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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1901
Page
3
A fragmentary excerpt depicts a chrysalis opening under trees as the moth emerges. The inner struggle ends in transformation toward a future of light, song, and wings, with imagery of rebirth and the splendor of new being.
George Hartwell, a diffident suitor, struggles to propose to Helen Martindale. He hires a phonograph to recite a romantic pledge but the device plays a comic, risqué tune instead. The mislaid proposal leads to embarrassment and a hint of mistaken courage.
A historical newspaper fragment presents a dignified poem recalling the departed, praising the kind and brave who walk no more. It reflects on grief, gratitude, and faith, noting comfort in memory and the belief that the faithful soul rests with God.
Miss Honora Patton of Curwensville will marry Dr. William D. Gross of Paris after a year illness and engagement begun in France. The wedding in Curwenville will feature Pittsburgh Orchestra music and Philadelphia florist décor, marking one of the region’s grand social events.
The Canadian Marine department completed a tidal survey of the St. Lawrence River from Quebec to Point de Monts 300 miles. Self recording instruments logged daily tide height from five to eighteen feet, enabling precise progress rates. Work extends to the Pacific coast with forthcoming tide tables for Victoria and the Gulf of Georgia.
A vivid look at itinerant salesmen who market glass eyes and other oddities. The piece notes the vast stock, the artistry from Germany and France, and the secret glaze methods, while highlighting the fragile life of artificial eyes and the uneasy impression they leave.
The piece catalogs curious traveling salesmen and traders across the globe selling glass eyes telescopes for coffins flea products and fertilizers along with relics from battlefields mummies and iron bridges. It notes American drummers claiming exclusive African markets and English traders peddling Ptolemies to museums.
An official from the Washington post office department notes the large and growing pile of unclaimed money orders worth over 2.5 million dollars. Many orders vanish through burning loss misaddressing or return to remitters leaving the government with limited recourse.
Duchess of Cleveland recalls a Kentish lane robbery where Lord Stanhope refused to part with a watch given by a beloved, offering to fetch a 100 note instead. The story ends with a letter from a grateful beneficiary who later sat beside him at dinner. The piece also notes U S naval strength leading Germany by about 3,000 tons and Kentucky debate clubs naming themselves Henry Clay.
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