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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
8
A white bulldog named Newstead Nero eight months old was found in the Rode home in an apparent gas asphyxiation attempt after chewing a hole in a gas line. A nearby patrolman shot the animal as it became nonresponsive.
Wealthy investors from Winona and Torrington back a new hotel at the south end of Highland Lake. The structure straddles the trout brook so guests can fish from bed or room doors opening to the brookside. Evening frog concerts and a veranda overlook the artificial lake under construction.
Rolland Couvine, 16, drove a hay rack across Michigan Central tracks near Erie when a fast freight struck the rig. The rig was wrecked and trees toppled. The boy was thrown 40 feet, landing on all fours, and although shaken and bruised, he survived with only minor injuries.
A collection of caustic quips and moral observations from Chicago Record-Herald and Pall Mall Gazette. It contrasts the sulking man in misfortune with cheerier views on resilience and social foibles. Included are oddities about optimists, wedding gifts, and a greengrocer’s arrest with a later death ruling.
The Philadelphia Record outlines the 1811 13 New Madrid earthquakes that sank land up to 10 feet, altered rivers and created fissures. Pioneers built refuges by felling trees at right angles to cracks and later joined General Jackson at New Orleans. The article also explains delta land subsidence and decaying basins filling with mud. A second poem about dreamlike travel to Sleepy Valley closes.
A garbled collection of aphorisms and stray phrases appears, lacking clear context. It mingles ideas on success and disaster, judgment, expectations, appearances, aging, and social norms, with several misspellings and incomplete thoughts.
Margaret Claire Edwards of Napa California wins the gold medal from the Physical Culture Society of New York for the most perfect development of a girl under 17. The 11 year old, 6 feet 1% inches tall and 106 pounds, has measurements recorded by Dr. J C Anthony of Francisco. Edwards’ mother Edith L Edwards trained her from infancy and notes she eats one meal daily with little meat or candy. the home is Napa California.
Harry Furniss recounts drawing a finish of an Oxford and Cambridge boat race in Strand Magazine. He describes placing a gentleman and a lady in the boat with a gunman, provoking a furious letter from a stranger who protested the depiction of the man in such a scene and the wife’s knowledge of danger.
The passage mixes anecdotes about Benjamin Franklin and Victorian era curiosities. It recalls a misattributed fantasy drawing, a train of thought on motive and necessity, and a note on 1907 railroad tie purchases compared with the previous year. The tone hints at moralizing and antiquated philosophical quips.
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