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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1906
Page
6
A fragmented poem-like piece recalls snowfall and the Wan ghost, with reflections on life’s ills and gratitude. The text mentions a misty scene and a contrast between hardship and contentment, echoing a New York Herald voice from an old clipping.
Perkins and Brown recount a tale of Pixley and Eaton, partners in a once thriving firm. Pixley marries Edith Morton and drifts into dissipation, while Eaton, Edith’s cousin, stays loyal and confronts Pixley. Pixley dies after a cardroom quarrel. Eaton helps settle affairs, only to be blamed by Edith for the ruin he sought to prevent.
In a reflective domestic scene, Perkins recalls Edith Pixley’s remark that Mr. Eaton, once a friend, became distant after her husband’s death. Eaton’s enmity, his ruined fortune, and a lone, modest life follow a period of intense emotion and unfulfilled ardor. Brown notes women’s complexity as he ends in the dining room.
A observ er notes an eagle killing a stag after driving it from a herd and also attacking a fawn in Scotland. A Boer farmer witnessed an eagle carry off a Kaffir servant child but the bird and child survived. Eagles work in pairs, yet legends of tortoise dropping on Aeschylus’ head are unlikely.
A Boston Herald writer recalls Capt Richard 8 Martin, famed West End figure near city hall, once captain of Old Barnicoat and Boston fire engineer. He ran a painting business at 10 Chapman place and enforced on-time discipline with a signature line. One morning Bob White arrived late and explained it was his wedding night. the captain replied to avoid repetition.
A Success magazine excerpt urges daily mental training to keep the mind disciplined and ready for action. It compares the mind to a personal navy, with faculties as ships and men, stressing preparedness for emergencies and life’s great battles.
Vernon told me this morning that he passed the tree where two years ago he carved initials and encircled them with a heart. He says he felt so good he almost danced with the tall brunette who wonders if he still loves her. He explains he is happy because some men were cutting the tree down.
A Keene New Hampshire dry goods merchant recounts a tale from a special sale day. Drummers crowded the store, testing patience until the merchant warned a German drummer he would shoot drummers in ten minutes. The drummer replied and bought goods, ending the exchange.
A beauty doctor shows a scented bottle claimed to induce blushing. He explains the chemical process makes a person blush by a pleasant heat, saying blushing can be ordered. A smaller bottle is promised to conceal in a handkerchief and produce a rose-like blush.
The Fulton built as the Demologos was the first steam warship, with a central wheel and a twenty long 32s battery plus a submarine gun. It featured dual hulls with a copper boiler and engine, four rudders, and could move in either direction. After serving as a receiving ship in Brooklyn, it blew up on June 4, 1829, killing twenty six. blamed commonly on sailors protesting steam.
A farm hand on Henry D. Posey’s farm two miles above Evansville Indiana found an ear of corn that looks like a human hand with a thumb and four fingerlike grains. Posey, a farmer for over forty years, says he never saw anything like it before.
Parisians witnessed a debut of a man wearing shiny big boots that propelled him along the Avenue des Champs Elysées at about twenty five miles per hour. The novelty drew attention to speed devices and the dangers that come with early trials. The incident marks a rare glimpse of a modified pace technique introduced to the city.
A French inventor Constantin unveiled two motor boots driving across the avenue, aiming for St Petersburg. One boot reached about thirty miles per hour, the other six, as crowds watched the uneven pace and the inventor grew tired awaiting rest. Each boot is fifteen inches long with four rubber wheels and a belt-mounted electric motor delivering 1.25 horsepower per foot.
A hawk daily chased the Diamond express through Lehigh Valley toward Mauch Chunk. Bettors watched which would win a point first. The hawk never beat the train but kept up the race until one day it halted, quivered, and fell fatally shot by a hunter. Train crews mourned the loss as a personal censure.
New York venues offer fainting rooms for women feeling faint, providing soothing rest in darkened, green rooms filled with flowers. People can retreat to comfortable sofas while attendants on duty assist when needed.
A survey of advancing ideas: uric acid debated as harmless in rheumatism discourse. Sir Alfred Hickman notes many small engine replacements cut fuel costs by about 37500 annually. Geologic and medical curios include Vavau volcano activity, a Viennese inventor’s speech apparatus, helium’s persistence, and a near absolute zero claim. Interference explains white rain, while electrical power gains in mining rise as Europe increases usage amid dense competition.
A Western paper reprints a quirky ad seeking a versatile printer able to supervise a printing plant and offer counsel on marriage, with claims of being a trance medium. It also mentions potential roles as pastor, substitute preacher, teacher for young ladies, Trojan War scholar, boarding-house odd jobber, assayist, and singer in a church choir.
Captain Alexander Hutchins of Ellsworth Maine built a lathed room and forgot the door. After finishing the work he showed his wife, who discovered there was no entry. He exclaimed in disbelief that he had actually latched himself inside the room.
The German State railway favors frequent imperial travel as it nets large sums for the nation. The Emperor travels in splendor with two special trains, paid by him at ordinary travel rates, making trips like the Elbing journey cost about $1500 round trip. A separate joke notes a woman’s need for a weekly cry.
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