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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1912
Page
5
A collage of humorous vignettes features a football match banter with a wary captain, courtroom anecdotes about Brown and a lawyer and his wine, plus balloon and circus tales. Interludes include a Brooklyn clergyman and a One Ring circus anecdote from St. Paul with local color andOld world humor.
A fragment recounts a man in Kanaan City recalling a lecture he attended in Baltimore. He asks how the speaker could not see him, noting he brought his girl’s father and mother who then attended together, prompting reflection on wisdom.
Luke faces a murder case surrounding de Mountford as police move to inform Uncle Rad and Col Harris, while Louisa watches from the Langham hotel. Gossip spreads, Radcliffe’s influence looms, and the trio meets amid grief and danger in a capital haunted by rumors and tragedy.
Luke learns from Dr. Newington that Lord Radclyffe has suffered a stroke and is weak but not yet in immediate danger. The doctor recommends nursing, proper meals, and quiet, while warning that the police may restrict access as inquest plans proceed. Luke vows to handle certification and coordinate care.
The trio Louisa Colonel Harris and Luke gather at the Danish legation after a tense night. They avoid heavy talk on the doorstep while concealing that Philip de Mountford has been murdered. Luke doubts if the grim events have reached the mansion or the others.
Report describes Lord Curzon purchasing Tattersall Castle near Boston Lincolnshire from Lord Carson. Fireplaces removed for sale by a London dealer reportedly bought by William Randolph Hearst. Fireplaces transported by road with bunting as crowds cheered. Curzon offered no speech and hosted tea on the lawn after promising restoration. The lengthy poem pieces follow about May apple blossoms and nature.
Cap t Fred Howard reports men in a barning building at 40 42 44 Third Street South in Minneapolis refused entry to firemen who feared a raid. Firemen forced entry via ladders and windows after armored doors resisted axes, locating a secret staircase and continuing efforts.
A fragmentary poem about a garden once fragrant with distant perfumed roses but turning to sustenance crops like potatoes beans and tomatoes. The piece hints at love starving as the garden loses its bloom and warmth. The text includes garbled lines and stray phrases from unrelated items.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote shows a landlord grilling a tenant over a shabby house. He lists faults from parlor to gas fixtures and proposes painting porches to settle the rent demand, prompting a meek, relieved reply from the lady.
A shopper taunts a butcher over sausage prices while a rival store runs dry. The butcher raises the price and cites scarcity. A separate note on French imported soaps selling for four dollars a cake describes satin covered boxes and travel-worthy gifts for brides.
A physician reports breakfasting with Grape-Nuts instead of meat since last fall and noting relief from indigestion, weight gain, and better health. He prescribes Grape-Nuts for patients with digestive issues and recovery cases, while declining to reveal his name. The letter cites starch processing to dextrose and nutrient retention as reasons for easier digestion and strength.
A tale from Youth's Companion recalls Prof Churton Collins who weeds his library and faces a book dealer who values the unworn volumes at nothing. The dealer finally asks half a dollar to take them away, provoking a bitter end as the owner shelves the issue once more.
A playful exchange shows Chinner and Miss Wearyone exchanging jests about a ball game. Chinner laughs at the moment of the snap ping while Miss Wearyone suspects she may be laughing at soon.
An old farmer and his plowman carting sand at St Andrews were behind a sand bank when a stray bullet struck the plowman in the leg. He cried I’m shot, and the farmer halted the volunteers, exclaiming you’ve shot a man and it might have hit the horse.
An American helps a Frenchman improve English by correcting his exercises. After a delay a letter arrives with awkward phrasing about learning from texts and dictionaries and plans to come to America and to lecturing on the scaffold.
The fragment features a line of dialect humor with a henpecked husband asking about his wife Dora and a response confirming she will go out. It includes odd humor about Garfield Tea and a philosophy quip on philanthropy and colleges.
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