This newspaper claims that there is a $50,000 reward for something. This is a very convincing appeal, and people would likely buy the newspaper in order to discover how they can earn the reward. However, this is simply a trick to attract readers, as the reward is metaphorical. It is a device used to comment on how the Maine (a ship) was thought to have been destroyed by the Spanish.
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Explanation:
I believe it influences and to some extent shaped our modern society by showing that individuals have the right and freewill to choose to believe whatever it is they would want to believe. Even if it is in the form or way of creating a whole different religion. or attaching up pieces of some religions together and merging them with others to become one religion.