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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1905
Page
3
An old city column recalls a rough street conversation where a mother’s hope for her child contrasts with harsh reality. It then notes the bald eagle as a symbol of American courage, recounting its adoption as the national emblem in 1785 and its prominence on seals coins and flags.
A collage of party games and playful rules is presented. It describes Buzz and Buzz-Fizz counting variants with substitutions for seven, three, five, and eleven, plus a Laughing Game where a circle of players counts laughter and drops out on violations. It ends with a brief note on the Dollar Sign origin.
A brief look at early money shows the dollar or piece of eight eight reals used in colonies, with a crossed eight mark for dollars and a dot for cents. A Pottery Story follows a squaw and her two boys whose mischief with river clay leads to lasting footprints and a lesson on clay dishes used by the band.
A parlor illusion explains making a tin cup trick with two plain tin cups. Glue bird seed to the undersides fools observers into thinking the cups are full, while dexterous turning hides the seed and creates a seeming switch of contents.
A vintage guide explains building a two circle dial cipher on cardboard to send secret messages. By aligning outer and inner rings with a shared fixed key JE readers can substitute letters to conceal words such as The fleet sails at noon tomorrow. The process covers cutting disks, drawing circles, and distributing the alphabet around the rings for synchronized encoding.
A detailed cautionary tale about a family ruined by debt and extravagant habits. It cites failing insurance, unnecessary purchases on installment plans, excessive drinking and gambling, poor writing of agreements, and neglect of savings. The narrative condemns envy, pride, and misaligned ambition as the root of bankruptcy and loss of property.
In Paris the famed Quar idler Latin club Sub Rosa admits Coquelin, pere after a silent rite. A water-filled tumbler tests his discretion as a rose motif hangs above. The ballot cups pass round and all votes are round, approving his membership.
A Platte County youth on a farm faces a marriage dilemma as his town sweetheart refuses to live on a farm. He proposes moving to town for another business, but she says that if he changes, she will not marry him. The case reflects a local courting conflict from Smithville Herald.
The Emir of New Bokhara donates 2000 pounds in his name and 1000 pounds in his son’s name to supply warm clothing for the Terek and Kuban Cossacks at the front. The aid underscores ongoing charitable support amid the conflict.
A historic Rhode Island relic tale links church liberalism to two old gambling devices found in Providence. One case involved Mongolians fined for playing dominoes at ten cents a corner under colonial Sabbath laws. The other describes a carved oak lottery wheel used to raise church funds, with two brass wheels rotating in opposite directions and numbers 1 to 32 and 1 to 24, revealing a final number through an indexed mechanism.
The catalogue notes two ancient Ashantee coronation thrones sold recently, described as covered in human skin and housing sacred Ju Ju emblems. They signified royalty for N Kwanta and O Finlu’s successors, with risk of angered claimants demanding surrender of regalia if purchased.
A memorial stone is to be laid over a pig at the Cock Hotel farmstead near Manchester on the Earl of Ellesmere’s estates by Mrs. Alice Taylor. The animal is reported as long-lived, aged 1534 years with a cataclysmic family history. the son Polly was shot due to infirmities, a rare tale amid cemetery memorials.
A party led by Carl M Woods F B Maynard and Co and W Blodgett from Gorham NH captured a deer in Cartin ravine. The animal, unable to flee due to deep snow, spent about an hour being handled and eventually allowed arms around its neck.
Reading includes verse from O Beautiful and a Long excerpt from Chicago Inter Ocean recalling Civil War experiences. Veterans discuss Gen Lee Longstreet Gordon and a major who wanted to die by the flag, with reminiscences of pension issues and a Rhode Island G A R badge description.
A Confederate idea to make balloons from silk dresses is recounted, noting early Union balloon use since 1862. The silk dress balloon, inflated only in Richmond, was carried by engine to launch sites but, stranded on a James River sandbar, was captured by Union forces. General Longstreet recalled it as a sharp trick of the war.
The Grand Army of the Republic reports adopted changes from the Thirty-eighth National Encampment. Minnesota adds a post commander depositing a flag on the coffin. California and Nevada permit heirs to wear buttons only if legally theirs. Illinois directs disbanding posts to turn over rituals to Department HQ, with other effects to a chosen institution. Massachusetts authorizes a special Nurses Association badge. The note ends with a quip about luck and kicks from a rabbit.
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