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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
6
A brief card notes Molly McDonald a Tale the Frontier of Ro. The readable lines hint at a literary item or feature about the figure in frontier themes with a focus on title framing.
A wounded girl wrapped in blankets is led by an Indian rider, her face concealed, as onlookers watch in grim resolve. A gray pony moves forward under control, the white man trailing behind the woman’s pony, while a sergeant lurches forward into the deep snow in a dramatic chase.
Hamlin shoots at Dupont while a wounded Indian falls. Molly struggles to free Hamlin, tend to him, and keep hope alive as the perilous pursuit ends with Dupont fleeing and the girl holding vigil beside the injured sergeant under a bleak, snowbound sky.
The grizzled navy veteran and master of languages Sir Charles Eliot, newly named president of Hong Kong University, is described as forty eight years old and fluent in 23 languages. A former diplomat, he mastered many tongues across postings, published a Finnish grammar in 1890, and excelled in classics, Sanskrit, and Syriac at Oxford.
A 10 to 12 inch wide plank 14 to 20 feet long yields a teeter or see-saw and a whirligig known as the Flying Dutchman. Instructions detail sturdy supports, axle pieces, braces, and secure anchoring to prevent injury, with operation notes and safety features for backyard fun.
A Kansas City artist, eager to profit from a Findlay Art Co exhibit, eyes a prize cattle sketch and negotiates a sale with the dealer. A local buyer snaps up the work before others, prompting the artist to claim a bonus and reflect on his growing fame among Kansas City collectors.
In a comic tale from the Cleveland Plain Dealer a Harper style mistress Mr Re Fiourse hosts three treasures at her home. A new servant with a broom breaks a plaster Venus of Milo statuette while confessing she broke a statue. She nervously claims the broken Venus was the fault of Misther Venus wife.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet shows a playful exchange in which a woman judge and a lady lawyer spar over postponements. The lawyer cites her client's dressmaker delaying the gown’s completion, prompting the judge to grant an extra week.
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