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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1902
Page
3
Former Governor David B. Hill attends a New York banquet with friends. He jokes that retirement keeps him in Gods country but he finds it hard to leave the company as he rushes to catch a train home.
The Des Moines Register notes Abraham Lincoln’s handwritten acceptance of a second term as U S President after the 1864 election. The document, kept by James F Wilson of Iowa, was turned over to Charles Aldrich and now resides in an Iowa Historical Department collection. The manuscript is unsigned but highly valued and could fetch four figures in major markets.
Peter Morcono a 17 year old barber from Derby Connecticut lifts 500 pounds with ease and juggles 100 pound dumbbells daily. Patrons bet against him as he stacks eight dumbbells over his head and declares his goal to become a champion strong man. He credits daily exercise plain food and abstinence from tea coffee alcohol and tobacco.
A Kansas City bound excursion train conductor wakes a drunken man and learns his destination as Leavenworth. The man claims he is going to hell, and the conductor cheerfully notes the 9:30 arrival and asks for sixty cents to disembark when signaled by the brakeman.
The piece recalls Marie Corelli seeing a moneyed octopus and criticizing Andrew Carnegie for spreading free libraries nationwide. The writer declines to reproach Corelli for distributing books freely and expresses humble thanks instead.
The piece recounts L. M. Cross of The Baptist Commonwealth explaining a South Carolina plantation owner who faced unfair cotton pricing at a warehouse. A pedler sold a “lightning calculator” showing multiplications. the owner used it to challenge low payments, only to be mocked as using last year’s calculator which is not valid now.
A flock of farm turkeys strayed and were kept by a neighbor. A justice of the peace ruled to release the birds and let them settle the dispute at home. The owner pledged to forfeit the lot if they did not return. The turkeys headed straight to their roosts, and judgment was for the plaintiff Philadelphia Record.
Rev. Tf Stubenvoll of Eikhorn Wisconsin, pastor at St John Evangelical Lutheran Church, owns two bibles gifted by Emperor William. He writes that Peruna cured his long lung hemorrhages and improved strength, blood, weight, and color, urging others to use the remedy and seeking Dr Hartman’s free advice.
A reflective line emphasizes balancing adaptability with personal integrity as the first rule of conduct. The aphorism suggests consistency of character while serving varied needs.
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