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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1898
Page
6
A Chicago Standard poem speaks to a mother appealing to her children to show affection before aging. The piece celebrates enduring parental love and asks for a final pledge of love and care as youth grows and the mother’s strength wanes.
In a serialized tale set at Fort Sedgwick, Fannie McLane visits the Graftons while her husband Merriam uncovers jealousy and scandal. Mrs McLane arrives, Merriam confronts a plea, and a night pursuit follows a violent ambush with Brady and Corcoran wounded as a Mexican gang escapes toward the mesa.
A jagged, partial description portrays a figure clinging to an arm and blending into darkness as the scene grows dim. The imagery suggests a disturbing or destabilizing moment, with the sense of something dropped from the sky and a world reeling in confusion.
A Waverly Magazine tale recounts Napoleon’s habit of spending 4000 dollars yearly on dress, his ink and coffee stained white breeches, and the costly errors of his master of robes Comte de Remusat. The emperor learns of a 6000 dollar bill, dismisses the tailor, and refrains from exposing him to ridicule over his breeches.
Traveling men share memories of small hotels in the northwest. Dennis Foley of Menno South Dakota runs a popular hotel famed for his genial manner. A tour judge notes Dennis is an Irishman with a soft brogue and jokes that he missed sheriff by Russian votes. The tale ends with a domestic irony from Mary and Mr Thomas on reconciliation.
A youthful Rudyard Kipling travels with his father Lockwood Kipling. On a voyage a ship officer bursts in to report the boy’s father has fallen overboard. The elder Kipling reassures that nothing serious is wrong and the boy must not let go. Academy.
A long description of Queen Victoria's Imperial State Crown with its weight 39 ounces and value up to 1.5 million dollars. It notes sapphires rubies emeralds and 3100 jewels including the Koh-i-Noor misattributed, plus a claim about its historical stones and safeguards. Also included is unrelated culinary and fashion notes about bread pudding nails and hair color.
The Marchioness of Salisbury is praised as a top political hostess and capable adviser, shaping her husband Lord Salisbury's policies. Her early romance with Lord Robert Cecil, marriage against opposition, Hatfield estate management, and steady, practical charm are highlighted, with notes on her private warmth and business acumen.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune item notes a sleep remedy from Samoa: hunt for a snake, confine it in a bamboo container, and its hiss supposedly induces sleep. The piece contrasts this with earlier advice on sleeplessness and cites other views on crying, laughter, and insomnia. It also mentions processing Australian rabbit skins into sealskin sacks for the American market.
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