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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1912
Page
2
The account centers on John Muir in Yosemite Valley during a half moon night when a dramatic series of earthquakes and rockfalls birthed a mountain talus. Muir describes a roaring, luminous arc of rock and the tremors that terrified Indians and white settlers yet drew his careful study.
A Kansas City railroad official sought a new clerk and received a sharp reply from an indorser. The letter praised the candidate’s pedigree but the official only wanted a clerk now, noting he might start a stock farm later and would consider the young man then.
The piece notes that as daffodils bloom the garden renews its earlier attractions. It stresses the spring task of sowing annuals, warning against sowing too thickly or too deep. A Shirley poppy needs about a square foot, yet many seeds are sown in that space, leading to waste and crowded plants unless thinned promptly and severely.
Miss Mary Garden at a New York dinner commented on a striking ultradecollete gown worn by a young woman of the 1912 season. She remarked that the scene presents a paradox where the observer sees both bad taste and good form in the same display.
An analysis compares human labor to coal energy, estimating one year of a man’s work equates to about 36 to 40 pounds of coal, with coal powering engines much more efficiently. It argues that even a portion of coal’s energy could match large-scale human and animal labor, highlighting coal’s potential productivity.
Captain John L Lewis of Arundel Sand and Gravel in Baltimore recalls a traveler’s tale about iceberg dangers and fog bound seas. A tourist friend quotes a shipmaster saying official orders push ships fast through fog, claiming a five day reach to New York despite risks.
Mrs Jenkins, seeking sleep, complains about her devoted maid Bridget peeping at her room. Bridget answers in broad terms that when Mrs Jenkins makes noise it seems she wants Bridget. Bridget ponders if Mrs Jenkins is dead when quiet, highlighting a comical misunderstanding.
The narrative recalls Beechworth and the feared Kelly gang era in Australia. It describes rugged bushranger country, Ned Kelly and kin, famous bank robbery at Euroa, and dramatic confrontations with police, including a fire siege. The piece reflects on population decline after gold rushes and lingering legends of outlaw exploits.
A fragment from a Baltimore American piece recalls an army chaplain’s tale of explaining why the living survive after battles and shipwrecks. It cites a curious English wager where a knight bet 100 guineas for Napoleon’s life, the clergyman accepting, and a court freeing the knight from further payments after three years.
A London comedian recalls Shakespeare as supreme in drama, noting the golden Elizabethan age and quoting a remark from Ben Webster at a Shakespeare festival dinner in Stratford on Avon on April 26, 1853. Webster praises Shakespeare as a mind of unfathomable depth and urges immortal memory in a tribute publicized to mark the event.
A biographer recounts Susan B Anthony trapping Horace Greeley in 1867 over women’s suffrage. Anthony persuaded Mrs Horace Greeley to gather 200 signatures from Westchester women. Greeley’s committee moment showed his retreat as he faced a suffrage petition.
The passage notes a scene of Washington leadership promenading the streets with Chief Justice Fuller riding due to age while Chief Justice White and associates Holmes McKenna Lamar and Pitney stroll together. Justice Hughes and diplomat Bryce also walk, with Nagel and Hitchcock among cabinet figures. Italian ambassador and Donna Be Atrice Cusanl are mentioned walking with their daughter Mile. Zia and the Turkish ambassador are also noted promenading Connecticut Avenue.
A Cleveland youth with a growing savings account bypassed petty rules by depositing one dollar after being refused a 51 cent deposit. He wrote a one dollar check at the paying window, it was honored, then deposited one fifty, exposing rigid minimums and earning a wry lesson from the bank.
A boy hit a window with a baseball near Eighty-sixth Street causing a chase by furious bystanders. Police finally grabbed a suspect as a powerful upstairs voice identified the youth, while the crowd doubted the capture's value. The scene ended with the neighbor confirming the boy's involvement.
A compact dialogue contrasts Miss Applegate with the bulldog and two men, Poorman and Richman. Poorman cautions about danger and a nab, while Richman reassures that the bulldog and he are friends, keeping Miss Applegate as the target of concern.
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