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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1902
Page
3
The speaker admires a man of modest style and quiet grace. He notes wealth and lineage are unknown yet self respect and dignity shine in his face. Despite poverty of outward show the man exhibits hard work, kindness, and a noble bearing.
A Holmwood house party recounts a legend of Lady Isobel and Captain Ralph, ending with a fatal duel and a suicide. Mary Anstruther confronts a bloodstained ghost in Isobel’s room, while Evelyn dies of a broken blood vessel in a twist ending.
The article notes careful plans for furniture placement with colored drawings to preview outcomes. It credits Mrs Astor with introducing interior planning among Americans and describes how Newport and New York mansions were arranged to a dot.
A Chicago Daily News reflection notes that an epitaph arrives after a man has lived, suggesting the phrase fails to capture his true life while he was alive. The remark underscores the limits of posthumous judgment.
The Fortress of Volterra in Italy is described as a formidable prison housing 475 condemned murderers. Cells, workshops, and even the chapel are cellular, with two tiers of cells and limited sightlines to mass. Guards note orderly routines, meals of beans and lentils, and the cost of strict solitary confinement driving discussions of reform due to prison lunacy expenses.
A writer laments the dull sameness of life and jokes about shifting days and weeks. George, a thoughtful companion, argues such changes would disrupt the almanac, leaving the narrator stuck in a futile debate with a rational friend.
A rich Berliner died and left a will to open immediately with a codicil to open after the funeral. The will punished nonattendance with 800 marks, so only the housekeeper and a distant cousin attended. The codicil then says the fortune goes to those who still attend, giving the housekeeper the entire estate. heirs threaten to challenge.
A compilation of quick facts about the Central telephone station in New York, early sprinkling carts in England, the smallest newspaper in Mexico, river lengths, shoe price composition, Mendocino Indians consuming clover, immigration trends, fashion opinions on shoe polish, and the origin of ping pong.
A resident in Elizabeth City North Carolina attacked a telephone after failing to get through a call. He used an axe, destroying the instrument and leaving a mangled lump on the street before authorities removed it. The incident drew mixed reactions from locals who debated its morality and result.
A London Speaker essay praises apple trees as beautiful additions to pleasure gardens in England. It argues against firs for suburban lawns, noting apples provide fruit, blossoms, shade, and versatile uses. It suggests small orchards or hedges enhance half acres with three or four trees and daffodils, irises, columbines thriving beneath.
A reflective quote from the Atchison Globe contrasts past misdeeds with planned future good deeds, concluding a man often believes he stands better than most.
The piece discusses why actors dislike delivering the opening lines in a play. It notes audiences often ignore early dialogue and confusion at curtain rise makes starting lines hard. A humorous amateur tale shows a miscue where a line was repeated amid a staged tussle.
A juvenile court session presided by Judge Scott features a portly colored man declaring he is the boy’s father in law after marrying the boy’s mother. The incident ends with the boy released on promise of the father in law to administer punishment at home.
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