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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1900
Page
16
A fragmented verse describes a slave of dreams waking to joy, denying servitude, and enduring longing. It contemplates despair, inner watching, and a quest for truth amid night and fading vision.
In a rural tale set around Pengelly village Bertha Tregon defies her mother and a pledged fiancé to elope with Will Carter. Jim Hocken, spurned and bent on vengeance, learns Bertha fled to America and faces a maimed future after Will sacrifices himself to save others. The tale ends with redemption as Jim and Will reunite to work for Bertha’s future.
John Blake, a bricklayer, tells Dr Townley how Dolly, his wife, drew him into violent jealousy after a wedding day of roses and theater nights. A Christmas birth day gift and a final act of passion lead to Dolly’s murder and Blake’s subsequent confession in the prison.
A New York executor’s will names the eldest son as heir if male twins are born. Jarad Marks near Malvern Hill left $54,000, with provisions favoring the unborn eldest son. Twin boys were later born and both marked with a male sign, creating a dispute over inheritance and possible will contest.
The Society of Friends transact yearly meeting business without votes or presidents. A clerk and assistant record the predominant view after each discussion. dissent can modify the minutes until consensus. In Britain a patent need not be actively worked to stay valid, only taxes are required. A dog named Eatmir spoke with a human voice.
Wartime disappointments rise as 210000 soldiers fight overseas and taxes bite. Trade journals complain of American firms underbidding British builders on Urganda railway bridges, signaling a shift in global markets. British iron and steel makers face urgent rearmament to defend foreign orders.
A large cowboy restrained a rampaging aurochs that escaped Bank's ranch on an Indian reservation near Covelo. Chub Baker was thrown and injured while several cowboys tried to rope the beast. Weatt Jordan dismounted, grabbed the bull by the horns, and forced it into a corral to save the injured rider.
San Francisco Klondike passenger David Allen aboard the Dolphin won 35000 from 230 stake bets in four days at four Faro banks in Dawson. He financed friends, drew 4600 for himself and another similar amount, paid 1400 in debts, then gambled on his own account and went broke.
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