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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1905
Page
3
A Washington Post fragment reflects on offering kind words to ease grief and inspire action. It contemplates saving souls as true riches beyond gold, urging gentle deeds to lift sorrowful hearts and prevent despair.
In early New Hampshire forest, Jacob Tyler builds a cabin on the Merrimack. A panther lurks near Parley and Mercy. Mrs. Tyler defends with a loaded musket after Mercy lassos the danger through the door. The panther is slain, mother and daughters endure the test of courage and gratitude.
Pueblo Chieftain notes a syndicate plans electric lights and popular attractions for Colorado Canon and South Cheyenne Canyon. The piece argues the beauty of the natural temple should be preserved until a wider generation can restore it.
Gloucester schooner E A Hooper nets the grandfather cod described as the largest ever seen in New England. The eighty five pound dressed fish likely weighed near one hundred pounds at capture, nearly six feet long, taken offshore near Halfway Rock Marblehead. Two dorymen hauled from depths with a mate aiding to lift the monster aboard.
Miss Ella G. Neaven delivers on progress of domestic science before the Woman's Club department, arguing city funding of domestic science in schools would cut costs on asylums and prisons. She calls the kitchen the heart of the home and emphasizes the woman’s duty in supporting men’s struggles.
A New York menswear dealer used his nurse's name on his card to forward letters from Germany to Berlin. The noun altered address read Madame Julia Hampt care of James Broome dealer in men's clothes underwear and hats 2886 Bowery New York City six shirts to order nine dollars money refunded if goods not satisfactory.
A medical man in France attended a duel in his professional capacity and treated the slightly wounded client after the combat. He then billed 50 francs for his services. The patient’s wife replied that even among men there is delicacy about trade in such matters and warned she would let others settle the debt if the claim persisted.
A fashion note proposes widow bonnet strings as social signals. White strings indicate young widows not retiring from marriage, blue for those cold on Cupid yet possible to soften, and no strings mark a widow determined to stay single. woven grass strings could reflect various widow states.
A narrator writes a careful little story and posts it for publication. Despite effort and hope, the tale returns, rejected, then rewarded with fifty dollars from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, a quixotic turn of luck for the hopeful author.
A math professor at Dartmouth College humorously orders a stray black dog removed from a recitation. A student kicks the animal out, quipping there are enough dogs inside already.
Charles K. Melville Morning Republican editor reports a spectral visitation from late managing editor Victor H. Klett. He describes waking at 4 am to see Klett at his bed and later learns of Klett’s death. A hospital death nearby featured a son’s sighting of his deceased mother.
A portrait of a zebra named Abyssinian belle once owned by Queen Victoria is painted by Miss Nellie Hadden. The work hangs at the Modern Gallery in New Bond Street as a notable exhibit. The zebra, gifted by King Menelik in 1900, was kept at Windsor before moving to the Zoo.
A first edition of the 1590 Countess of Pembroke Arcadia sold for 2250 dollars after a unique extra blank dedication page boosted its price. Only three other copies exist, with prior records not exceeding 1250 dollars. This freak occurrence highlights rare book bidding antics and bib nomania.
Reports from Paris describe Sidoyang crowned king in Luang Prabang Indo China with a crown placed by the French Saigon official. The ceremony featured a kerchief costume, a jade throne, thirty two heralds, and a water plunge before he wore a cloth of gold tunic and golden sandals.
The article notes snuff receptacles have grown in value since snuffing fell from fashion. Museums display varied examples, including English, French, and Chinese pieces. The British Museum houses a small English French and Chinese group, with Scottish boxes described as crude yet sturdy.
From Adachi Kinnosuke's Oyama, the Victor of Mukden in the American Monthly Review of Reviews. The piece explains Field Marshal Oyama's selection as supreme Nippon commander, citing his embodying imperial leadership, venerable samurai heritage, intimate knowledge of his troops, and calm resilience amid adversity.
A diver recounts descending forty tons diving bell to fifty feet, the bright electric light inside, the six occupants, and the process of landing on a leveled sea bed. Signals, air pressure, and digging foundations underwater reveal the dangers and methods of underwater construction.
The comedian Jefferson De Angell stars in Fantana and argues idleness is natural. A long anecdote recounts a hunting camp where a cook reluctantly endured endless, bad meals until a salted biscuit disaster forced a retreat from kitchen duties.
The Gloucester New Jersey post of the Grand Army of the Republic disbands due to dwindling membership. Originating in 1866, the national body once reached a peak of 409,489 members in 1890 but has declined steadily. By 1894 total national membership stood at 246,261 with posts numbering 6,149 and Washington staff numbers showing aging members across age brackets.
A lyrical fragment celebrating the south and its people with vivid imagery of fields ships and mornings. It envisions boys and girls growing into adults amid rolling coastlines and warm, playful scenes. The piece evokes regional charm and a sense of place through dreamy, poetic lines.
Augusta Georgia recounts a 1865 romance torn by jealousy when John Martin and Jeds Olmstead betrothed faced engagement dissolution after a lost ring on a turtle. Forty years later a fisherman finds the ring, reunion occurs, and the couple marry in Augusta. Martin, now 71, visits Germany as sole survivor of his family and a former Heidelberg builder.
An 19th century print from Douglas Sladen’s More Queer Things About Japan portrays Napoleon in chains amid British soldiers in armor. The scene reflects the Japanese perception of Britain and Europe, roughly thirty years prior to the present.
A dangerous discovery at Woolwich revealed a suspicious packet in rubbish hauled to the borough dust destructor. Inspectors confirmed it contained an explosive, identified as a granite blasting cartridge eight inches long and four wide, with a gunpowder core and a gun-cotton filled tube.
A curios volume from 1640 titled The Passion of Christ, owned by the Ligne family, is described as a book neither written nor printed. Each letter is cut into alternating blue and white leaves, read as easily as printed text, and made entirely by hand with machinery precision.
The trainer describes an extraordinary challenge in teaching the fox terrier to complete the act. The dog often hesitates at the topmost rung, hanging for a fraction of a second before finally negotiating the loop after months of practice. Speed remains the secret to success in this remarkable routine.
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