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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1899
Page
8
A nostalgic verse from the Los Angeles Herald about aging, memory, and enduring love. A narrator recalls a partner smoothing silver hair while a beloved voice reassures with enduring devotion, even as time and tears test the heart. The poem blends tenderness with the ache of growing old together.
In a New England village, the famed bachelor Ben Trisbbe is teased as having no heart yet shown to be generous and brave. A storyteller recounts his youth when Minnie Marsden chose wealth and a distant court over Ben, leaving him to endure memory and loss while she faced a faded dream.
Mrs Willey recounts a tale of Ben who funds Minnie and her children each winter after her husband travels to Washington. He avoids seeing Minnie but provides support yearly, prompting Fannie and Mabel to remark on his kindness as the girls cry and Mrs Willey concludes the story.
The Cincinnati Enquirer weighs the idea of nursery cars on long distance trains as a relief for travelers. It argues babies and young children disrupt journeys and that a dedicated carriage could spare adults who smoke and others from crying, mess, and odors.
French reports describe a new penal whipping device called The Electric Cat. An electric motor powers a rotating wheel and a swinging whip to strike the prisoner’s back with adjusted velocity. Promoters claim it delivers impartial, even punishment unlike manual flogging.
A clever young woman solves her income problem by acting as a house hunter for ladies seeking homes. She partners with real estate agents, hunts properties on commission, and charges the family $2 for successfully locating a dwelling within the specified area. Instructions define the required place.
A month after his surrender General Robert E. Lee visited a Powhatan County store that doubled as the post office. The crowd swarmed in as he spoke with the proprietor about crops, and he, unaware of the attention, paused to apologize saying Tam is keeping you from your many customers before quietly leaving.
A dialogue hints at a rejected suitor who plans to propose again but to another girl. The joke implies social constraints and the notion that experience could be bought, as poverty would vanish if men could dispose of it at cost.
The article surveys purslane pokeweed lambs quarters and cowslip as edible weeds with long cultivation histories. It notes purslane’s ancient food use in India and Europe, pokeweed’s spring sprouts and poisonous roots, lambs quarters as spinach substitute, and cowslip as a swamp native pot herb. It adds cautions on preparation and nutrition.
A Woman's Home Companion article argues that children naturally drawn to books pursue higher paths in life. It cautions that overemphasizing facts can dull imagination, warning that a child's literary life profoundly shapes thinking, dreams, and inner brain development.
A collage of trivia and curiosities, from Venice cafes never closing to Vienna balloon rules, Canada's vast size to Europe, legal quirks in Maine, and odd judicial mercy in an oleomargarine case. Also mentions Boer warfare tactics, French ballistics, Yale coop profits, and a contortionist quip.
The December 24 Sunday School lesson visits Isaiah during Ahaz and Pekah era amid Assyrian threat. It recalls divine deliverance not by earthly power but trust in Jehovah. Prophetic visions of a growing peaceful kingdom are linked to Christ’s future fulfillment and the Christmas message.
Liverpool observer KK A Broughton discusses Boer shooters versus English hunters, recalling visits to Pretoria and Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State. He notes old German rifles and long ranges gave Boers an edge, while modern small calibers would outshoot them, and finds younger Boers weaker shots.
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