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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1905
Page
3
This fragment presents a speaker confessing vanity and excess in wine pleasure and revelry. He alternates between boasting riches and craving need for a higher power, ending with the refrain that all is vanity and meaningless.
A would be seducer named Philip casts a magnetic gaze on several women at a social gathering, stirring desire, jealousy, and heartbreak. The narrator witnesses rivalries, a secret wedding and funeral, and finally acceptance of an unhappy marriage to the enigmatic man as she foresees a troubled future.
The speaker expresses a paradoxical longing for exclusive care while noting hidden observations of kindness to others. She fears loving a man without also hating him, and desires proof of deeper affection even as she recognizes conflicting emotions.
In a clerical friend's congregation two erring brothers caused concern by dozing during worship. The pastor asks each to sit beside the other next Sabbath and nudge them if sleep returns, as the pair agree to mutual vigilance, a scene that amused the clergy.
Canton known as the city of pagodas features a remarkable eight story tower on Honam Island. The brick and tile structure rests on a seven acre foundation with carved cornices and a minaret tip. Legends say it is about 1,000 years old, echoed by engineers.
A middle aged stout woman tries dieting and hard exercise then Turkish baths. She reports a rough physical sensation during treatment and claims she lost seven eighths of a pound while noting the bathwoman lost three pounds and a quarter. The family deduces she withheld details.
A poem from Smart Set reflects on catching a snowflake and admiring a fragile star. The speaker muses on dreams, love, and the pain of distant beauty, concluding that true love does not seek pain and grows wiser through longing.
The piece extols invention and suggests future products like beer without salicylic acid and whisky without alcohol. It forecasts bread without dough and tea without tannin, coffee without caffeine, and warns that removing caffeine or tannin removes the active principle, a poison, while also losing stimulation.
The city of Berlin offers three prizes for the best plans for a monument to the late Prof. Virchow. The sculpture is to be placed at the intersection of Karl and Lussen streets, in a square to be named Virchow Platz.
Chicago Record-Herald outlines legends of buried treasure on Cocos Island off Costa Rica. It recounts pirates Richards Thompson and Chapel, the Gissler claim, and repeated expeditions failing to prove or locate vast hoards including millions in gold, silver, and jewels tied to the Manila era and Captain Kidd legends.
Household guidance covers broom bag storage using canton flannel and taped drawstring, plus daily bathroom cleaning. Suggested: ammonia, formaldehyde or disinfectant, lye, long-handled brushes, and routine flushing of drains, with nightly basin attention and fresh water in bedchamber vessels.
Chief Mentnger of the New Haven Fire Department advises burning potato parings in the stove to prevent soot buildup and chimney fires in damp weather. He notes regular chimney cleaning as essential and praises burning zinc pieces as another soot suppressor despite not being a chemist.
Baked Eggs drop six eggs in a well buttered shallow pan bake ten minutes with cheese and crumbs. Date Biscuits rise with milk sponge sugar molasses dates and whole wheat flour bake three quarters of an hour then rest twelve hours. Cheese Soule butter milk cheese yolks and whites folded in bake until set. Cream of English Walnuts blanch walnuts simmer stock with spices strain into pot and top with whipped cream and crisp waters.
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