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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
11
The London Mail notes a growing trend of civil marriages in Scotland with lawyers offering private services for a ten shilling fee. In Glasgow last year 1,368 couples wed before the sheriff, up from 1,247 in 1907, as registrars and witnesses perform the essential act while the couple declare themselves wed.
A column from the New York Press parodies courtship games as a man’s ploys to fool women and women’s vanity. It also notes a striking zoological tidbit about the largest oreide species in Ceylon with leaves reaching ten feet and up to three thousand blooms per plant in a year.
A Kansas physician reports two patient cases showing quick gains and recovery after using Grape-Nuts. A four year old with pneumonia improves steadily, gaining eight pounds in a month, while a 73 year old with serious stomach trouble recovers after two to three weeks on Grape-Nuts with milk and a touch of sugar.
In a central Pennsylvania cave system the party uncovers a hidden robbers' den with blankets, canned goods and a stamp book. Sheriff and companions rescue evidence linking two old partners to the April night robbery and reveal the stamp book’s value and danger.
In a rural mansion the Hartswicks face a dramatic day as a sheriff arrives for a trial over a store robbery linked to Jim Farthing. Rose Hartwick asserts she will stay to witness, challenging her father Squire Myers while Justice and guards prepare the courtroom.
Fragmented OCR text recalls Mr Hammond recalling old social ties and a Southern servant named Pomp. The narrative touches on memory and identity, with brief asides about hunting trophies and a note on careful preservation of mementos.
Josiah Fooks, aged about sixty, of Pooks Mill near Fruitland Maryland, is famed for extraordinary memory and sixth sense. Visitors recount his ability to recite Bible chapters, newspaper articles, and Shakespeare from memory, with the old miller speaking on Scriptural interpretations amid rural life.
Readable bits mention college topics and a scholarly figure versed in Greek Latin and German. The fragment hints at a student or professor’s knowledge as his wife accompanies him and a mother assists with preparations. No clear names or events emerge.
A meditation on land ownership and limits on immense estates. It argues even millionaires cannot wisely manage farms as large as small states. The piece emphasizes the earth’s need to yield guidance and warns landowners must not disrupt natural commissions or overrule nature.
A fragment describes a bachelor and a prom, noting social intrigues and public affairs. It mentions a widow learning to distrust men and a man unable to place a hammock without family approval. A misquoted Napoleon line closes the reflection with a remark on restraint.
A garbled excerpt discusses Disraeli and flattery, mentioning a question and condemnation tied to a burial and a reference to a “realm of the bloat.” The readable text is fragmentary with unclear context and many misspellings.
The excerpt recalls wartime enlistment, noting ablahodied men leaving families to join the army. It questions motives driving men to the front. It mentions Grasse on the French Riviera and its famed perfume industry as a contrasting vivid image.
A Tennessee reader reports that her two and a half year old daughter suffered a painful itchy eruption from October to February, resisting two doctors until using Cationia Remedies for two weeks. She says the child fully recovered and had no more skin issues, now aged fourteen. The advertisement is signed Mrs R B of Winchester, Tenn. 1908. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. sole proprietors.
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