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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1905
Page
3
Fragmentary archaic lines describe shifting shadows across meadows and distant bells. The text appears as garbled poetry with distorted names and unclear events, referencing a farewell and roaming figures in a twilight setting.
Russell recalls a diamond heart and a tale of deception as he hears a dying man tell of a kiss in the rose garden. The story centers on Evans, his fiancée, a loyal friend who takes the blame, and a wife who may still believe. Russell plans a late dinner and a club meeting to uncover truth and resolve the melodrama.
In the Hayes Tilden campaign Worcester's W. W. Rice faced a joke by a Butler ally who opened the meeting with Rice's prepared speech. Rice tried to improvise a closing remark after the impostor exhausted every point, joking of a spanking once out of sight as he improvised.
A naval officer Lieut Higginson witnessed a meteorite near Dover on December 17, 1862. At 5:03 am the meteor crossed the channel, exploded in the air, and a large spray rose as fragments fell into the sea about half a mile from shore with some pieces later found on the beach.
At Mme Rejane's summer villa in Hennequeville a balloon airship landed on the lawn at five in the afternoon. Mme Henri Lettellier stepped out to thank the French actress for her support of a charity play. Rejane expressed surprise at the aerial visit and praised the gesture as a 1905 tribute to talent.
A lyrical note recalls a bleak day brightened by a sweet young face that rests a troubled mind. The moment brings grace and peace, warming art and sunlit hope, as the speaker blesses the life of a youth, whether famed or simple.
August Belmont NT plans to join the Jockey Club as a member while continuing business ventures. He aims to ease his father’s responsibilities in eastern racing affairs and has applied for club membership, expected to be approved at the next meeting.
Parkersburg dispatch profiles Rev James Joseph Tecumeeh Copen known as Copen a mountaineer preacher in Wirt County who delivers sermons from a rock pulpit fifty feet high using a megaphone. He dives seventy feet from a springboard walks a rope across rivers and canyons drawing crowds with revival gatherings and special trains. He claims biblical inspiration for elevated preaching and hints at reincarnation beliefs and a new creed he is forming.
The piece recalls Andrew White's St Petersburg tenure and his Berlin letters detailing odd requests from a Midwestern town. A church fair sought to split signatures on quilts with European rulers and American leaders. A Paris note to the U.S. minister echoed similar personal time trespass requests.
A couple's first home cooking venture succeeds as they dine apart at the table. She asks if Fred enjoyed it and he confirms with relief, recalling a near mishap when cough syrup was used in the pudding sauce.
A colonel tells George to spread news among his people about obtaining a spring gun at his henhouse. The colored man doubts the plan will work, noting that the authorities cleaned the hen house last night and won’t return.
Henry W. Nevinson reports in Harper's Magazine on a steamer voyage to Benguela where five native boys aged about 10 to 12 were sold to white owners within a week of landing. The boys, found with a Portuguese purchaser, cost around 60 mitrels sapiece each, about £10, illustrating higher prices for child slaves across the region.
A Market Street office worker who recently welcomed his first baby has faced a cruel prank. An ad offering the baby for adoption drew many calls, with inquirers pressuring the father and offering money, while he protests the child is not for sale.
H W Denilson an American attorney and longtime legal adviser in the Japanese foreign office will retire and return to the United States within a year He is the only American to hold such a high position in a foreign government His role parallels that of a solicitor general in the U S government and he has approved all major Japanese foreign documents recently before they were sent abroad It is expected a Japanese successor will be chosen to replace him
In Langensalza a farmer and family sought help from a so called wise woman to cast out evil spirits. They buried a pot of gold coins and paid for pyrotechnics to drive away Beelzebub. The scheme failed but cost 70 000 marks and led to police involvement.
In a September Critic excerpt F B Gasbera remarks on how closely Emerson and Thoreau wrote, noting Thoreau’s unwavering originality and reticence about biographical recollections. He recalls Thoreau’s walks near Concord and barefoot cow driving, his rare rereading of books, and his forward moving, vigorous talent that seeks the next moment.
The Manchester bishop says if people won’t come to church, the church should go to them. Missionaries may accompany golfers, offering a brief service after each drive. Punch notes the bold idea could see hymns sung at the tee to curb lay remarks.
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