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Article: A town with the last woman standingNorth America - Working Families Party
| Article: A town with the last woman standing If you have watched Tom Hank's Castaway, you may say that keeping sanity while taking and interacting to no one is pretty tough. In the United and states their are actually town that has a population of one.That is in a Nebraska town that feature a few crumbling abandoned buildings, haunted lane, uninhabited wilderness, and the only business in town, a tavern. Seventy-seven year old, Elsie Eiler is owner and the only resident of the said town.Many report say that the the new 2010 Census data states that Monowi is the only incorporated town, village or city in the whole country to have a single soul as the whole population. In 2000, the town's population was 50 percent more, having Elsie's husband who have died in 2004.The town's only tavern is open for business every day selling a bottle of beer for two bucks and hamburgers could be cooked the 3 decade old four-burner stove top for $2.50. The old woman has regular going each and everyday, all- year round because she sells beer 25 cents lower that the next town.Among the tavern, Elsie also runs the town library which has about 5, 000 books. The library was constructed in the memory of her husband. She lives in a mobile home parked not away from the library.Eiler being the only town's resident is town's mayor dealing with the town business like the annual budget which is $500 a year and it goes mostly on the electric bill from the 4 lamp post lit in the town.The 30's was the town's peak, it had a population of 150 which gradually reduced when the railroad left it. The town was founded by European immigrants in 1902 and now it still stands. Read the complete article here: |
| In North America, a lot of families are working hard in order to cope with the demands of time. In the past most men work for their family's sake but today we can see that both husband and wife strive hard in order to sustain the needs of their family. A person can also be successful in life through his effort and the given help from his loved ones. |
| What a quaint and clever little story, and I am sure that woman feels nothing like Tom Hanks in Castaway, as she does have people to see and interact with a way to make a living. I can understand her being loath to leave, even though her town has emptied, as by this time she has been there her whole life, and even finds identity through being the only person in the town. |
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