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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1905
Page
2
A nurse in an American hospital sought Kipling's help for a gravely ill sailor who doubted heaven. Kipling visited, offered comfort, and later sent a handwritten copy of The Last Chantey. The dying man, elated by the poem, wished it interred with him, a wish carried out by the nurse.
In central Paris a rising rumor reports an Arabian Druid dwelling on Rue de la Michodire. Neighbors heard discordant sounds and chantings at midnight from Alt Benem’s home, with flames reflections seen. Police burst in to find a tall man in a white sheet, bloodstained knife, wax candles, and a disemboweled lamb on a piano altar. Ali Bonem, the high priest, was taken into custody.
Silvio Ferretti says in Kelly Burns bout in Los Angeles the middleweight broke his left hand. H R Vanderhorst of Brooklyn clubs dies at 54 in Baltimore from heart failure due to aorta aneurysm. Atlantic City may get a two mile auto track costing 40000 with early 1906 finish. George Saunders wins M M purse for 15th time, Ohio driver first to win twice. Pickett of Toledo won in 1892 with Nightingale. Jack Briggs of Minneapolis receives Dobbs offer to fight Gans. Briggs is Dobbs’ manager. Leanders, English rowing champions, send reps to arrange a U S row for best American crews. Six stakes at Libertyville trotting meet Sept 19 23 draw strong fields. 32 nominations for 5000 2:20 race and 28 for 2:14 pace. Wisconsin Minnesota football game set between Badger and Gopher freshmen teams at Minneapolis Nov 4. Temeraire chosen challenger for Canada cup race off Ontario beach near Rochester begins Aug 12. Temeraire designed by Fyffe. George Dixon, famed lightweight, to return to America. Congress member Sullivan abroad. Edward Heaton and Annette Kellerman fail to swim the English channel. Heaton injured.
Lou Dillon posted two fast mile splits at Glenville Ohio on July 28. Major Delmar clocked a remarkable 2:08 mile after a 1:08 first half. New York riflemen topped Creedmore matches with 968 points as USMC and New Jersey trailed. Be Smathers to retire from turf, owning near fifty horses. Yale likely to host Ralph Rose next year amid eastern attention. CaliforniaJockey Club dominance eases Western outlaw rules enabling northern horses to winter in California. Walter Christie set a 25 second American kilometer record at Cape May July 30.
An American millionaire driving in France ran over a dog near a scene with no identifiable owner. He gave a bank note to a local peasant, who refused to keep it. Months later the driver found the dog’s skeleton beside the road with the note attached and a pencil line pointing out the error.
A fragment notes that these couches served dual purposes for ancient Egyptian households, functioning as both dining and resting furniture in daily life.
John Stevens head blacksmith at the windlass works in Bath Missouri used a clamp on one end and a fastened other end to stretch windlass shafts that were too short for use. He literally lengthened them to meet required size.
A Hen of Sergeant Did Lock and Padiham Volunteer instructor laid a remarkable egg reported by the London Telegraph. The egg has a flat side with a clocklike face showing a ring of twelve raised sections resembling Roman numerals. no hands are present.
Reports describe endurance feats and races from July events. H L Doherty beat Larned in the Dwight F Davis Cup final with Ward and Smith. Pittsburg beat Zingari in the Spalding trophy cricket match. Jimmy Colville died at 58 of ptomaine poisoning. Frankie Neal beat Eddie Tenney after 25 rounds at the Colma club. Walter Direct led a Detroit pace event with record three heats. Angle won the M and M pace at Detroit and proved a top trotter. A shower delayed the M and M race start but racing resumed in good form.
Niagara Falls area sees vast water withdrawals to sustain nearly five hundred thousand horsepower for industrial needs. Calcium carbide production creates acetylene lighting, while ads promote Defiance Starch and Southern Pacific Tourist Car service. The piece blends warnings, industry notes, and consumer ads with prominent entities like Niagara Falls, calcium carbide, Defiance Starch, and Southern Pacific.
Workmen tearing down the Plough Inn at Little Ealing, England uncovered a secret chamber lavishly furnished in old oak. The 500 year old house once belonged to Dick Turpin's grandmother, and the chamber is thought to have been the highwayman’s hiding place when pursued.
Miss Florence Rhett, longtime household fac totum and social secretary to J. P. Morgan, sails for Europe for vacation. She relieves Mrs. Morgan of managing homes in New York West Point and London with broad powers over expenses and staff actions.
The plains of Hungary support vast goose herds with geese feeding as travelers pass by. At Budapest four bed feather markets are held each year, where 600000 to 700000 pounds of bed feathers are traded at each market.
Ohio mother praises her four year old who eats only Grape Nuts since age two. He drinks it with milk or cream and declines other foods, even turkey on Thanksgiving. The girl declares the boy never sick, has clear skin, and is handsome, urging support for Postum Company and its book The Road to Wellville.
Nicholas Vedderman, Angora farmer, bought an old flintlock at an auction. He cleaned the rusted gun and found a charge of two silver shillings dated 1781, wadded with Bible leaves, beneath a hair lock and paper fragment. The powder is colonial, and Vedderman notes belief in such charges to frighten witches.
Remains from the Bronze Age have been unearthed near Newlands railway station in Renfrewshire. Excavations between Kilmalcolm and Bridge of Weir yielded a finely shaped perforated stone axe hammer with knobs and moldings in perfect preservation, highlighting a once extensive Bronze Age population and skilled crafts in Scotland.
The latest fad sees young Paris and London men wearing jewelry featuring their sweethearts eyes. Eyes are cut from photographs, mounted in gold under glass, and formed into watch fobs and scarf pins as a bold romantic trend.
A tiny seal rescued near Heligoland after a chase by a killer whale was hauled aboard a passing steamer and sent to the London Zoo. The very young animal, likely not easily reared, is receiving care as zookeepers assess its prospects.
A poor Danish worker has invented a fabric impregnation that keeps a shipwreck victim afloat for days. Any clothing item treated with the substance such as a coat vest or rug can maintain buoyancy. Demonstrations show the device works.
Charles Worden found a one day old fawn in woods near Newfane Wisconsin. He brought the weak animal home and fed it with a nursing bottle. The fawn, once frail, is now frisky as a young lamb.
A vintage advertisement urges housewives to try Defiance Cold Water Starch, touting 16 oz per 10¢ package versus 12 oz in rivals. It claims superior quality will convert customers to Defiance. Includes other era product pitches and odd items from the period.
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