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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1902
Page
3
Francis Sterne Palmer notes in The Outlook that the beach ridge near Bunillt rises with airy fretwork architecture above the woods. From the south birds sing spring anthems, winter’s chains break, and the mossy cedar swamp hosts hares, fawns, and grouse as peasants listen to distant monklike chants.
Hepburn admires Miss Pollard's independence while a rival aims for her favor. Teddy Ackerman flirts with Pollard, provoking Hepburn’s envy. A crisis arises when Ackerman is hurt, and Pollard’s cold dismissal of Hepburn shifts his view, revealing her strength and his own flaws.
Stroking off and flinging himself on the grass, Hepburn rests as Polly Ackerman waves a racket and calls him to a game. Jean Wilson and Maud Patterson appear, taking Maud 6008 to fetch water from the spring in the ravine, leaving the two girls together.
He confesses his love, seizes her hand and begs her to listen as tears mark the moment. She rebukes him, calls him weak, yet softens, while denying love for another and insisting their bond remains impossible.
At Punxsutawney Pennsylvania a county fair features an egg throwing booth rigged on primitive lines. An Italian target endures a canvas hole and gets pelted for five cents a trio as crowds watch a sticky spectacle. The booth draws cops and attracts hundreds of dollars for the sponsors amid street cleanup. Unusual rat control in London meat house leads to tame rodents and a profitable scheme as cats are banned.
A foppish youth on vacation at a chic resort purchases up-to-date tall neck stocks and wears one during a visit to his irate uncle. The uncle mocks the novelty calling it a stock and asks about the accessory while the nephew playfully prompts about its purpose.
A poem fragment narrates a shy glance and a flirtatious smile across an aisle. The verse ends with a playful line about a five year old. A separate New York News item notes that earth’s population doubles roughly every 260 years.
A roach and an ant quarrel over strength and cunning. The ant lures the roach to race across fly paper, hoping for a fall. The roach boasts speed but is trapped by the paper, while the ant avoids risk. The tale ends with a moral about recognizing a weak spot in every man’s armor.
In a discussion of monkey behavior observers dispute common claims that monkeys throw stones. Sir James Brooke notes orangutans rarely defend by throwing. branches fall due to weight. Wallace describes orangs dropping limbs when pursued, and a female macaque on a durian tree reportedly hurls heavy fruits and branches in a fit of rage over ten minutes.
The poem speaks of renewal and resilience as the speaker compares the soul to flowers that bloom after frosts. Grief fades like May snow, and the heart regreens after long decay, finding fragrance in verse and the divine as the true light. The speaker reflects on mortality, recovery, and the provident garden of God.
The late Professor Virchow humorously endured a student mispronouncing a calor of a preparation. When asked for its color the student quipped that it seemed to have been fine. The professor laughed and continued with the lecture after a few more questions.
A fragment from the Baltimore American notes Truth pursued a tie across many miles and years. At last she overtook it, but the tie remained firmly set on a tombstone, and Truth was obliged to abandon her pursuit.
A Jesse's Weekly report details a danger filled fireworks village where workers in tiny single person huts assemble Roman candles. Each worker faces strict rules: no leaving the hut until shift end, meals stored inside, and no contact with others to avoid cross contamination of explosive dust and phosphorous which could ignite from mere garment transfer.
The Channel Islands are identified as the sunniest areas of the United Kingdom, enjoying sunshine about 39.9 percent of the time the sun is above the horizon across a year.
The 1901 geological survey reports U S mined precious stones worth about $800,000 that year. Diamonds totaled $100, with finds in Georgia Lee county suggesting potential, while New Mexico produced $118,000 in turquoise. Montana yielded $90,000 in sapphires, and rhodolite garnet sits in North Carolina.
A discussion on retirement age contrasts views that men should keep working past sixty to stay mentally young with those who urge retirement to allow younger workers in. The piece notes that life work shapes happiness, while indifference breeds decay, and concludes individual choice should guide the decision.
A mysterious letter lures a sewer-dweller to the Bank of England strong room at midnight. Police guarded the area after a hoax, then a chest of papers arrived with a note claiming the writer was no thief. The man entered via a sewer, startling directors in the vault.
An extraordinary sale at the state furniture depot in Rue des Ecoles Paris offered items seized by authorities in criminal proceedings. Among lots was a forger's press for printing bank notes, initially claimed by the Bank of France but deemed too primitive to alarm officials and thus ceded to the state.
The passage argues knowledge is the enduring legacy passed through generations, outlasting material needs and even great works. It contends that while most comforts and physical goods fade or are consumed, knowledge remains, unharmed by fire, flood, famine, or disease, as humanity’s ultimate asset.
A 50 year old man, Przemieniseni, was arrested as a vagrant in New York. During magistrate examination he fled, was recaptured, and insisted the name given was not his. He finally stated his reply as Skiziednia smo lowsky, prompting court inquiry.
The Revue Hebdomadatire lauds Albert Savine as a rare publisher who spent 109000 francs in seven years to publish works by Thien, Bjornsen, Verga and other foreign authors with little French demand. For over two years he paid 500 francs monthly to a now famous French author whose books earned under 100 francs yearly. If a man enjoys wealth before he bags it he never is rich.
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