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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1919
Page
3
A long excerpt from Green Fancy follows investigations at the Green Fancy estate. Guests, actors, and locals discuss a mysterious night arrival and a missing guest, while Barnes maneuvers to secure loans and uncover motives. A strange mansion and a striking female visitor deepen the puzzle.
Wealthy young New Yorker Thomas Barnes tours New Hampshire near the Canadian border and rides with an alluring stranger to a house called Green Fancy. At Hart’s tavern he encounters a group of touring actors including Lyndon Rushcroft and Miss Thackeray who perform for their meals. That night two mounted men depart under odd circumstances. one is shot nearby and dies, the other is brought in dying. The sheriff detains Barnes as Green Fancy guests deny involvement, insisting the mystery does not concern their house.
Longfellow stands as the most popular American poet, praised for expressing simple natural sentiments through polished verse. His works largely consist of lyric poetry with notable exceptions like Hyperion and Kavanagh, while poems such as Psalm of Life and The Village Blacksmith have become household favorites.
The text traces the kettledrum from ancient Greece and Rome where tympanum music used drums, to its adaptation in warfare. It notes the instrument’s late military use by Moors and Saracens in Spain, who learned it from Hindus via Persian traders, and explains etymology of the drum names taber and tambour.
In Tumiinville Gap Johnson reports a string of domestic troubles including illness measles mumps a lightning strike an injury and a shooting incident as he boasts of swapping for a raining horse and six pups for two hounds in a lively exchange with an acquaintance referencing local misfortunes and resilience.
A breathless boy rushes down the hill asking a passerby if they know his father. The man replies he does not, prompting the boy to insist he knows his father well, while the encounter leaves both stunned by the curious moment.
Retired Philadelphia attorney famed for long orations halts a six hour speech after a note from an associate invites him to a hotel for bourbon. He reads the message, collects his belongings, and tells the court he leaves the case with the jury. The anecdote ends with a quip on wealth and work.
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