunting trip on the Jordan yesterday, they noticed floating slowly down the river what appeared to be a bottle of beer securely corked. Out of curiosity they towed the object in to shore, when they found it to be a corked bottle with a small scrap of paper inside.
The paper was torn from a small note or memorandum book, and on it was scrawled in lead pencil the following:
I have bid farewell to all and with my wife and children to you am a wreck and disgrace to those I have left behind am only fit for a drunkard's grave young men take my advice square up your future life be honest and true and keep from a drunkard's grave.
S. B. STRONG
The directory fails to show any S. B. Strong in Salt Lake city. He may, however, be a new comer, and the question is whether his body will be found somewhere along the banks of the Jordan, or whether the whole thing is the prank of some would be joker.
This publication will probably draw forth whatever there is in the affair.
What sub-type of article is it?
Mystery
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Bottle Message
Jordan River
Suicide Note
Drunkard
S. B. Strong
What entities or persons were involved?
Higgs
Hunter
S. B. Strong
Where did it happen?
Jordan
Story Details
Key Persons
Higgs
Hunter
S. B. Strong
Location
Jordan
Event Date
Yesterday
Story Details
Two young men named Higgs and Hunter found a corked bottle floating in the Jordan containing a note from S. B. Strong bidding farewell to his family, declaring himself a disgrace due to drink, and advising others to live honestly to avoid a drunkard's grave. No record of S. B. Strong in Salt Lake City directory; may be suicide or prank.