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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1885
Page
4
A shaky narration describes a flirtatious scene on a street with a tense moment on a stoop. The speaker recalls a girl who refuses, pleads softly, and finally lets him pass, leaving him with a lingering, unresolved feeling about the encounter.
Lt Parker leads six men from Fort McDowell to Sanford Arizona to arrest escaped convict John Devine. Using a ruse with a telegraph order, Parker confronts Devine in a saloon, secures him amid a tense crowd, and escorts him back to Saraton, completing the mission as the colonel jokes about a wedding and Helena.
The Cavendish Vermont region mourns the death of David Ordway, heir to a long line of millers on the twenty mile stream. A costly coffin stood in his parlor, and he funded a Universalist funeral sermon. A simple monument uses a millstone with a quixotic verse about his life. He once burned his own harvest to prevent a ruined crop after predicting rain.
An odd piece recalls the New York obelisk gifted by the Khedive of Egypt. Once standing proudly for centuries, the monument now wanes under time and frost. Efforts to preserve it with petroleum wax aim to halt decay as the lamp of Cleopatra’s candle mocks the exile.
The true farmer's wife, scattered through Nebraska, has aided frontier to farmland development through quiet, unseen work. Her thrift and integrity build home life and community, shaping purity and happiness as the farmer advances, with women pioneers contributing to civilization and progress.
A New York Mail piece describes duck and goose flight speeds, noting mallard pacing at 40 mph while others reach 80 to 100 mph. It compares gadwale and broadbill capabilities, and jokingly mentions training a canvasback to outrun trains, all in a lively print voice.
A historical sketch contrasts Paris thieves from Pecartot apprentices to Haute Peyre masters. It details stages from Poivriers to Rouliers and Fourliners, describing methods like the gal9 in recentre and rapid watch thefts, with noted figures such as Kote the King of the Fourlinsare and Preyil, a Parisian by birth.
The article highlights recent Roman and Egyptian discoveries reshaping views of ancient society. It notes Papyrus finds in Egypt revealing a thousand years of history, the Naukratis site in the Nile delta exposing Greek pottery evolution, and new excavation work at Ephesus Assos Delos and Sinai-related sites enriching our understanding of literature art and politics across eras. It emphasizes the value of these finds for biblical interpretation and regional histories long buried.
An edited reader note recalls Kenator Butler of South Carolina recalling a humorous moment at Forge. The tale mentions a doctor, General, and a peculiar sequence of words as a joke about a veteran or elder statesman.
A misspelled testimonial from 1888 Manchester describes a paralytic disease and recovery after Hop Bitters, praising the product while warning readers about fake labels. The letter urges prosecution of dishonest druggists and advocates suing imitators.
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