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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
2
In a garden aged Mrs Jackson, a mysterious noblewoman, buys Lucy Smith’s dreams for seven pounds weekly. Lucy, awakening in Torquay, signs a vellum contract binding her dreams to Mrs Jackson and her assigns until death, amid a lavish, enigmatic domestic drama.
The narrator awakens in lavish surroundings with sable fur, Dresden china, and a Le Roy clock. An old friend, Mrs. Jackson, guides comforts as they tour Paignton and Goodrington Sands toward Brixham. She hints at guardianship and future revelations, while the narrator enjoys youth and the sea’s vitality.
A grand subterranean chamber, claimed as the largest in the world, has been opened to visitors. Discovered by G. A. Perko in 1899, the cave lies near Trieste and is reached via Opchina in Istria. A steep ascent, two near perpendicular descents, and a winding half hour walk lead to a vast stalactite and stalagmite cavern with a 460 foot high dome, 440 feet wide and 500 feet long. The formations are described as among the most wonderful, with a seemingly endless forest of petrified ferns along the passage.
In a Harper's Weekly vignette a steeple chase stalls as a tall raw-boned horse refuses to start. The starter drums up urgency while a rider, a young Trishman, protests that the cab horse refuses to move until a door shuts, highlighting the comic stubbornness of the animal.
A brief quip from Harper’s Weekly where Uncle asks what Tommy will do as a man and Tommy replies he will grow a beard so IT won’t have as much face to wax.
A brief quip shows a wife anxious about lack of information on new neighbors while the husband jokes the worry is over nothing. The exchange captures a domestic snapshot with light tone and social tension in a single witty exchange.
The city of Kimberley is described as being built around a large mining hole that could hold the entire white population of South Africa under the old diamond digging system.
A Philadelphia Press quip notes clash over a store fire last night with one claim of a basement origin and another saying the blaze started in the basement, highlighting contradictory reports.
A compact verse comparison notes humor in books versus humor heard after meals and suggests the place of prayer becomes the bosom of God in a Punch style thematically brisk reflection.
Henry W. Wilson recalls the rise and fall of the circus clown era. He compares old time jugglers with modern monkeys and notes how Dan Rice created mood and memory with stage jokes. He shares anecdotes of ringmasters, audience reactions, and clown ethics in the three ring show.
A Mars traveler views a vast steel framed air trap over a city as guards explain balloon and airship nuisances. Citizens killed by an aeronaut and reckless acts lead to a wire frame defense. The mayor is felled by a cheese sandwich in a chaotic tale of aerial law.
A man from Mars questions a governor's daughter balloon guard story, noting the oddity and taking notes as the scene unfolds. The exchange hints at a quirky, otherworldly observation during a city event.
A New York Waiters' Club president cites English taste for beef, noting they favor better done meat. He recalls a waiter serving an extremely rare sirloin to a duke who asked to fetch the butcher, quipping that the beef "doesn't seem to be quite dead yet."
The Hindoos of today prize the ruby as a talisman unseen by friends. It is believed to portend the worst fortune if black spots appear within. Ancient lore credits it with restraining passion and guarding against lightning.
The text states that monism asserts all is one and denies the supernatural. It claims mind and matter, God and creation are identical, with all phenomena as parts of a single stupendous whole. Pain and pleasure are described as vibrations of the same substance.
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