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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
2
A tense scene unfolds in a gray country house as a telegram sparks doubt and hidden motives. Family tensions rise between Miss Hope Paula and Uncle Wilfrid, while Terence wrestles with truth and loyalty amid pleas and accusations. The atmosphere blends fragile trust with looming betrayal as conversations reveal long-held secrets.
A Paterson New Jersey fire destroyed $8 million in property on February 9. Early reports blamed faulty Jersey City Hoboken and Paterson Traction wires, but investigations by Electric ity and the fire underwriters found no definite wiring fault. The board notes fires are often blamed on wiring when causes are unclear.
President Roosevelt has sent Lope Leo copies of all its literary works. Letter carriers nationwide fear delays in reporting the House reorganization bill. U S consuls say American goods face German imitation. Public debt on May 31 shows a monthly decrease. McKinley postal cards expected in post offices by July 1. Archives reveal Cuba war omission in 1880 state papers. Supreme Court in Chicago notes strength of the army and stock litigation.
An Irish American mass meeting at the Chicago Auditorium featured Bourke Cochran and John F. Finerty lauding eloquence while denouncing U S policy toward the Boers. Speakers criticized President Roosevelt for not intervening and urged resolutions opposing coercion and anti Irish sentiment.
A testimonial letter from Mrs. Anna McKay, Chaplain of the Sons of Temperance, touts a compound that cured her seven months of weakness and dizziness. She vows the treatment restored health and strength after low periods and urges others to request Mrs Pinkham’s female medicine from Lynn, Massachusetts.
A lighthearted exchange between Senators Tillman of South Carolina and Warren of Wyoming highlights their farming backgrounds. They trade stories of chopping wood and managing farms from youth to governor, underscoring who truly understands farm life. The piece also notes a Washington Post Listener quip about a mother listening at a keyhole and a gag about a patient’s medicine schedule, ending with a casual observation on Americans walking more due to shoe leather wear. In Lynn Massachusetts shoe factories run full time but face labor shortages, with 70 000 to 75 000 pairs produced daily.
William Catterson of Lusks Springs Indiana reports his wife, long ill with neuralgia and rheumatism, improving after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He claims she is nearly well and credits the remedy with the dramatic recovery.
A humorous exchange on the line between St. Petersburg and Moscow features an American aboard a train. A brown hat gentleman notes another American, and the dockside test of paint dryness leads to a joke about recognizing nationality.
Uncle Backwoods jokes that a young schoolteacher claims the stars are bigger in the moon. Mrs Backwoods asks what is wrong, and the uncle counters with the playful remark about celestial sizes.
The text reports a comic exchange about pennies saved from bargains at New York counters. Jaggles praises his wife for economy, Wageles counters with her confession that each penny comes from a dollar eaten at bargain counters. A separate gag recalls lawyers quarrelling over a Moneybugs pie and heirs’ struggle to reach agreement.
One fare for round trip Chicago to Boston with selling dates June 12 18 14. Chicago to Portland Maine selling dates July 5 to 9 inclusive. One fare plus dollar for Chicago to Providence Rhode Island selling dates July 7 8 9. For limits timetables and more information apply to Geo W Vaux A G P and T A 185 Adams Street Chicago Illinois.
A terse note directs Miss Highflatte-Mary to restrain Mr Money if he arrives. It commands Mary to hold him until the speaker returns and to strike if he resists.
A fragmentary 1902 notice mentions Mrs F Callahan promising after New Year to destroy cigars and cites Piso’s Cure for Consumption as a remedy for croupy children. The text also briefly references an English jam manufacturer and land holdings near Cambridge totaling 1,900 acres.
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