04 May 1892
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Newspaper
Belmont Weekly Dispatch
Location
Belmont, New York, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1892
Page
1
Ella Dare writes in the Inter Ocean of a knightly ideal who bears life’s battle for truth and law. The piece extols steadfast virtue guiding society, with a banner marking purpose and a call to rescue race from selfishness and shame toward a holy place.
A lumber camp tale recounts reports of an immense shadowy creature seen near Chesancock head in a Maine forest. Hunters pursue a large catamount through deep snow, leading to a dramatic surface confrontation and the animal’s death after a frantic pursuit.
A wandering chicken meets danger near a Florida creek as an alligator drags it away. In a wild Everglades setting, Liza the cracker girl forms bonds with hunters Mr. Lowery and Mr. Danielson. He imagines training her voice and music, while a bond with her makes him rethink class and education.
A Philadelphia Press item recounts how Swedes in 1643 were discouraged from migrating to the Delaware coast after reports from Rev. John Campanius Holme described monstrous serpents and sea spiders. The piece notes his colorful, imaginative storytelling and equates the sea spider with the king crab, reflecting on the era’s mythic American image.
A Chicago Inter Ocean excerpt reports a mistaken telephone switch at a central station causing a couple to receive a boiler inquiry instead of a medical consultation. The husband sought his doctor after his wife’s sudden illness. a misrouted response offered bizarre home remedy instructions.
A country man enters a music shop with an old yellow book and softly plays the tunes as clerks watch. He says he has only half the pages finished and keeps turning leaves with careful, placid gestures.
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