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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1905
Page
6
The poem recounts Mudville’s baseball crowd awaiting Casey at the plate after Flynn and Blake fail. Casey’s confident stance fools the crowd, the pitch is thrown, and he strikes out, leaving Mudville with no joy as mighty Casey has struck out.
Charles Bonnet recounts a lawyer’s delayed bargain that settled an estate. After two years of failed sales for an acre on Darby road, the attorney bought the lot for himself with sister and widow’s consent, then later discovers a rival occupant when surveying the property, prompting a long drive to locate the land.
The narrator describes a sequence where he discovers a tenant owner and a mislocated improvement on land. After a widow insulates herself from loss by building on adjacent land, the narrator buys the ground and later grants her a deed to the entire property with improvements. The tale ends noting mixed feelings about the outcome and a note that readers may not be invested.
The piece notes a revival of a historic dress custom in London as hats regain prominence among the public. It references verbatim observations from Stow on past headgear use, noting rulers and citizens and Henry VIII's era when flat woolen caps were common among citizens.
A French soldier Pelissier, once trusted in Avignon, becomes entangled with German intelligence. He copied confidential regimental documents, aided by Muller in Brussels, and attempted to extort a French actress while facing a treason charge after confessing to a journalist.
The article argues for federal support to improve highways linking rural districts, asserting a national road system boosts prosperity. It cites Brownlow Latimer bills, describes cost-efficient bond methods for towns, counties, and states, and stresses federal aid as essential for interstate commerce and general welfare.
From Germany comes the striking report that a Bavarian woman bore six children in a single year. Triplets born in January 1904 were followed by another set of triplets in December.
Railroads face rising wood demand as 620 million ties and 14 million new per year are needed. The Pennsylvania system leads reforestation, planting locusts and other woods to supply ties, with 100 million locusts planned over 50 acres. A separate piece notes the Idaho Ox Bow tunnel cooling hot river water with spray, while highlighting service and hospitality in trains and hotels as key to passenger comfort and promotion.
The Denver Thief recounts Bill Nye's quip about daily habits and work life responding to a correspondent's query. Nye mentions exercising with dumbbells at lodgings to hold doors, Indian clubs, a busy writing routine, and a habit of dressing in morning, evening, and night attire. The tone preserves Nye's genial, self-deprecating humor.
In Paris M. Vincent and Mile. Scherich won the waltzing championship and secured the top prize after a non stop six hours and forty five minutes performance. The duration narrowly surpassed the second place pair by a single minute as forty four couples competed.
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