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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1904
Page
3
A rough, archaic verse fragment recalls a first love, a later fleeting flame, and a final sunset mood. The speaker contrasts shy early affection with a fading ember and lingering memories as evening falls over a tranquil, reflecting scene. The text mirrors a magazine style lyric excerpt with period cadence.
On the bark Semirams a sick Tom Blodgett nears death as friends Joe Brent and Richard Hodges help him draft a will for a sum of money. A hidden bottle, mistaken for medicine, is disposed of by the skipper, who later laments the lost chance to save Tom.
William F. King of the Merchants' association tells of a boy who could lose one job and almost instantly find another. On meeting him, a friend asks who he works for and he replies he is with John Smith & Co on a memorandum, unclear if permanent.
Col Henry Cochran recounts Rear Admiral Charles D Sigshee delaying a boat for his first command after promotion. Paymaster Slamm scolds him for ten minutes of waiting, prompting the admiral to quip he had waited years for the privilege. The anecdote ties to Sigshee’s League Island command and Navy promotion lore.
A migration study notes Hungarian emigration expanding since the eighteenth century with 380000 emigrants 1881 to 1900, a Wisconsin colony founded in 1841 named Harasstyfalu later Saul City, and later waves directed to Pennsylvania New York and New Jersey amid worker strikes.
Dr. G P Mains, treasurer of the Methodist Tract society, notes sermons can be popular and profitable though few ministers manage such success. He recalls an elderly Scottish minister whose volume reportedly cleared about £500, prompting a quip about printing more of his sermons.
A Brooklyn man explains that crowds near Fulton Ferry line up before 5 pm as ferry fares drop from two cents to one. Laborers clerks and others wait for the song and the bell to change the price, then surge aboard at the stroke.
A stark verse fragment from the New York Sun reflecting on the mystery of pain and loss. It contrasts human suffering with the crucifixion theme, mentioning a dying mother and child, Prometheus, and the springtime law that dies in smoke. The tone is solemn and condemns the futility of protest against suffering.
Henry Weber, a reporter on the 8 Danver daily, accumulated wealth through mining promotions. He sold his stake in a Nevada mine for 500000 dollars, while retaining other interests likely worth about double that amount. Weber has promoted eighteen companies, four of which are prospering.
A Southern Workman writer praises Indian day schools as centers of useful learning and moral uplift. They teach local crafts, promote cleanliness and thrift, allow teachers to study homes, deliver medicine and counsel, and keep Indians at home, with anecdotes about bread making showing practical lessons and patience.
Two Philadelphia men in Gibbsboro found minnows too small and costly so they bought goldfish for bait. They captured a fair mess, with the hardy goldfish surviving being hooked and released back to the aquarium, proving effective and economical.
A New York Tribune note predicts rainproofing cloth will extend from coats to all garments. Waterproofing now costs about twenty five cents extra and can preserve color. The process promises moth proofing as firms offer quick treatments, making rainproof fashion possible for banquet attire and daily wear.
Fragmented verse questions a beloved woman Anathéa describing her eyes and charm. The speaker muses on eye color and shade and vows devotion, contrasting distant longing with a felt near presence. The text blends archaic diction with modern misspellings as it laments lack of clear vision of her attributes.
Harvard professor describes visiting English philosopher James Bryce. The observer notes Bryce as a small man around 65 with a large backward slanting head, bald top, white beard turning yellow, bushy eyebrows, round shoulders, and neat dress. He speaks with a distinct nasal tone and a lively, quiet, unemotional delivery with a marked Irish accent.
A fragmented poem in a memoir mood recalls a child’s royal siege of an Easy Chair as a mother’s lullaby calms fear. Images of a kingly throne, a conqueror parent, and the child’s longing for sleep intertwine with wartime refrains and the sheltering cadence of a mother’s arms. The piece meditates on fortune and heartache, memory and solace.
A reflective poem recalls a mother’s lullaby and guidance shaping a son’s conscience. It contrasts temptations with memories of motherly care, urging virtue, courage, and faith as the path through life. The speaker honors the mother’s influence, citing the old Bye-Bye Chair as a symbol of enduring love.
A Philadelphia Press described a drawing room scene where a young man explains his past and vows to improve himself with a woman’s encouragement. Mother upstairs unaware, the intruding moment ends with the youth deftly explaining athletic feats to all and earning the mother’s belief in his sincerity.
Chicago News describes a set of proportion rules for the perfect figure. It states height equals the span between fingertip tips with arms extended, and provides multiple ratios for body length. It also notes the knee position, torso measurements, and head to chin relations as benchmarks.
A comic exchange recalls Mr. Jones and his wife preparing bolted pudding. She promises a favored dessert in the bullepan for his evening meal. On her return she asks how the pudding fared. He responds with a wry joke about the cloth and a sloth on it.
Reports from Lyons describe Philippe the mesmerist who once impressed the czar at Tsarskogo Selo. He allegedly heals all diseases by thought with no passes or incantations required, and even aided a dying child after a vow of silence by attendees.
Count Henri de La Vaulx discusses Aeronautics in New York and Paris, noting 600 Paris aeronauts and a hopeful view that flying machines will become common. He cites the heavy time and money needed and the frequent crashes that follow years of effort and large spending, comparing the frustration to a dentist’s misstep with a fake tooth.
A Missouri leader in ante bellum battles over slavery, James Stephen Green, is recalled in a Washington anecdote. In a Sunday Episcopal service he is asked what he thought of it. He quips that there was too much reading of the journal and not enough debate, reflecting his wit.
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