Fragmented Verse Note From Obscure Textile Page
The readable lines hint at a fragmentary text with garbled words and possible poetry about memory and scent. No clear people places dates or events emerge from the legible section.
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Newspaper
Chehalis Bee
Location
Chehalis, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1898
Page
3
The readable lines hint at a fragmentary text with garbled words and possible poetry about memory and scent. No clear people places dates or events emerge from the legible section.
An elderly veteran recounts a Franco Prussian War memory from Gravelotte with Leon, Cambert, St Paul, Vendome, and Marie Emmanuel. He describes brutal fighting, a severed arm, a dying comrade, and a vivandiere offering stoic aid, ending with Cambert’s possible marriage and a daughter named Maria.
In a Pearson's Weekly vignette a young man, overwhelmed with joy, discovers his fiancée's love and vows to care for her. He boasts of luck, while she jokes that she might have a screw loose, reflecting playful self doubt as they contemplate their future together.
The text notes the sweetest oranges are dark or dingy coated and the heaviest fruits are best due to juiciness. Thick skinned varieties are often dry from excess rind or poor juice, sometimes caused by slight freezing on the tree. It mentions two small varieties called kid glove oranges.
The note states 11 million yards of tweed are used annually for clothing the male separation of London alone, indicating vast textile demand and fashion industry scale in the city.
A poem of nocturnal longing by Emma Alice Brown in New York Ledger. The speaker pledges to a beloved Nita under moonlight, with lilies, woodbine, and a nocturnal park as witnesses. The verse imagines love, sleep, and dream paths, inviting an angel to open doors to dreams.
A Nebraskan recounts how Buffalo Bill Cody, long a government scout, became a showman after a 1881 Fourth of July in North Platte. Cody organized cowboys and Indians for a Wild West performance that attracted vast crowds and laid the groundwork for his eastward expansion and lasting fame.
In Massachusetts a renowned author was urged by a friend to speak at a town agricultural society meeting. The president singled out Hamlin Garland, the hazel-bearded farmer, who rose and explained he was farming while pursuing writing to pay his workers.
A lawyer questions a physician about a stabbing site. The doctor notes the wound is about an inch and a half to the left of the midline and about an inch above the navel, prompting the lawyer to concede confusion with a nearby town hall.
The Bank of England employs about 11,000 men and maintains a salary list including pensions totaling about 1.5 million dollars per year.
A brief note describes koumiss made from mare milk stored in smoked leather bottles, highlighting traditional dairy practices and container use.
In St. Nicholas, Lieutenant Charles D. Rhodes recounts a cavalry camp tale where a kitten defends its tent territory against a towering bear. The bear retreats up a tree as the kitten prowls below, guarding its unlikely captive until a safe exit is possible.
The article explains pearl naming by size from paragon to dust and piece pearls, noting that cherry and paragon fetch different prices. It cites scarcity in fine pearls over recent years, explains weight-based pricing, and gives sample values such as dust pearls around 5,000 per troy ounce and a one-ounce paragon potentially selling from 30,900 to 200,000 dollars.
James B. Carrington explains moonlight photography and its misperceptions. He notes that true moonlight shots are sun photographs with rapid exposure aimed at the sun and using clouds as a filter. He suggests two exposure methods to capture both structures and night illumination from gas and electric lights.
Senator Hoar recalls a Worcester boyhood catechism with questions about hell and its inhabitants. The piece notes a contrasting claim that petroleum oil has therapeutic powers for chronic bronchial and pulmonary disorders.
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