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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1885
Page
3
The garbled lines present a fragmented, archaic style of romantic monologue. It echoes themes of incipient affection, internal struggle, and desire, with references to whispered secrets, impending happiness, and an alien hand affecting emotions. The text reads like a damaged lyric scene.
A narrator recounts two weeks in a French creole colony serving as a tutor or keeper to children. He describes harsh conditions, a looming plan to return to France, and a day of walking to earn bread. The scene shifts to a drowning accident, the family’s distress, and a bedside reunion with Helene as the doctor and household care unfold.
The narrator follows a river basin search for a missing figure, disturbing slaves and sea of details until a serpent catches attention and a box with a token is found. The piece shifts to memories of Charley Backus and Arthur Moreland, recounting a tale of fashion wagers, a wine bottle, and a Broadway outing as the orchestra plays on. The long reminiscence ends with a note on the musically infused theater world and a continued narrative.
A lighthearted scene in Brooklyn Bugle recounts Merriboy mistaking a Cheesecake display for a prank as a bystander shouts for help. The piece shifts to a formal note announcing Miss Carey Thomas’s appointment as dean at Bryn Mayne College near Philadelphia, with her summa cum laude degree from the University of Zien.
Mr Wm Thomas of Newton Iowa reports his wife Liz suffered a severe cough for twenty five years. After trying many remedies she used Dr King's New Discovery. One bottle brought rapid relief, the second cured her, and she has not been so healthy in thirty years. Trial bottles free at Bennett and H positions drug store. Large size one dollar.
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