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Newspaper
Burlington Free Press
Location
Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1900
Page
2
An elderly veteran recalls a Civil War era battlefield experience, detailing a shattered arm and phantom sensations after amputation. He narrates the moment of being wounded, hospital recovery, and the lasting pain, numbness, and haunting memory of the missing limb.
The fragment cites a distressed husband taunting a wife over suicide, a remark on capital punishment from Chicago Tribune, and then an obituary note about Joseph W. Halden of Orisfield Maine. It recounts a 19th century flat earth notion once espoused by a farmer and judge who observed millpond water, tying to early science debates.
A fragmentary poem reflects on love and likeness, with repeated phrases emphasizing affection. The verse compares emotions to voices and names, noting difficulty in distinguishing true devotion amid echoes and familiar phrasing. The tone recalls bygone sentimental lyricism.
An English traveler contrasts American practice with home norms, noting Americans casually endorse introductions. He recalls a Washington meeting where a line to an old friend was written, sparking amusement at the social ease. He warns against fabricating connections and explains the risk of creating a fictitious image.
A famed violinist Joachim visits London and quietly rejects the barber’s trim, while a humorous thread runs through assorted anecdotes about gas lighting, a new typewriter, a toothache, and classic quips. The column blends tales of humor, science, and daily life.
A fragmentary vignette from a travelogue style story describes a weary traveler meeting a widow at a shack near Rose Hill. The widow laments loss after her husband’s death and mourns in a dim corner as the narrator offers comfort amid loneliness and hardship.
A narrator recalls a gambler who loses to the mayor in poker at Juba Hill and is left nearly broke. With aid, the narrator helps him recover, then reveals a tale of generosity and odd wisdom from roadside encounters and newspaper quips.
A collage of witty exchanges and cartoon captions from 1900s papers. The Chicago Record, Indianapolis Journal, Detroit Journal, Philadelphia Press mix jokes about hauntings bribes and domestic banter with playful dialogue and light street humor.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer correspondent describes how French marriage law requires parental consent for orphans and a conseil de famille to authorize unions. Suzanne B and Henri faced months of paperwork, death certificates, and a nationwide appeal for relatives to assemble a legal family council before their marriage could proceed.
A review piece recounts William Winter's unreadable copy and a young editor's misreadings at The Tribune. It blends literary criticism with brief quips on New England conscience, Kipling, and various light magazine excerpts from Harper's, Baltimore American, Philadelphia Press, and Chicago News.
Dr Pfeiffer warns the linen handkerchief propagates germs, delaying epidemics and spreading microbes via pockets and handshakes. He cites influenza bacillus and other microbes, urging use of disposable paper tissues as cleaner practice to prevent transmission.
The procurator of the holy synod reports a new sect in Yakutsk east of Siberia, started by peasant Filip Likhacheff exiled from Ufimskaya. Its doctrines deny secular and ecclesiastical authority and call property and family ties sinful. Likhacheff admitted authorship of "My Profession" as the movement spreads among workers, especially the Skupptzi.
A satirical note from the Indianapolis Journal suggests how different sects might remove disliked clergy. The Methodist response envisions cutting pay to starve the clergyman out, while other groups discuss similar pressure tactics.
A fragment from the Pittsburg Chronicler Telegraph quotes a speaker and a cross-eyed boarder debating the terms outs and ins in a local discourse. The line suggests a shift in social or political labels within the community.
A column recalls signature forgery cases showing expert opinion limits and dramatic stories. It recounts a pastor call scam, Billy Woodward the gambler’s blackmail conviction, and the Miser of Boston who built a fortune unseen, aided by forged wills and hidden funds.
An advertisement touts Belief in six Hoes as a relief for bladder and kidney diseases. It claims rapid pain relief in bladder, kidneys and back for men and women. It promises immediate relief from water retention and credits W J Henderson & Co Burlington Vermont with the remedy.
A moment in Washington shows a stranger misreading rail fence initials on government wagons. Citizens explain U S army navy M C S N D O U S B S and more as references to offices, libraries, and document rooms along Pennsylvania Avenue.
A New York dealer describes gorillas as highly valued for exhibitions with prices from 1200 to 1500 dollars for adults. He notes capture is difficult due to disease, climate, and superstition among natives, citing London zoological gardens’ large specimen and high offers.
A quip about tailoring fits and a humorous scene unfolds with a whistler named Blimber and Charlie Linserd where a puckered kiss follows an unintended invitation. The piece references a New York Mail and Express mood and Dr Thomas Electric at a druggist.
The Boston inquiry into the city’s shortest thoroughfare traces routes from 105 feet of Sailt Lane to Marshall Street’s 80 feet, then settles on Stoddard Street in the West End as the shortest in use. It runs about 120 feet from Howard to Court, with narrow brick blocks housing a variety of trades and busy foot traffic from Elliott School students.
An advertisement proclaims changes in climate and claims more than fifteen hundred lives saved by One Minute Cough Cure. It cites relief for grippe croup asthma whooping cough and pneumonia and suggests early use prevents consumption. Bellroze Pharmacy and local names are listed.
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