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Newspaper
Cape Girardeau Democrat
Location
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1900
Page
3
A stark poem from the Chicago Times-Herald traces a struggling man who croaks through sun and rain, when employed and unemployed, at birth and death, and finally imagines a rare, hopeful realm above where tunes play on golden harps.
A traveler on a Michigan Central tram hears a tale of a broke Omaha clerk who finds a buried coin cache. He uses the treasure to launch a career in real estate and travels with his gray eyed wife, turning old money into lasting wealth before the 1900s panics. The narrator hints at a hidden name and origin, leaving the mystery unresolved.
In Century Napoleon is cited saying after Elba he found Bourbon papers noting 6000 francs monthly to Times editors plus 100 monthly to others. He admits offers from English papers to write for him and says he refused. He later regrets not accepting, believing newspapers shaped public opinion against him in England.
Horace Greeley pressed a woman on what women would do in civil war. She instantly replied that she would stay in her office and urge others to go fight, while he argued the point.
Household Bits discusses using dead portieres for doorway flair and maintaining brass with ammonia, plus fur cleaning with flour and bran. It defends growing interest in finger bowls with costly clear glass sets featuring gold engraving and grape wreaths, advising sensible price focus on quality glass for modest budgets.
An old man recounts Webster's note from New Lippincott about potato bugs in Kansas developing resistance to paris green. He describes how earlier sprays killed bugs but now generations have grown immune, threatening future harvests. He compares the crisis to a morphine habit and plans to lie in bed while bugs die.
Clean and purhoil a pair of sweet breads then drop into ice water. Remove skin and fat, boil, season, and simmer 29 minutes until tender. Cool, chop, mix with half a pint chopped celery and one pint mayonnaise, and serve very cold on lettuce. Also a brief quotable exchange about a family fight and enjoyment.
Report from Collier's Weekly notes talk of a dramatic elopement and alleged family fallout. It suggests the mother has not forgiven the couple and that the bride is living with them.
Women’s colleges in England are said to be filled to overflowing as Sir William Muir of Edinburgh University moves toward retirement after years of pushing for women’s full privileges. Other notes cover religious theft in Denver, a dated church bell in Schleithein, and Cardinal Lavigerie’s statue dedication at Biskra on the desert’s edge.
The article profiles the Farmers' club of Pennsylvania founded in 1735 by Gen John Cadwalader and notable members such as Clement A Griscom Alexander J Cassatt Elisha P Wilbur J Donald Cameron Henry Green Craig Biddle Frederick Fraley James Logan Fisher Rudolph Ellis and Edward DeV Morrell It describes the monthly dinners by moon phase at members residences and notes members are actual farmers via power of attorney and own farms cattle and horses It ends with a science tidbit about skin sensitivity and pin pricks referencing a New York World explanation
A collection of humorous quips and wry exchanges from various papers. The bits skew toward satirical takes on politics, livelihoods, and social manners, including digs at fools, bragging actors, and a Yorkshire clergyman’s misreading of welfare.
Johnny meets Mr. Softleigh in the parlor as he doubts visitors, thinking one caller might be from South Africa after Sis warned of a Boer plot. Mr. Softleigh exits soon after, reflecting the tense, rumor-filled scene reported in Baltimore America.
The Smithsonian publishes McGuire’s illustrated study on aboriginal smoking customs and pipes across North America. It catalogs bowls shaped as animals and humans, tubular pipes in stone, clay, and metal, and diverse trade pipes. The piece notes the Calumet and Micmac pipes as examples and mentions a Palenque bas relief showing an intense smoker.
Eight hundred residents on Anguilla face constant hunger and thirst as the island has no towns or villages and no usable water or food. The government must ship supplies annually to prevent famine, while the only water is sea-tainted and undrinkable.
A snippet shows Tom asking about beliefs in dreams and Dick recounting past superstition. FE was in love with someone who jilted him, revealing a past romantic hurt referenced by the Philadelphia Press.
A brief line from Your husband seems to be a victim of the tobacco habit. No, I am the victim. He thoroughly enjoys it. The remark appears in a What-to-Eat context, highlighting a wry view on smoking and marriage.
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