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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1898
Page
3
A drummer dreams of a lavish life and success. He sees himself selling many orders, retiring from the road, marrying, and rising to wealth and respect in a small country town. The poem follows his imagined ascent and settled life.
In a Nevada town Tom Hall converts to church life and gambler's lore. He bets with a Bible from Miss Dawson in a high stakes Faro game at Donovan's. The pageant of luck shifts with scripture as he wins big, then protests a crooked deal before the bar closes the night.
A poem by Nixon Waterman expresses a vivid wish to explode the world rather than rest in a grave. The speaker imagines death as a final act of dramatic force, wanting society to weep and fret rather than celebrate his passing.
English pickle makers have filled pint bottles to hold more than a pint to dodge a British law. When these bottles are shipped to Canada they encounter a law that charges duty on any package exceeding a pint or a quart.
A Chicago Daily Record piece recalls a janitor named Connolly chastising a tough boy named Roderick as he recounts past incidents. He describes Jamesey Reagan’s mischief from hammering lockers to chalking walls, and ties it to a furnace incident and a near-elevator disaster that left a boy bruised but alive.
Paris shows a capricious mood as statues are routinely dethroned and new ones installed. Old statues are glowed away, and yards at Auteuil overflow with depictions awaiting new homes. Street names follow the shifting winds of political fashion.
Summary reflects a Peloubet style study of the temple restoration under Joash from Jehoshaphat's era, detailing reforms, covenant renewals, and temple service reorganization. It notes the call to all Israel to contribute, challenges in funding, and the moral aim of unifying devotion to Jehovah.
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