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Newspaper
Flora Enterprise Sentinel
Location
Flora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1904
Page
2
A fragment from a Springfield Mass Republican item laments time’s passage as the clock tolls. It ponders Caesar Antony Cleopatra and the eternal ages, noting the sphinx’s gaze and hum of history while invoking Ella Electa Beardsley in Springfield.
John Law, calm and resolute, plans a rapid exit from Paris as a crowd converges, demanding restitution. He defends his actions, refuses to surrender, and faces down threats while preparing to depart with Henri the Swiss, after tearing up property deeds and arguing over the fate of his fortune.
Lady Catharine hears that Monsieur Las may face violent punishment as crowds gather outside the Hotel de Soissons. She contemplates danger to the man who "gave back Paris to the king" and orders her carriage to flee the scene with urgency.
The article recounts Thomas Manning, a Cambridge-educated Englishman who sought entry to China, his 1811 salute to the Grand Lama in Potala, and his later life. It notes his enthusiasm for the Chinese language and his disillusionment with officials, ending with his death in Bath in 1840 and the preservation of his Chinese library by the Royal Asiatic Society.
A biographer recounts young Anthony Wayne at about 15 in a school run by his uncle Gilbert Wayne. The uncle derides his pupil as unscholarly, noting Wayne’s passion for military rehearsals, redoubts, and skirmishes, suggesting he may be dismissed unless he studies more.
An author remarks on Japanese fashions and social quirks, recounting a hosier who forgoes many items he does not supply himself. He wore a shirt collar tie scarf-pin and studs but lacked trousers, a contrast that amplified the effect of his absence.
A Sunday Bible School lesson on 1 Kings 19 1 8 describes Elijah fleeing Jezebel seeking death after Mount Carmel. An angel sustains him with bread and water then directs him to Horeb, highlighting lessons on humility faith and relying on God rather than ego.
The item lists fares and route options on Nickel Plate Road trains to the East with stopovers at Niagara Falls and Lake Chautauqua. It advertises through connections to Chicago and cities like Erie and Buffalo and promotes lower class fare prices and reduced reservations through agent Y. Calahan in Chicago Illinois.
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