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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
6
Gladys Leonard, aging social arbiter, contends with her daughter-in-law Helen Harvey over money, servants, and control in their Rockville household. Helen, strong and principled, asserts duty to family and finances while steering Harvey toward a simpler, steadier course.
In a scene from Chapter IIL Phebe grunts in disbelief but obeys Mrs. Atherton’s command and exits the room. Helen receives the interruption as Phebe’s freedom of speech is checked, altering the immediate interaction and mood.
This old article extols eyelash and eyebrow care, praising long lashes for expression and eye protection. It advises trimming lash tips, nightly oil like gasoline or olive oil to aid growth, and shaping brows by arch and width while avoiding plucking. It notes delicate features need delicate brows and urges brushing to train growth.
A Sunday Strand writer recalls Cardinal Manning’s early life in East Lavington where he served as rector from 1833 to 1860 and enjoyed a brief married life. His wife Caroline, sister of Mrs Wilberforce, sent him flowers from Layington each spring and summer. The village grave is overgrown, reportedly without stone or cross, and Manning asked it be left as is. The Lavington house now hosts Mr and Mrs R G Wilberforce.
A fragment from The London Chronicle recounts Scotland in 1645 during a plague visit to Glasgow led by Montrose. It notes a tax levied on Glaswegians, a memorial by the Almond in Methven for Bessie Bell and Mary Gray, and the lovers’ sequestered retreat where a young friend’s infection spread the disease to them.
A Chicago Journal item notes Louisiana creditors may seize a debtor’s property if he plans to leave the state. One case ended tragically when the debtor died after an attachment. Col Pridefoot’s client argued the law permits seizure only on permanent departure, reflecting a sharp reading of state statutes.
Syria's Firatlunatic Asylum near the Beirut to Damascus road opens on Mount Lebanon slopes. Founder is Mr Theophilus Waldmeier, veteran Abyssinia and Syria missionary. The estate includes land for wheat olives and fruit, surrounding the hospital complex. It is claimed to be the first organized lunatic asylum in Syria amid strong need.
The Hawaiian band of Kouolulu celebrates thirty years of continuous existence and Captain Henri Berger serves as band master for the past twenty years.
A scatter of social vignettes notes a Paris art student seeking Nature’s truth from Mr Whistler with his witty caution. Royal gossip covers the Cornwallis Wests and Lady Randolph Churchill, Wilhelmina’s map of Europe, and Ambassador Choate’s Suffolk church visit with Canon Scott’s quip. Also a quip on women and expense accounts.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company has enhanced its through vestibuled sleeping cars and elegant day coaches from Cincinnati Louisville St Louis and Chicago to Mobile New Orleans and the Gulf coast with further links to Thomasville Pensacola Jacksonville Tampa Palm Beach and other Florida points. Perfect steamer connections for Cuba Puerto Rico Nassau West Indies and Central America accompany tourist and home seekers’ excursion tickets at low rates. Contact C. L. Stone General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky for details.
A survey of early automata describes a jeweled conjurer and its table tricks including a live bird emerging from an eye and a flying automaton fly. It also recounts a 4 minute coach with a life-like attendant and a mechanical flute. The piece explains the term bonanza from Spanish nautical usage and cites the four so-called bonanza kings James Clair Flood O'Brien Mackay Farr. It notes a 1900 census booklet issued by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway and ends with a quip about dyspepsia and social invites.
The latest railway passenger car by Pullman for the American Tourist Association in Chicago opens its top as well as the sides, inspired by summer trolley cars. Designed as an observation car, it targets scenic routes through mountainous canyons.
An evolving Mexican railcar story traces Beau Campbell’s idea of an open side car to a roofed dining pavilion. From the first alley car on the American Tourist Association line to a topless, sunlit dining car, the Chililitit becomes famed for views, electric lanterns, and tropical meals, though details drift.
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