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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1895
Page
8
In a lyrical meditation, Father Ryan speaks of a valley between mountains where God and angels dwell. He contrasts the dark Mount Borrow with the bright Mount Phayér as he recalls a stirring memory at LeNon and the silent hall where songs drift into speech.
A poor hunter Lohier gains a fairy’s aid to hunt six rabbits and twelve partridges but overreaches. He shoots all game for a boast, loses his fortune, and learns humility after a magical, warning council. His cousin William later forgives him, and Lohier gains wisdom and better luck.
The marriage of Don Serplo Borghese, second son of Prince Borghese, to the late Duke Ferrari's daughter sparked Rome interest. The wedding occurred at the bride’s mother’s residence near Genoa, with a flower show at Villa Borghese offering 200 francs prizes for the best bridal arrangement. Gifts include a gold ring with a Pope Paul Borghese emerald and a ruby ring chiseled by Benvenuto Cellini.
A pert young officer of royal blood insults a veteran general with crude humor and the old warrior replies with a grim smile that his lifelong work has led him to slaughter.
An old-time dialogue fragment recounts a quarrel over a failing marriage and a desire for divorce. The speaker complains of wits and power gone wrong amid an unbearable relationship, while a friend and judge reference legal actions and prison terms in a New York weekly excerpt.
The article describes electric curling iron heaters as quick, portable devices that heat from a standard light socket. It notes safety advantages, compact design, and the ability to control heat with a compensating resistance, enabling styling without risking hair damage.
A correspondent notes Japan lacks electric railways in major routes such as Yokohama to Tokyo and Osaka to Kobe. Proposals highlight profitable links from Osaka to Kyoto and Kobe, plus potential electric lighting markets as strong as rail use, leveraging Japan’s high travel for sacred and leisure trips.
The article argues that many receipts still use cream of tartar in the old rising method. It states modern cooking and expert cooks do not sanction that method and recommends substituting Royal Baking Powder in all such receipts.
The coastal region of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico hosts extensive sponge farming. Producers drop rocks to provide attachment sites and create lagoons to limit drift. Sponges cultivated, including male and female cells, are stored in nounda during winter and harvested in spring. Prices range from 1.50 to 3.00 per pound.
Ginx Bricks and hollow glass bricks are used to build wall sections for winter gardens and plant houses. The hollows hold rarefied air, a heat insulator, with cement binding all pieces. Experiments suggest bricks could support roofs without frames, cutting costs and increasing light, potentially revolutionizing plant-house construction.
Uncle Jack returns from a long walk and drinks from a tumbler on the table. His niece Alice bursts into tears and accuses him of drinking her aquarium and swallowing her polliwogs in a comic misadventure.
A new version of the Passion Play will be produced in Belgach Switzerland this summer in a large open air theater. The spectacle includes two parts with 200 musicians and singers, staging Old Testament scenes and the life of Christ, and may move to England with modified form if permitted.
A London Telegraph summary explains “house nerves” or nervosa as a widespread European malaise from indoor living. It notes women most affected, causing low spirits, irritability, and imagined dangers. Cure hinges on socializing, outdoor activity, sun, gaiety, and suppressing morbid thoughts through duty.
At about five pm a commercial traveler visited the hilltresser shop of Mr R H Marshall at 84 Lockwood road and was shaved when lightning struck the razor from the barber’s hand and knocked the blade into the paneling. A placard later noted the incident with phrases about a “No Hee” warning and the blade’s flight into the partition.
A pale man in an unkempt hat questions a married couple about their ten year union. The reply is a hollow yes we are still one, but they hope to move into a larger date as their circumstances change.
A fragment from the Norristown Herald shows garbled phrases such as I hour that Brown has taken 2 wite and tdoed. It preserves the era’s note of quotation marks and misspellings, suggesting a typographical error or unclear transcription in a historical clipping.
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