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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1905
Page
3
A fragment describes a child named Babble creating unfamiliar melodies that feel elfin and haunting. The passages compare the soft chords to sea surges and distant birds, suggesting a deep, soothing yet potentially painful impact on listeners. The text reads like a poem about childhood sound and perception.
Mrs. Lambert a married woman and Editha Wakeley meet by chance at a hot rural station. He flirts, she responds, and a stroll by a field leads to a kiss and a confession. Editha recognizes Jack in disguise as Editha wakes to the past.
The scene centers on LT and Lambert from a close family circle as LT marries on a sick bed. Mr. Lambert dies the following day, and the couple share a final intimate moment before the last train departs, unnoticed amid the warm summer air.
Dr Robert Ellis Thompson of Philadelphia imagines a future where household chores are performed by public utilities and private corporations. Central kitchens heat homes, hydraulic brooms sweep, and automatic elevators replace stairs. The scheme envisions city towns and states funding widespread public services, but raises questions about cost and equity for poorer women.
Three fifths of Filipinos live in villages. density is 67 per square mile, with 26 per square mile in the United States. Most coastal dwellers, Luzon inland valleys home to half the population, 13,400 barrios average 500 people, Manila the sole incorporated city with 219,928 residents.
In a Chestnut Street ice creamery a waitress lists flavors glibly as a young couple negotiates a pistachio versus cherry choice. She feigns preference for cherry to hide wearing an old rose gown, whispering that pistachio would upset JT who cannot eat it. The scene ends with the Philadelphia Record’s note.
A girl unable to answer catechism questions finally recognizes Solomon in a cheerful kids’ riddle. She proclaims, I know him all the way through Solomon Grundy born on Monday, and offers to continue.
A fragmented excerpt reflects on whether imperfection can be praised in song and sculpture. It contemplates whether rhyme, light and shade, and a perfect past or future exist beyond mortal effort, ending with a meditation on a resting land and shining portals attributed to James Clarence Harvey in an unfinished manuscript.
Census shows 6,080 Chinese residents in New York but estimates suggest the number could be twice that due to undercounting. Despite strict federal exclusion laws and few births in Chinese quarters, the population appears to be growing.
A Chicago inventor unveils an automatic cashier that makes change without error. The device accepts a 5 dollar bill for a 73 cent bill and yields 4.27, aiming to reduce cashier errors and improve efficiency. Separately, two Baltimore men market a combined receiver transmitter for phones to simplify note taking and handling calls.
A new telephone apparatus allows conversation without using either hand. The fixed transmitter is used while a second person places a hinged receiver near the ear for hands free operation. The design departs in appearance but preserves the same principle as traditional telephones.
M Heppmer, a German engineer long resident in Brazil, brought the 1260 carat stone to Berlin before cutting. A 400 carat fragment will yield a 100 carat cut stone, while the larger cut weighs 418 carats and measures two by one and a half inches.
A 1900s style feature describes a Cosy Corner as an artistic home retreat with a wood frame, red turlap background, leather paneling, green burlap walls, and a six foot couch. It also includes a chicken stuffing recipe, chestnut stuffing, and table novelties like a porcelain lemon squeezer frame and a pickle jar holder. A humor panel jokes about an artist milliner and billing.
In a terse dialogue, a debtor and debtor collector dispute a debt of zero dollars. The collector taunts the debtor to marry Miss Oldgirl, claiming she is worth twice the amount. The debtor declines and suggests the collector marry her to cover the difference.
A courtroom exchange centers on a dentist charging for services and a patient disputing. The judge remarks that the dentist punished four other patients by yelling and denying food, highlighting alleged overcharging and conduct during treatment.
The article notes that on every voyage of a first class ocean liner about 3000 pieces of glassware and crockery are broken. The remark lampoons the ship’s catering crew and jokes about the large number of waitresses aboard.
In a Sixth avenue car a busy conductor snubs a clergyman after a boy presents a six-tour old transfer. The parson defends the boy, but the conductor says he has no time to preach and suggests inviting the boy to Sunday School instead. The incident reflects tensions between duty and public service.
Miss Estelle Rees, superintendent of government Indian schools, discusses cruelty in lack of imagination. A little boy, given two pink sugar coated plaster images, is warned they are poison. He asks to eat them and later confesses giving one to a friend Richard Howe, threatening to eat the remaining image.
A nostalgic Randolph-Macon anecdote recalls surveying along the Virginia South Carolina line. A widow host delightfully asserts her home lies mostly in Virginia, expressing relief that Carolina was deemed unhealthy. A comic verse ribbing Quinine pills follows, then Fritz the office boy and a boastful husband.
A fragmentary description portrays a dark eyed 35 year old woman who styles herself Le Choyenne Sormie and Red Vgio claiming leadership amid Limoges labor unrest. The text merges revolutionary lineage with unclear phrases and damaged wording.
The Montreal Herald describes Russian landowners who live in wooden timber houses on country estates, noting warm peasant welcome and respectful rituals. It contrasts their cosmopolitan city life with simple, practical country life, where wood construction and modest, handmade or budget furniture prevail.
A critic portrays Hans Christian Andersen as vain and demanding yet praised for his genius and childlike nature. He was photographed endlessly in varied outfits and kept a note by his bed declaring he was in a trance to avoid being buried alive.
The Contemporary Review laments the decay of the English race once renowned for sturdiness. It predicts a shift toward a puny, sickly class and argues Britain must cultivate a substantial peasant class working on moderately sized freehold farms to revitalize agriculture.
United States Senator W. A. Clark hosted thousands of county children on May 9 at his mountain retreat near Butte Montana. He invited all county children and provided the day with the town’s streetcar system turned over to the youths.
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