I care not who catches bass, so long as I may eat them," in humorous paraphrase.
There was no little excitement over the arrival of the mail-boat.

They were all eager to see what the Times had to say.

There was a column or more on the first page, subheaded.

Warrington's career was rather accurately portrayed, but there were some pungent references to cabbages.

In the leader, on the editorial page, was the master-hand.
"In brief, this young man is to be the Republican candidate for mayor.
Grown desperate these half-dozen years of ineffectual striving for political pap, Senator Henderson resorts to such an expedient.