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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1891
Page
3
The article explains jacketed guns built by stacking heated thick rings over a gun tube and cooling to fit. It notes precision in jacket size, heat fitting, and the existence of an assembling room in Washington. Large steel guns cost about $100,000, highlighting high naval ordnance costs.
The article argues most authors receive no more than 10 percent royalties, with 15 percent for popular titles and 20 percent only for a rare few who negotiate terms. It notes public reception often exceeds publisher projections and that authors seek royalties aligned with public esteem, highlighting the gap between perception and accounting.
Chicago Tribune notes Charley Farwell praised as best poker player in the United States and world. He is described as a likable, popular senator who could move matters by asking friends, mourned by many Democrats and Republicans. His frankness is cited as his chief fault.
A New York store manager laments morning business with women customers, saying husbands go to work while wives sleep late. He notes flats differ from dwellings, as apartment wives have little care and life runs easy, hindering debt collection and product inspections before noon.
A pamphletic tirade questions the shift in language as funeral directors replace undertakers and serial artists supplant barbers. It laments the disappearance of common terms like nightshirt and slumber robe and questions the meaning of modern shop signage.
A garbled notice recounts St Patrick driving snakes from Ireland with odd claims of a Bermuda visit, asserting no reptiles on the island and a religious success story.
A reader recounts promoting a money making scheme through a millinery or sample outfit, claiming earnings of six per cent in a month and a first week profit. The letter warns that some men in hard times may be lured into bad investments and urges others to avoid such schemes.
A party climbs a snowy peak near Denver and Manitou, savoring a sunset from the summit. The scene blends red gold light with ragged mountains as companions recall Beulah land and New Jerusalem images. They descend to a warm hotel, coffee, and the next excursion to Maniton.
Stella recalls a childhood with a stern English clergyman father who raised her with music and art, then died leaving fifty pounds and a path to independence. She and Loyd discuss past struggles, a governess job at Waverland, and the vow to find a shared future. The scene blends memory, sacrifice, and the promise of love.
A Constantinople correspondent describes Mohammedan women in harems, cloaked in veils and robes, highlighting social restrictions and the gaze of Christian observers. The piece contrasts old and new styles, notes private sales and forced marriages, and reflects on the suffering of women sold or married for wealth. It also recounts a British Association talk on electric diffusion, where a steel bar near a dynamo heated on the surface but remained cold inside.
A sensational Pine Ridge episode in Rushville Neb shows Bad Devil a young husband slain during a tribal dog feast. His unfaithful wife, armed with a ladle and knife, waited as revenge and struck during the gathering.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It quotes testimonials about F. J. Cheney & Co and several Toledo druggists, touts internal cure, and lists prices and distributors while weaving in various medical patent claims and unrelated humorous lines.
A skeptical critique argues that one remedy failing does not condemn all cures. It notes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription claim wide success, offering money back if they do not help, and urges careful evaluation rather than blanket dismissal of all remedies.
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