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Newspaper
Benton County Times
Location
Vinton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1895
Page
4
Six little marks from school are described as crucial punctuation. The poem assigns roles to each mark, including periods, commas, colons, semicolons, question marks, and exclamations, promising rhythm, pauses, and emphasis in reading aloud. The piece ends urging careful study of punctuation.
Trembling with emotion a man buries a precious token in Blanche's garden near the sun dial then returns to the chateau. Blanche asks for news and he says Gaston is buried and he wishes to kill the man who killed him.
Blanche watches a skirmish near Grandpre as Uhlans are driven off by French troops and villagers. A wounded German officer, who spoke kindly to Blanche, is placed under care in the chateau while she recalls her father's warning and pleads for mercy and shelter.
In a tense scene at a chateau Blanche pleads for mercy as a wounded German prisoner faces a hostile crowd. The gamekeeper Henzel and bystanders accuse the man of killing a dog, while Doctor Huet asserts the prisoner is under protection and must be taken to the house.
A longtime guard in the department of justice opened an after hours telegram to the attorney general and ruled a crime could not be charged while intoxicated. The watchman, identified as John Jones, was suspended three months but continued to collect pay during suspension, drawing his salary on every payday.
A three year sociology program is established in Hartford under the Society of Education Extension. The school opens to men and women with entry standards: graduates or equivalent for regular students, non-graduates may take the full course but cannot matriculate. Matriculation is required with a $2 fee and $10 tuition for the full year.
An anecdote recalled by Ancoln about a severely wounded soldier being carried from a great engagement. He notices a sutler, described as a leathery woman selling pies on the edge of battle. The soldier jokes with her asking if the pies are sewn or pegs, capturing a grim wartime humor and the era’s frontier banter.
A fragmentary historical clipping notes the war's end with Japanese forces marching through Pekin while Li Hung Chang sits in thought at his palace. The text shifts to humorous exchanges from various era-satire sources, including a cartoon caption about a mother admiring her son's drawings with a playful quip about his mouth.
A fragmentary literary line depicts a skeleton pondering a breakfast table discussion about moving into a person named Nat. The narrator recalls thinking of a coal bin or air shaft as a place for "yours truly" while the quote closes with a wry, introspective aside.
In a short dialect exchange a woman asks why she wears a bicycle suit, replying she has no bicycle but a sewing machine, highlighting resourcefulness and humor in a domestic scene. The remark reflects practical attire choices and clever problem solving.
A narrator recalls a boyish mishap in Madawaska woods where a maul flies at a bear and the bear endures hits to the nose and head. The scene blends a grim accident with humor as Bill Goodin narrowly escapes harm while a bear unexpectedly tussles with the same maul. The piece closes with quirky reflections on dogs in church and a Scottish cleric’s anecdote.
A discussion of the Scoteh collie or shepherd dog, praised for intelligence and fidelity. James Hogg notes its value to sheep farming in Scotland, its family bond, and its decline when kept as a pet without useful work. The breed’s refinement through selective breeding leads to deterioration when not employed in the field.
A worn shoe narrates its journey from a rich customer and Bessie to a barefoot girl in winter. The tale follows its use from school days to blackberry-picking summers, ending when it is torn and discarded for burning. The sentimental diary‑style piece highlights compassion and hardship.
An infant prodigy in Berlin, scarcely two years old, reads fluently in Gothic and Latin scripts. His parents are illiterate yet he shows literacy from his first year, spelling words from letters and articulating full sentences in a normal infant voice.
While life-savers rescue passengers from the steamship Metro polis, a Newfoundland belonging to a local resident leaps into the sea, retrieves a drowning man, and swims him to shore. After aiding at the wheels, the dog deserts its owner and stays with the life-saving crew, escorting patrols each night. The piece also comments on the aging USS Constitution, urging preservation and repair as a patriotic duty.
A London dog is noted for carrying his mistress dress in his mouth as they stroll, never letting the hem touch the ground while the owner shops and the dog trots behind. This remarkable canine joins stories of St Bernard and Newfoundland rescues in providing faithful service.
The Albany Herald teases readers with a punning math puzzle inviting delinquents to pay up to see who can add the sum. Five of six polar expeditions left for the north last year ended badly, the sixth led by Dr Fridthof Nansen is missing after launching the Fram. Austria announces a polar expedition for spring.
A two story Batesville Arkansas log house hides a spy’s secret in its wall. Julia Pritchard, famed Confederate spy, recounts evading Union soldiers by sliding through a hidden log door to a safe chamber and escaping on a horse named Nero to river safety. The piece also notes the myth of an Appomattox apple tree tied to Lee and Grant and recalls Farragut’s Union loyalties and escape north. It includes reminiscences on the canteen carried by the speaker’s father and a brief Civil War regimental note from Ohio troops.
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