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Newspaper
Flora Enterprise Sentinel
Location
Flora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1905
Page
7
A poem recounts a beggar dreaming of a jeweled crown and palace while the king frets over plots. The beggar's dream brings imagined glory and pride, contrasting with the king’s constant worry. The speaker notes better the beggar’s dreams than a king’s discontent, concluding with a reflected line about regaining kingdoms through dreaming.
The narrator recalls six days of hardship and a catastrophic June 3 1810 windstorm that splits a timber raft headed for Montreal. Dri and the narrator survive by diving through wreckage into a sunlit river, finding their damaged shelter, sharing bread and venison, and awaiting daylight while debris and ruined logs litter the shore.
A Philadelphia traveler recalls an English social blunder. In a castle tour a pompous man pressed the housekeeper to name the Duke, Lady Gertrude, and the Duchess. The keeper replied the Duchess has been dead for 25 years, exposing the snob’s ignorance.
In a Massachusetts seaport town a colorful elderly man, once a street celebrity, hurries along with a white parcel and shouts for not being touched as he races home. He has just remarried after many years, and his humorous aim is to surprise his wife before fashion changes. The tale, recounted by Youth's Companion, captures a quirky moment from the town's memory.
A traveler in a Dublin restaurant sits opposite two Irish youths. A celery arrangement on the table draws attention as one youth whispers that the stranger is eating the flowers. The anecdote appears in Tit-Bits alongside a joke exchange from Washington Star about lights and extinguishers.
A survey of Representative Henry W. Palmer and the impeachment trial of Judge Charles Swayne contrasts Senate decorum with Palmer’s firm, decisive style. Admiral George Dewey enjoys Washington life, reveling in horses, society, and a celebrated Rhode Island Avenue home. Inaugural decorations feature historic statues from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to adorn Pennsylvania Avenue. Senate desks gain renewed attention with a plan to chronicle the historic seats used by Webster, Clay, Calhoun, and Jefferson Davis, linking civics and memory.
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