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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1898
Page
2
A collage of cheeky observations and jokes on topics from butter perfume and royal titles to Klondike miners and a New Haven millionaire’s mental health, interwoven with editorials on journalism, currency counterfeits, and naval strength debates. The piece blends humor with sharp commentary on culture, politics, and science.
Lyons recently elected as president of Monmouth College Illinois has ministerial background twenty years in church service. He served Bloomington Indiana as pastor thirteen years and was a University of Triadiani trustee secretary. born Winnsboro South Carolina. A genial storyteller and scholar he led a life of service and faith.
Milly teases with cards as two women sit by the fire and pretend to read each other’s futures. The scene explores flirtation, rapport, and a playful mock fortune telling session.
A narrator reads Milly’s fortune with playing cards, naming lovers and relatives. The reading covers Milly’s Aunt, Captain Richards, Jephson, and a distant cousin, hinting at engagements, money, and a potential Cape berth. Milly resists the card reading and presses for a concrete outcome.
A whispered question from Henry leads Milly to consider love as her heart goes "over the sea" with him. He urges she accept, and she confesses her own heart leans toward a shared future. The moment is framed in quiet, intimate dialogue.
A glass case at the Smithsonian holds a stuffed owl linked to a tremor alarm on the Washington Monument. The owl became entangled in a thread, recording nightly vibrations that suggested movement of the marble shaft and concrete base, prompting investigation. Also notes on La Fronde Paris women run paper and Norwegian hotel customs for travelers.
A reflective poem warns against harshly judging others and teaches restraint. It urges kindness, noting we may falter under life’s temptations and should leave judgment to a higher power.
The passage notes George Du Maurier was near sixty when Trilby and eighty four when The Martian appeared and suggests distrust of men chasing business to please a wife. It warns that critics watch and judge, and jokes that a true businessman should resist farewells to women before trains.
Bonnie Bessie of Red Passa balks an arranged marriage to Squire Renfrew after her secret love Jamie returns from the grave. She slips a gold ring back to him at the Red Passa cottage and vows to wed only Jamie. The scene spans grandmotherly pressure, rural hardship, and a dramatic vow of true love.
A collage of curiosities and a remarkable skeleton story. Highlights include a horse kept by a shepherd in Chambery and a baboon in St. Louis. a Danish rail collision with large damages. a ring revealing a long lost wife. a hunter with a hunting-cat. and a Cal Island skeleton where a tree grew through a skull.
A woman reveals a lost fiancé at sea and presents a keepsake ring to Squire Renfrew. He comforts her and she fears telling her elders. The scene culminates with the lover’s return and a wedding at the kirk with Renfrew giving away the bride.
A political hopeful in the Woman's Club asks to gain support through her wife’s influence. The reply notes the wife’s past influence has been effective. A stray garbled line about a toy and munale ends the fragment.
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