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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1905
Page
3
A lyrical piece describes a mountain brook feeding a mill, making pools for children and anglers, and finally joining the sea with a cheerful self‑praise for its work. It links farming, water power, and rural pleasures in a nostalgic tone.
The passage traces the word jackknife to a boy’s knife and shows related jack terms across cultures. It notes that early jackknives headed a boy’s toy list and that a boy’s skates were once made from beef bones attached to shoe soles.
Six two syllable common words derived from pictures provide final syllables. Placed in order, their initials spell the best time to eat nuts. Each clue yields a common term whose last syllable matches the image cue.
A hungry donkey yearns for better fruit than thistles. He slips into an open orchard gate and feasts on apples, earning a brutal whipping from his master. The next year the ruined tree bears double the apples and finer fruit, teaching the farmer a lesson in fairness and wisdom.
In harbor a volunteer brigade visits for practical gun instruction. A young lieutenant struggles with a new breech device until a landsman reveals the range finding invention, claiming credit for a device not seen on ships yet. Also notes the seasonal return of flittermice and spring activity.
A small collection of verses and game ideas. An admonition about Ned Robinson hints at moral mischief versus virtue. The poem leads to a riddle about perception. The piece presents an outdoor game with Turkish and Greek captains and a tug of war, followed by notes on stilts and Japanese use of bamboo stilts by children.
A humorous description of a hobble-hoop race where competitors use a barrel hoop tied to ankles and crawl with hands inside the hoop along a 50 foot course. The race emphasizes funny bow-legged antics and slow progress as contestants drag themselves forward.
A Milwaukee millionaire displays a private collection of historic buttons in glass cases. He explains the invention and spread of buttons and buttonholes. The set includes a Chinese collection with rank markings and paired official birds, detailing mandarin classes nine to one and their respective birds.
Explorers report unknown creatures in untouched American mountains. Andrew J. Stone adds new species to the American Museum of Natural History collection. B. H. Brown narrates a successful hunt for the black sheep of America and orphan lambs, capturing glacier breath and the poignant wonder of undiscovered fauna. What other animals remain hidden in these lonely lands will be known only through further exploration. Recreation.
A reader dismisses rabies as rare and public fear as unfounded. He shares practical dog bite care from personal experience, washing wounds, applying bicarbonate paste, and bandaging to prevent infection, noting the need to keep wounds moist to aid drying and healing.
Excavation at Gourgom hamlet near Meude uncovers buried ruins of a 3rd century Roman Gaul city Veyrune, long lost and believed wiped by catastrophe. Site lies near the Du Guesclin death spot. A fine silver urn holds many nearly mint Roman coins bearing Empress Julia Maximian Alexander Severus and others.
A rumor in New York claims George Gould plans to start a racing stable next year with polo player James W. Cooley purchasing ten thoroughbred yearlings. Cooley says his principal is a well known millionaire new to racing, and aims to compete with Belmont Keene Whitney Thomas and other multimillionaires.
Frederick Law Olmstead of New York has been invited by the Yale corporation to serve as landscape architect for the Hillhouse estate. On August 1 the property passes to the corporation and will be developed as a park and botanical garden linked to the Yale forest school.
In a tense exchange the Count denies mercenary motives while the Heiress asserts the truth of her position not the Count. She clarifies that it is her creditors pressing the pressure, not the Count. The dialogue hints at financial entanglements shaping personal loyalties in a volatile domestic dispute.
The piece argues some patients with rare diseases can profit by medical study, noting examples from Alexis St. Martin and hospital cases. It explains how doctors and students exploit cases, the ethics of participation, and how to tell if a disease is valuable, including signs like photo requests and courtly introductions to societies. It also includes a short anecdote about actor Joe Jefferson and a painterly quip.
A fragment poem about building a fragile house of cards with love and tenderness and its collapse. The speaker reflects on faith in a strong construct facing storms, the thrill of lofty gables, and the desolation after its downfall.
In Portland the late Thomas B. Reed was accosted by a drunken stranger who, seeing double, asked where to obtain a car for the depot. Reed jokingly answered that at the next corner there would be two cars, take the first one and the other won’t be there.
The estimate places the current U S Catholic population at about fourteen million plus the Catholic populations of the Philippines and Puerto Rico would push the total beyond twenty million, indicating a large global Catholic presence.
The British War Department has reconsidered its move to abolish the lance. It remains the sole weapon used by troops in South Africa that inspired fear in the enemy, sustaining its place in service.
An Iowa inventor introduces a portable stencil holder to simplify applying patterns on walls and ceilings. The collapsible mechanism aids transport between jobs and allows adjustable positioning for varying room heights without hindering the painter’s movements.
The petrified forest in eastern Arizona houses a famed bridge of petrified wood spanning a canyon fifty feet wide. Ends embedded in shale and sandstone, about 100 feet exposed, with cracks appearing as time weathering progresses. Government has built two stone abutments creating a three-span bridge to protect it for several years.
The article traces pews from early English times when none existed to Henry VIII and More, through Elizabeth I and Charles I, to Restoration and Georgian eras with sofas and fireplaces, noting class exclusion and a continental custom. It also mentions a Tyrolean irrigation wheel device and a rotating water-immersion mechanism.
Col M W Sampson narrowly escaped a stray rifle bullet that pierced his camp wall at Norway Maine while he ate noon meal. He moved to a bomb proof built to store potatoes and finished there. J W Thompson of Adams Massachusetts reports pictures of a woodchuck seen climbing a tree, a rare event for the species, allegedly provoked by a dog.
A colorful comic scene unfolds at a wedding with a noble lord and his glamorous mother in law, ribbons and blossoms, a rehearsed affair, and a cheeky Episcopal vow exchange. The narrator notes social sniffing and a puzzled bride as the service proceeds under a paternal bishop.
A Chicago streetcar required stopping to allow 16 year old Ethel Morrison to fix hair before alighting. The motorman urged her off after hair fell, seeking permission to rearrange braids, prompting police involvement. Separate items describe archaic oracles in Perak and a Chinese ritual using a mirrored coat to draw illness, noting a Rajah’s ruling.
A French couple, though eating at the same table, refuse to speak. The wife sends anonymous postcards to change dining hours, and the husband notes illness or requests breakfast via a note. The wife borrows money from the maid who is repaid by the master. Only during Christmas does a brief cordial phone call occur, and they fear legal separation for fear of giving each other satisfaction.
Missionaries near Livingstonia on Lake Nyasa report a British Central Africa administration boat was attacked by a sea serpent described as thick as a man’s leg. The reptile tried to board but was driven off with oars as a head wind hindered its pursuit. Local naturalists say the creature could not be a python, which访 normally in forests.
James Grieve, a 104 year old resident at Loch Long, travels to visit old friends and graves. He walked six miles to Ardlul railway station, then twelve more to a shepherd friend at Tyndrum. He has visited his wife and son's graves at Dun Diane and now stays with his daughter in Falkirk. The Scotsman Exchange notes his remarkable vigor and pride in the journey.
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