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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1905
Page
3
A young businessman with money sense worried about poor spelling. He focused on how to treat buyers while practicing spelling. Dictating a question, I had him write it and highlighted his o and a errors. He grew interested and gained word insight.
A Philadelphia Record report notes ice cream now ships by rail up to 300 miles and beyond. Wholesalers say regular customers extend to far distances, with shipments by express and passenger trains. Creations are molded for smaller quantities and even reach ships’ cold storage, delivering to Europe, China, and Australia in good condition.
Hashley visits Brakeman at 7:30 a m to tease him about cooking while his wife is abroad. Brakeman explains plans upset as his wife has listed and locked all house items and packed away the keys, awaiting her return and a reply to his letter.
In a Congregational church sermon Reverend Thomas McLeod of Brooklyn sparked friction when he told the congregation you can put that in your pipe and smoke it. A woman in front challenged the remark saying such language belongs to the race track not the church. McLeod replied he has no objection to women speaking in meeting and the incident ended.
The bishop tests a candidate for ordination by reading aloud a Bible chapter in a large chapel. He scolds the candidate for indistinct reading and urges elocution lessons. The candidate points to the church’s size and a parishioner’s claim of being heard throughout. The bishop replies with a dry remark.
A humorous exchange notes a landlord farmer with a blue scarecrow in a field. A Lady Boarder identifies her husband in a witty, stagey moment revealing the domestic scene and misinterpretation.
Friends and collectors attended a sale of Mrs. Bowen Potter s bric a brac at Bray Lodge Boston Herald notes rare furniture including a mahogany Bath assembly room settee once linked to Nell Gwynne a Cantonese screen from Li Hung Chang and valued Japanese paintings drawing artistic interest amid hopes pieces will reach Boston. Old tale from Bacon Ridge about lazy Hiram Spruceby and a soap drummer is told as a humorous aside.
James G. Blaine, long tied to Maine politics, has no monument in the state. The planned memorial subscriptions failed, and his remains lie in Washington. A white marble bust by Prof. G Trenta nove of Florence sits in the statehouse rotunda since 1899, never paid for.
Governor Dan Pitch and Derby defeated A. B. Allen and Deputy State Auditor Anthes in a close, 32 to 1 game played at the executive mansion bank in Tincoln under a 98 degree shade. Mickey and Pitchers demonstrated top form in a state showing horseshoe skill.
Brigadier General de Belgragia, noted as France’s oldest general, has died at thirty six. He earned the Croix de Guerre for gallantry at Solferino in 1859 and received two stars for Champigny in 1876.
The Express reports a bright London day on June 4 with blaring sunshine that pushed temperatures to 68 degrees. The article notes clear skies, mild warmth, and light breezes enhancing the city’s early summer mood.
A Boston observer recalls a southern city where the Daughters of Ferdinand de Soto denied entry to a young matron. She exposed that Ferdinand de Soto died a bachelor, sabotaging the society and ending its exclusivity. The tale highlights social envy and ancestral vanity in elite circles.
At the National Suffrage Association convention in Portland Ohio Susan B Anthony argued for the value of special education and training. She warned that reform without study harms society and compared well meaning efforts to aiding a jail inmate via a misfired bird metaphor.
The Yale philanthropist known as the Coln Coaxer has raised 2,000,000 for his college since Easter and advocates temperance. He says drunkenness brings uncleanliness and recalls a humorously pointed joke about confusing a drinking bar with a bar of soap, illustrating public attitudes toward alcohol.
A New York Weekly cartoon panel shows Jinks accusing his preacher of insulting suspicion. The gag has him denying dodging the church box, blaming the rain and missing umbrella for leaving early while musing on the offense of a charge.
An English writer notes a claim that cancer prevalence among North American backwoodsmen ties to their diet. He cites Canadian lumbermen consuming buckwheat cakes with molasses, potato pie, baked beans, white bread, pork, and bacon, plus tea sweetened heavily, arguing that excess tea and sugar mirror other regions with high cancer rates.
A noted local minister once preached that each blade of grass held a sermon. The next day a parishioner found him mowing the lawn and quipped that he was cutting his sermons short.
A varied science brief discusses Geoffrey Martin’s theory on protoplasm and temperature driven decomposition, proposes life as a product of ancient protoplasm at high heat, and outlines practical devices including a waste pipe cleaner, a projecting automatic stoker, and observations on rock drilling by lightning, butter fishy taste causes, and long use of water tube boilers.
A detailed barn layout by L A Lam outlines a north south facing building 40 by 68 feet with 19 foot mows at ends. The plan includes a horse stable box stall cow stalls passage and roothouse with silos outside the wall for easy ensilage access and a stone filled drain space two feet wide next to the barn.
A farmer considers rebuilding a W. H. C. A silo 14 feet by 30 feet with a cement lining three inches thick. It warns concrete would crack, suggesting instead lathing and cement plaster. Plan requires 2300 laths five barrels of Portland cement and 1.5 yards of sand. note on ditching machines being unsuccessful.
Clash between clapboard and brick veneer finishes involves eave lengths and cornice projection from outside brick or sheathing. For clapboard, outer sheathing and outside frame fitting. for brick, frame stays until brickwork completes, then interior sheathing, lathing, plastering, and final frame tightening.
A reader asks if daily watering for two weeks is needed after pouring a Portland cement foundation. The answer confirms moisture is essential for proper curing. In dry weather moisture evaporates quickly, hindering setting, so keeping the wall consistently moist for about two weeks yields a complete and hard cure.
A master mechanic warns no shingle should have more than two nails and nails must be driven about half an inch from the edges. Nails set an inch or more from the edge cause joints to split over the nail head, allowing water to rot the area. Edge-holding nails prevent center lift and deterioration.
A reader questions use of lath and plaster over cement bricks and suggests a dry wall needs a dead air space. The note warns against dampness and cold and mentions strapping the wall before finishes are applied.
Quote suggests belief that education can aid a man deemed naturally bad, though not change his core nature. The remark implies cautious optimism that proper schooling may steer him away from further missteps.
The Cahokia courthouse built in 1716 near Cahokia was offered to East St. Louis by owner A Cella for removal to a public park. The offer was sent to the public buildings committee which recommended acceptance. The building sat by the Mississippi, served governance through French and Illinois Territory, moved to the 1904 World’s Fair, and has historical ties to Cahokia, Joliet, Marquette and Chief Pontiac.
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes seafaring superstition behind renaming training ship Chesapeake Sev ern after misfortune. It recalls the Chesapeake Shannon duel and criticizes the notion of bad luck, arguing the actions were misinterpreted and emphasizing courage and lessons from the prior engagements.
A professor reports studies on fear in infants and youths. Thunderstorms and reptiles top the feared list, with humans, darkness, fire, death, and ghosts following. Boys and girls show differing fear patterns across ages, and tales by children influence ghost beliefs more than stories, pictures, or parents.
A historical note surveys Britain’s medieval fleet, listing espringalds haubergeons baci nets and lances among early defenses and weapons. It recalls early cannon around 1338 1372 and describes bombard thresholds sternly echoing Froissart reports a 15th century brass ordnance cast in England in 1535 and decked with diverse calibers causing on deck confusion.
John Scudder McLain in Alaska and the Klondike notes Dawson has a busy cultural scene with a theater, an athletic clubhouse, and grounds for baseball cricket and tennis. He remarks on Uncle John with a megaphone and long summer nights delaying plays. He details Dawson’s extreme temperatures from 90 above to 60 below and the hardy sour doughs who endure winter.
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