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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1905
Page
2
A reflective poem speaks of safe home and eternal peace beyond toil and pain. It notes a glorious birth, immortal gain, and rejoicing with the blessed in a divine city. The speaker honors loved ones lost and enduring love through trials toward heaven.
In a city park, guard McGrady confronts a poor German mãe breaking a tree branch. He learns she hides a dying child named Elsa. Moved by her story, he returns with apple blossoms and urges her to hurry home, hoping the child may smile again. The act softens the hardened official, who later is seen walking with a lighter step.
Colonial Times notes that in April 1772 His excellency plans mourning on Sunday April 12 for the death of the Princess Dowager of Wales. Townsfolk, ladies and gentlemen, generally intend to observe mourning on that Sunday. The text also includes a pair of satirical lines about a manager and an actor.
A San Francisco man proposes a hanging cushion on a yoke to suspend a hat so its rim does not touch or get damaged. The device revolves freely and balances vertically when not in use, preventing crushing of trims.
A rider recalls a near fatal incident after his lamp failed and he sped along a dark path. He unexpectedly rode onto a plank bridge into a quarry, narrowly avoiding death and choosing not to ride again. The tale appeared in London Answers.
A British sailor, Able Seaman Hollinghurst, was praised by the king as a credit to the country for long-range gun practice. Using a six by eight foot canvas target with a small bull’s eye at 1500 yards, he hit the target seven times out of ten with six inch shells, a record to enter history.
In St Cyrus Scotland a curious bequest attached to the parish requires the minister to divide the interest of a sum of money among the oldest youngest tallest and shortest ladies who get married by him during the year.
Charles Elliot of East Barnet VT unveils a mink farming plan using an old hen house on the riverbank. He fences a stream section with woven wire to keep the animals contained and provide water.
Baiersdorf, famed for Europe’s finest horseradish, lies about twenty two miles south of Bamberg on the Bamberg Nuremberg railroad. The crop is grown on roughly 1335 acres along the Regnitz valley, in moist soils.
A meditation on longing as the soul’s divine push toward the ideal, followed by sermons on charity and eternal life. It contrasts Peter’s doubt with God’s generosity, urges works of love for the needy, and extols will, duty, and moral effort as the path to a holy life.
A brief meditation on willpower stressing its role in bodily action and resilience. It cites examples of courage against illness and the remarkable feat of a runner covering 150 miles from Sparta to Athens in 48 hours, highlighting how faith and perseverance sustain the will.
Rev George Shipman Payson reflects on the Christian home as heaven on earth. Heuplifts faith, consolation, and prayerful memory for bereaved families, citing scripture to comfort those who mourn and affirm eternal life through God.
A reflection on courage arising from trust in God. It notes that life is a mystery yet orderly, with healing work, obedience, and love forming a steady courage, patient faith, and enduring confidence against dangers, delays, and disappointments.
New York sculptor Charles E. Tefft killed a 22 pound sea salmon in Penobscot River open season by firing a rifle from his boat while holding the rod. He was inexperienced at salmon fishing and lacked tackle, yet the fish was brought to shore after a ten minute fight.
Frederick Wolfinger of Oxford in Warren County found a rusted gold watch and chain in brush near Orange New Jersey. The item had been a gift to a 14 year old girl twelve years earlier, later returned to her daughter Eveline Buckland now Mrs William Buckland of Reading Pennsylvania. The case was good despite damp damage to the movement. A curious Persian snuff box is described as silver chased with ivory mouth and a silver chain.
Charles H. Ingersoll of Scotland Read South Orange New Jersey requested police aid after a thief cut off his bronze dog tail. A servant found the missing appendage outside the door and returned it yesterday. The dog, a bronze work by a Japanese craftsman, and his tail were united at a plumbing shop.
Workmen at Grant Street Presbyterian Church in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania tearing down the steeple discovered a nest weighing more than two tons. The nest blocked a trap door and required exterior cutting to reach. Birds had built it over thirty-five years with straw hay strings and twigs, and no one had entered the steeple during that time.
Victor Adams of Blaine Washington, at age fourteen, built a combined carpenter and blacksmith shop. The 30 by 12 foot building has a turned lathe scroll saw and forge with anvil vise and hammers. Adams lives near the US Canada boundary, two blocks from his home.
Mrs Tucker asks where Mrs Carston's old cat has gone. Tommy says it headed toward Michigan and may have boarded a boat or jumped into the water near the fishin' pier. The exchange shows Mrs Tucker's growing curiosity about the cat's fate.
A playful dialogue centers on Reginald inviting Cholly to a card party and his sister hoping to win by playing her cards right tonight.
A poor clerk earning $12 weekly declines a $1.25 book, asks to change a $10 bill to avoid hurting the seller. The woman opens a satchel revealing at least $450 in small currency. The clerk wonders if he was an easy mark or a philanthropist in this Louisville Courier Journal note.
A man brings home a package of prick cheese and a tainted ten dollar bill. He discovers the money missing next morning, wondering why his wife would not take the bill as tainted funds. In a separate note, a man tests a slot machine, blushes at a counterfeit detector, and wonders what machines will do next.
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal quotes a playful exchange with names Jones Out Late New York Mall and O'Brien O'Reilly. The dialogue hints at plans and a lighthearted, drinking remark amid a string of quoted bars and phrases.
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