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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1915
Page
10
In a tense scene Mrs. Brand remains in the car as conflicts unfold at the Reynolds home. Brand arrives unexpectedly, while Bob Reynolds and Jane confront a fractured partnership. A drunken employer and heated accusations heighten the stakes as loyalties clash and a delicate balance teeters on collapse.
A fraught scene unfolds as Brand accuses Reynolds of felony and blackmail over a cement deal. Jane confronts accusations, Bob rages, and a chilling plan to seize control ends in a collapse. Dick intervenes, restoring a precarious calm as a doctor prescribes rest.
Paris city council tests new street lighting for the Notre Dame approach with glass‑below lamps to illuminate refuge spots. Complaints of crossing accidents prompt the plan to light refuges from beneath while preserving the square’s open view.
A meditation on vanity, praise, and leadership contrasts with Colonel Lawrence recounting a Civil War relic tale. He describes possessing a piece of the surrender table used at Appomattox and notes Sheridan once gave the table to Mrs. Custer, with Lawrence as a witness to war’s end and its memories.
A private story from St. Joseph recounts two historic pens used to sign the Lee surrender at Appomattox, tied to Colonel Lawrence and now cared for by Dr. BE Cronkite. The pens have been rarely used since, stored in a strong box at 2015 Francis Street, wrapped in the original table paper, with a handwritten history by Colonel Lawrence.
A Harrison era description notes a Washington church pulpit Lincoln attended. It highlights a view from his pew and Lincoln’s kindness in messages to the Army of the Potomac after Fredericksburg and to East Tennessee. The piece lauds his home spun style and literary craft, calling him a great man of first order.
Abraham Lincoln is listed at the patent office for a Mississippi river freight boat improvement. The design uses large bellows on each boat side inflated by windlass to raise buoyancy and reduce water draw when stuck on shoals. Lincoln conceived the idea while working as a Mississippi river boatman.
The article notes Lincoln was a heavily photographed figure, with most images taken in the last seven or eight years of his life. It highlights Brady’s prolific work, especially of Gen Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, noting the writer’s collection includes over two hundred original negatives of the famous liliputians.
A talker named Breer and Uncle Joe Cannon discuss education and how millionaires now favor college schooling for their sons. They recall a past scorn for learning and the belief that knowledge cannot be turned into cash. Mrs Juniper and Mr Juniper share a moment in a theater as a door alarm is checked.
New agricultural study tests tobacco cultivation in Southern California while New York reports one skyscraper per hundred buildings reflecting unusual urban density metrics.
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