The Colonel's Kid Saves The Fort From a Plot
Private Harker, disciplined for greeting the colonel's daughter, schemes against the fort. The colonel's kid intervenes at night, pleading not to shoot her father, saving the revolt and ending the plot.
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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1907
Page
8
Private Harker, disciplined for greeting the colonel's daughter, schemes against the fort. The colonel's kid intervenes at night, pleading not to shoot her father, saving the revolt and ending the plot.
Final report and settlement of Lous Thoma administrator in the estate of A C D Bradshaw will be filed February 1 1907 in Jefferson County Iowa. District court will hear February term 1907 at Fairfield on February 18 1907. Heirs and interested parties must appear to object or show cause why discharge and bond release should not be granted. Louis Thoma administrator J A Huaenin attorney for administrator.
A garbled note appears to reference a signature by See A, with unclear context about Bour and an emphasis on authentication. The fragment provides no verifiable details but hints at a possible endorsement or legal matter requiring clarification.
Nasr-ed-din of Turkey secures a tax levy from the sultan. He returns with gold and a Georgian slave, provoking the sultan to hush his wife and accept one more penny to his own treasury.
At the Poets Club meeting number eight a speaker argued that men largely contribute to a woman's happiness, noting caveats about husbands. The exchange centered on whether the opposite sex most enriches life or if complications arise from marriage.
A tense exchange unfolds as a father confronts his son about misdeeds from the day. The boy insists the parent knows nothing, claiming he hid the instrument used for punishment, deepening the family strain and raising questions of discipline.
An old advertisement for Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea claims to calm nerves aid digestion and improve sleep. It markets Tea or Tablets at 35 cents and references Shriner as part of the product line.
The clerk announces that the last will and testament of Chas H Johnson, deceased, is on file in the Jefferson County District Court. A proof and final hearing is set for February 18, 1907 at 2 o clock PM on the first day of the February term. Witness the seal of the court dated December 19, 1906.
In the Crimea a soldier faced court martial death but no hangman could be found. A volunteer, new to the army, stepped forward. The night before the execution the hangman was locked in a stable. Dawn came. the hangman vanished perhaps mad. An officer urged a captain to hang, but the captain faltered. another man volunteered, later flogging the quitter.
A poet sent a manuscript containing the line see the pale martyr in a sheet of five. The book printed as see the pale martyr with his shirt on fire. A speaker’s reception caused a party paper to report the vast concourse rent the air with their snouts.
The Florida Times Union reports Jones leaves racing amid reform talk. He seeks more uncertain bets, contrasting with reform motives. He now bets on whether the weather rider predicts the day's conditions correctly.
A dialogue between a wife and husband on buying costly items versus cheap ones. The aged husband scolds extravagance while the young wife insists the cape was worth 10 guineas, highlighting a clash over prudent spending.
A pair decide not to sell their home after engaging a real estate agent whose advertisement convinces them the waterful and perfect house must be kept. John and the hostess reflect on the decision.
A proud millionaire scolds his servant Francois for taking the new sixty horsepower car out without permission. He warns about getting another chauffeur while noting there are four large cars and too much work for one. Francois replies that two people are needed for the task.
New York City hosts numerous historical sites from Fort Amsterdam near the Battery to Fort George Fort Washington and Van Cortlandt Manor on the north, reflecting a rich colonial and early American heritage across the city.
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