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Newspaper
Chehalis Bee
Location
Chehalis, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1898
Page
10
On a summer night the speaker and beloved walk a sandy beach under moonlight. The narrator vows eternal love, noting only the beloved amid a backdrop of stars and the sea. Finley Johnson is cited from the New York Ledger.
In Regent's Park, Miss Llewellyn and Kenneth Waller encounter Mr. Bradley while a band plays and orchids intrigue. Bradley's return from abroad rekindles a romance as Miss Llewellyn reveals a late inheritance altered her prospects and the pair decide to pursue happiness together.
A Household Words passage notes Gibbon admired for forgetting read books like a thrown away orange while Carlyle stored vast memory. It praises Macaulay who could read swiftly and recall fully, claiming he could reconstruct Milton if lost and could repeat two political pieces after 40 years without a word changed.
The most valuable sword in England was presented by the Egyptians to Lord Wolseley. Its hilt is studded with brilliants and the weapon is valued at ten thousand dollars.
The San Francisco Call argues against absent planning for the American merchant marine noting Pacific trade growth, Transsiberian railroad completion, and looming competition from Great Britain Japan and Russia. It urges Congress to fulfill the 1896 protection platform to build up domestic ships yards crews and national carrying trade. The piece stresses urgent need to action in the first regular session of the Fifty fifth Congress to avoid losing maritime supremacy.
The article notes a sharp drop in British cutlery and hardware imports to the United States after a tariff change. July imports were valued at £17,000 on average, August £8,104, and August 1896 £14,142. It asserts U S producers now offer superior quality at lower prices, strengthening protectionist policy.
The article argues that U S silk and textile designers show originality and quality, contrasting American patterns with foreign influence. It credits protection for artistic growth and notes women designers have led in innovation, while asserting the United States leads England and is on par with France in looms and styles.
A quotation marks a monument to reform as Editor Watterson weighs the fate of the star eyed goddess. The passage references a journey through a slaughter house into an open grave, pondering if a sesamoid bones may symbolize the last remnant of a reform symbol.
John R. McLean has gone back to Washington convinced he was summoned by a false alarm and acted on impulse.
The article promotes Lewis county Washington as a land and resource hub. It urges productive settlers to start small factories and farms rather than speculative ventures, highlights favorable climate, rich soils, abundant timber, farming crops, hops, apples, and dairying, and notes Chehalis as the county seat with growing infrastructure and industries. It cites a Nebraskan homeseeker’s favorable visit as implying ongoing interest.
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