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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1905
Page
2
A long tale notes Bliggins a generous neighbor who buys an umbrella after losing or having it stolen. He remains proud and hopeful, buying another, then another, in a quixotic hunt for possession. The rhyme underscores persistence despite repeated losses.
In a 1905 period tale, Bud Ellis, youngest son of a foundry family, battles a lingering terror of explosions from mold moisture. Five years of vigilance have sharpened his caution though a wet threshing machine shaft mold risks disaster when a rush order diverts him from his duties.
A workman named Bud spots a kettle of hot metal about to pour into a mold. He lifts the heavy mold and throws it through a window to avert disaster, sparking an explosion that injures several but saves others. Bud collapses, then smiles with relief and joy.
In the faces of those around him and the praise from heirs he sensed a deeper significance. He no longer feared the future, nor the consequences of what lay ahead.
In a western Kansas settlement a couple’s awkward moment wins a prize for oddest proposal. A man, believing others asleep, asks Jessie to marry him aloud from a swinging bed above sleeping siblings. Jessie quietly answers yes, saving the moment from disclosure.
Mrs. Gertrude Atherton recounts a New York mother’s tribulation with her mischievous seven year old son. After a day of outrageous acts the boy prays asking God to make him a better boy and ends with a solemn line: not my will but thine be done.
A devotional lyric asserts that God alone understands hidden motives and each heart’s needs. Readers are reminded to trust the Father, who knows every longing, intention, and the best outcome, even when humans cannot.
Mrs. Reginald de Koven remarks on cruelty in women at a Washington dinner. She recalls a sharp wound delivered with a smile at a ball when a younger woman praised another’s gown, masking the slight as a compliment and the sender’s retreat.
Mr Simeon Ford recalls a long speech and a windy closing line about Lady Godiva. A French waiter Francois Damon, just left Denver for France, has earned 40000 in tips over five years, with 38000 in the last year at St. Louis. He speaks six languages and comes from a family of waiters.
A Sunday Magazine piece recounts a West Virginia railway official narrating a comic exchange with a jittery traveler bound for Parkersburg. The conductor reassures with patient time hints, and the passenger finally grasps the joke about river time changes and travel to the West.
An old hunter notes possums seem to appear in bunches in the woods near the St. Francis River. If a possum is caught early in a hunt, luck follows. if not, the effort tends to fail. He observes they are not prone to roam in singles and that weather and wind do not explain the patterns.
A historical note lists various kitchen quantities and equivalents. It converts teacup and gill measures to fluid ounces and tablespoons, detailing squid, flour, butter, corn meal, sugar, and liquids with pounds, pints, cups, and quarts. It reads like a household recipe glossary.
A reflection on listening to music without seizing control of the experience. It argues that letting music pass through nerves and renews energy leads to greater musical pleasure and more productive work. The piece cites Susie guiding the listener and ends with a quote from Antile Payson Call in Leslie's Monthly Magazine.
In Transvaal farms hyenas raid at night for livestock. Farmers dig a shallow pit, cover with a stiff ox-hide, cut a hole for the hyena to insert its head, then use four springy sides to trap it. The animal becomes unable to move, leading to a swift, fatal end for the predator.
The Yorkshire Post laments slips in famous writers and reference works. It cites Dickens hewing to Squeers and Tattycoran, Webster by definition, and Beaconsfield’s Lady Montairy as Georgina Augusta Victoria, noting authorial errors across classic tales.
A seventy year old former bodyguard stands in the corridor of the Hotel Continental to salute Empress Eugenie when she arrives by electric coupe from the station. He brings a bouquet of violets or roses for her yawing room, a sign of enduring fidelity noted in a Paris letter.
The Pennsylvania State Editorial Association launches a fund raising drive to repeal the Salus-Grady libel law and shape a new statute ahead of the Governor and Legislature elections next year. Publishers are urged to fund a statewide campaign and form county organizations, with a general secretary to be hired to survey the state. An estimated $10,000 to $16,000 is needed, though the plan faces mixed support.
A dense survey of cases touches dredging and intertidal rights, state trust limits, and neighborly construction. It also covers seed warranties, residuary legatees contesting wills, gas lease accounting, contract actions across counties, innkeeper liability, mortgagee insurable interest, corporate town ownership, carrier notice duties, game law seizures without hearings, due process in seizure statutes, and a tail docking ban as a property issue.
A man attempts to cash a £10 note at the Bank of England only to be told it was stopped by clerks twenty three years ago. The note’s loss arose from an unpaid error by two London and County bank clerks who later repaid £5 each to cover the missing note. The note reappeared with a claimant whose father kept the papers. The two clerks were traced and had since repaid the outstanding amount.
L C Whitney longtime Pere Marquette agent and secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers association is described as diminutive and humorous. A Milwaukee dispatch recounts how a new railroad clerk mistook the phrase ghost walked for Whitney and joked about envelopes on pay day.
Cornelius Mack recalls guiding pitcher George Edward Waddell before a key New York game. Waddell sought a five minute phone call but returned with bellboy bought milk punches, then drank more, affecting his condition. Mack stayed vigilant, ensuring Waddell pitched well against the Highlanders.
On inspection day in a city school the principal praises a Bible found in a locker and gives the owner a quarter. Later two boys are hauled up for fighting, and one explains he sent his Bible to a classmate who now withholds half the quarter as repayment.
A compact report notes that boys grow hair at 3 ft 2 in in six years, averaging 0.18 inch per day, while girls are faster. It adds that hair grows most quickly in early adulthood, eyelash length reaches 0.429 inch in twenty weeks, and eyelash shedding lasts 100 to 150 days. A camera study measured twenty eyelid winks in four seconds.
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