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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1905
Page
2
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece evokes a shadowy isle of sleep beyond daylight. The verse likens a tranquil shore to a harbor for storm-tossed boats, with willow guards and murmuring willows inviting readers to drift into drowsyland and peaceful respite.
A woman recalls a lifelong romance sparked by a letter about gathering rosemary. In autumnal gardens and English lakes, memories of youth, friendships, and missed chances culminate as she discovers the man she loves has waited for this moment. Their reunion confirms both have lived for each other.
England's state records are housed in a London building with 130 strongrooms. The Chan cery rollroom stores rolls of parchment skins tied into cylinders. King's Bench and Common Pleas records span from Richard I to today. Rolls weigh 100 to 200 pounds and hold 600 to 1,000 skins each.
A canal boat captain explains a lock to a humorous passenger who pretends to understand. The exchange shifts to a crude pun about locking and unlocking, with the seasoned sailor remaining reserved and muttering a pragmatic line about the quay.
The noted playwright Clyde Fitch urges budding dramatists to persevere and write daily. He recalls Shakespeare and Sardou as starters who faced ridicule, stressing that many works are written before a first production. An English humorist vignette shows a writer burning manuscripts after a chilly reception.
A Minneapolis Times item recounts a polite lunatic letter to Paula Edwardes offering a “collection of trained germs.” The note boasts a flea circus skull skinned gimmick with a typhoid bacillus named Mike performing on a two inch stage, plus two measles microbes and a diphtheria bacillus act.
Superior Judge Albertson ruled in Rosena E. Grover versus Mayor Zook that a marriage contract involves the man the woman and the state and that the state may prevent a marriage if the woman is afflicted with tuberculosis. The decision arose while striking out questions in the breach of promise suit seeking 25000 dollars.
A box of four rattlesnakes sent to Fred Krempel from California yielded an egg yesterday, a rare event in captivity. The egg, almost as large as a hen’s, shows a small rattler inside its membrane and is expected to hatch soon. Naturalists note rattlesnakes are torpid and hidden, making eggs hard to find.
A Turkish observer condemns the Salvation Army and forbids attention to its activities. General Booth, leader of the Salvation Army, recently visited Jerusalem with a peaceful mission, but no Turkish official approached him.
An English candidate for Glasgow town clerk, Prescott, withdraws after lawyers oppose him for not being a Scot. The dispute centers on the motto No English need apply used by Glasgow lawyers.
In a London trial of "The Clagalee" a witness recalled a musical comedy gag about throwing a man into the river or sitting on his hat for amusement. The judge replied that such acts occur in the house of lords.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts plans a long rest traveling to Europe starting the first of next month and remaining there until the end of August. He aims to recuperate and return refreshed for duties at home.
Dialogue shows two speakers discussing a birthday surprise. One hints at revealing a real age as a surprising twist, prompting the other to consider unconventional ideas. The exchange reads like a lighthearted domestic vignette.
The Tower of London, once a state prison and royal residence, is described as a grave historic relic. The piece traces cages of power from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth I, noting executions by ax, royal misfortunes, and the Tower’s modern role as a tourist site and garrison. It details the towers, grounds of thirteen acres, and the Wakefield and White Towers as key landmarks.
A cauldron of relics fills the Tower of London display from Henry V’s mythical ruby to the staff of St Edward and the true cross fragment. The White Tower, Raleigh's prison and hall, Norman chapel, and vast armory recount dark deeds, royal regalia, and ancient armor. The piece notes haunting pasts and the tourist’s hopeful view as gates close.
A literary man who spent last summer at Riverdale New York grew annoyed with a suburban fish peddler whose remarks interrupted his contemplation and soured the visit.
The Tower of London moat serves as a drill ground for garrison use and visitors are drawn to the Wakefield tower crown jewels. Guarded under iron bars, the jewels are valued at about 15 million dollars and date from Charles I to Edward VII. A separate tale recounts a stubborn peddler and a fish that proves unfit for dinner.
A tea tester praises Russian tea as the finest non alcoholic drink with flavor and aroma preserved by caravan transport. It costs about eight dollars per pound and a half teaspoon makes six cups. American tea is praised only in its dry state before steeping.
The piece argues best eyesight belongs to people in wide barren lands and arid deserts. It cites Esquimaux and Arabs as having extreme vision to detect distant objects, notes Norwegians’ superior sight among civilized people, and attributes rising defects in America to too much reading and poor lighting.
A British university professor studied 2000 wandering beggars during a summer tour in England. Among the responses 653 would work but could not find jobs, 445 offered vague or unsatisfactory answers, 301 felt no one should be obliged to work yet blamed others, 407 planned to seek work far away, and 194 lived on the hope that relatives would die and leave them money.
A poem describing a child's face as a doorway to the soul and a harp of unfolding thoughts. It contrasts youth’s openness with aging life’s narrowing, portraying fresh ideas as captive melodies given wings. The piece emphasizes innocence, imagination, and fleeting childhood.
A famed eastern railroad executive, visiting the Midland hotel, asked an elevator boy to operate the lift to the fourth floor. After a smooth stop the man quips he began life as an elevator operator in an office building.
A schoolboy explains that the whale is a creature not a fish because of its size. He notes its diet of cockles worms and jellies and methods of catching whales with a fishing rod or net. The text mentions tar poon on the tail and whalebones in the jaw. It describes whale behavior and how they die for breath when submerged and how they are sent adrift after use for sporn oil.
A snappy woman to the Globe asserts she lives alone past 70, tends her garden early, keeps a tidy house and lawn, and causes no disturbance, arguing neighbors should not worry about widowed or elderly women living independently.
A nostalgic poem in Sunset Magazine style portrays a child and brother Gus recalling their father as ideal. It contrasts the father’s gentle, rule abiding deeds with the mischiefs of Uncle Jack, noting quiet reflections after tea and the difference between memory and present behavior.
Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia keeps a collie trained to imitate religious reverence. The dog is an attache of the archbishop's household and acts during services with pauses, prayer poses, and respectful behavior. Trained by cathedral students, the collie knows service hours and waits at the side door for the archbishop.
A four foot diameter pit in the Hualalai Kailua area reportedly sucks air with strong force. Papers dropped over the mouth vanish quickly. Locals hear nightly sounds like a steamship whistle, lasting seconds with calm intervals, causing superstition and anxiety.
Potatoes totaling 5 207 824 bushels were shipped from Aroostook between August 1904 and March 1905 an increase of 14 percent from 1903 04 yet hundreds of thousands remain with growers. They plan to process into starch at ruinous prices to avoid total loss Knox county supplies coppers for barrels and many move from lime cask county to New England gardens seeking starch profits.
A reproduction of an 1800s Old Farmer’s Almanac article warns against fires and risky habits. It cautions never to read in bed by candle light and to forbid sugars after night to prevent fires tied to smoking. It notes a house fire likely started by a half-consumed sugar discarded during a failed attempt to hide smoking.
In Longmeadow a talk on David Brainard covered his Yale expulsion in junior year after a tutor accusation. Brainard lived during Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening era. The account links Brainard to Yale in 1739 and notes the controversial remark about a tutor having no more religion than a chair. Arthur Mullins of North Woods found a new cure for stomach ache. While rifling the family medicine chest late, he was mistaken for a burglar by his landlord who pointed a six shooter at him. He survived the scare and realized his stomach ailment had vanished
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