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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1905
Page
12
A reflective verse from the Cleveland Leader contrasts night’s oppressive weight with a dawning relief as a bird’s song signals release. The poet questions fate and timing, pondering if dawn could come too late. The piece blends mood, imagery, and a hopeful turn.
A tale set in ancient style tells how Alladin, a poor man, marries a mysterious woman whose daily acts transform his life. He fails to value her until a grave illness tests their bond, and a doctor admits power lies beyond, leaving him to reclaim happiness through love and gratitude.
An observer contrasts Paris and London with bright gas lamp coverage in Paris, noting gas lamps on most streets and generous spacing in poorer areas. The piece highlights the cost of illumination, arguing Parisians value light and are willing to pay for it while Americans grope in darkness.
Dr St George Gray of the British West Indies reports experiments showing Culex mosquitoes become intoxicated after exposure to port wine. He placed mosquitoes under a bell jar with a few drops of wine. after a few hours they appeared dead then later revived and staggered about under the microscope, seemingly drunk.
The Territory of India asserts an empire extending over land larger than Europe excluding Russia, highlighting its expansive reach and geopolitical footprint. The claim emphasizes sustained imperial influence across its dominions and neighboring regions.
At Daly's theater in London on July 11 the hydraulic system powering the asbestos curtain failed and the curtain descended slowly after the show began. After thirty minutes of failed attempts to raise it, patrons were dismissed and admission refunded.
Congressman McCall recalls a Boston Sunday school tale about Balaam's ass. A pupil asks what language the beast spoke so Balaam could understand, and a bright boy answers it was Hebrew because the ass would be a Hebrayist.
A Southern congressman, vacationing at Atlantic City, says he feels demoralized and recalls a Brother Swanson joke from Virginia politics. The tale centers on a long-legged soldier at Malvern Hill asking to return to the wagons, claiming he is not wounded or sick, only demoralized.
Miss Marie Cahill entertained guests at The Cedars Avon New Jersey when a Japanese waiter slipped on a slippery dining room floor. He fell with a crash, tray and all, but Miss Cahill lightened the moment by remarking it was fortunate he was leaving rather than approaching.
Comic exchange shows Dick proposing to Miss Fickel and Tom warning against changeability. Dick remains hopeful after a playful rejection with a lighthearted twist.
A Chamber's Journal poem muses how love acts as a magician, turning dull streets and grey houses into scenes of glow. The speaker finds daily joy in the beloved's eyes and hair, which shine through grime and toil. Love conquers gloom and carries light into the mill and mart.
The narrator describes the Mont Pelee peak and the ruined city of St Pierre in dramatic tropical moonlight. A ghostly plume erupts above the crater as the moon reveals a devastated landscape, a skeleton of a once lively port town ruined by eruption and time.
President Paul Morton entertained 750 Equitable Life agents at Manhattan Beach. An agent from the West asked if advertising benefits life insurance, and Morton said good advertising benefits all business. He recalled a Detroit grocer’s remembered ad promising twins and urging patron support.
The piece notes rising costs to build battleships with $4 to $7 million spent, comparing Perry’s old Lake Erie victory to modern long builds, and warns rapid destruction could outpace peace, urging caution about progress. It frames naval race as fragile eggshell investments and hints nations may seek other progress amid peace sentiments.
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