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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
6
A noted author presents The Best Man published by J.P. Lippincott Company in Philadelphia and London. The work features themes of friendship duty and ambition with a focus on social dynamics and personal ties.
In a rattling cab bound for an unknown locale, Gordon senses a trap as two armed men ride with the driver. He steadies Celia, tests the window, and plans an escape while preserving the perilous mission and protecting the danger girl from harm. The vehicle nears Liberty Station amid darkness and suspicion.
Gordon and Celia flee a pursing gang by slipping behind a lumber-yard fence to board a passing wagon. They escape through a crowded city street, reach a railway station, and board a through train to reach safety while facing suspicion and moral peril. Celia endures fear as Gordon plans to reveal his truth after securing her safe passage.
The Los Angeles Express reports Missouri and Kansas progress in anti liquor sentiment. Voters in Kansas City and adjacent counties favored prohibition in November. Enemies of the saloon plan a local option election to curb sales countywide. The Los Angeles area also shows rising opposition and might mirror larger nationwide moves.
A fragmentary quotation from Theodore Maynard titled Laughs and Whiffle of Bone in England. The poem describes a miner who hoards natural details as personal treasure and guards landscapes from rainfall, turning them into symbols of private glory.
A distressed scene depicts a physician called to a household where a humorous mishearing leads to a claim of eating too much watermelon. The parent protests there was no excess hunger, while the doctor bluntly notes the patient may have consumed too much melon.
Rubber cups that attach to heel tips to aid walking have been patented by a Whitadelphia woman. The device promises improved balance and traction for mobility assistance.
A Brown County Kane man owns 20 hounds valued at $100 each. He challenges how property taxes are assessed, alleging a misapplication of the regular tax rate on his hound valuation.
An immigrant from Russia, Ivanchuk Kovalevsky experiences his first Christmas in a new country. He discovers a different holiday custom, attends a Stepan family supper without alcohol, and learns the spiritual meaning as children sing in English and adults share stories. The night ends with cheerful bells and greetings.
A historical note recounts how Joseph Mohr wrote the poem and Franz Gruber quickly composed the tune for Silent Night. It describes the Oberndorf church Christmas Eve performance, the hymn’s spread across Bavaria Austria, and later publication. It mentions Mohr and Gruber’s backgrounds and the hymn’s enduring global impact.
A narrator describes the Bambino a wooden Christ Child figure housed in Rome’s Capituline church. The relic, richly adorned with rubies and sapphires, is paraded during Christmas week, with priests, children, and families venerating it in a solemn ceremony. The writer ponders the cost and devotion involved in such gifts and the beauty of devotion across faiths.
A fragment from the Soringhes Republican recounts quaint Christmas beliefs. It mentions using onion layers to forecast each month’s weather, damp salt predicting rain, and drinking from fountains to attract a spouse. Miraculous powers, ghosts from birth, wine turning from water, and protective magic are noted as common lore. Farmers are said to fortify fruit trees during Christmas week for abundant crops next year.
An article from the New York Evening Post profiles a philanthropic woman hosting a large gathering in her suburban grounds. The piece highlights her charity work and a brief, unclear interaction with a guest who is described with cautionary detail.
A brief exchange unfolds as a woman comments on a large family and child behavior. The girl apologizes for rudeness while explaining expectations set by her mother about how visitors should be treated and questions they may ask.
A collage of religious verse and prose fragments contrasts Christ’s birth with ongoing war. Lines evoke Bethlehem, peace, and a call to end bloodshed, juxtaposed with battle imagery and critiques of crime and devastation. A note on science mentions solidified liquors and X ray protective gloves as separate items.
The article notes a widespread push in Congress for expanding federal powers, including government ownership of railways and price control measures. It discusses proposals to empower the Federal Trade Commission to exclude high-profit products from interstate commerce, and to fix prices to prevent extortion. It also mentions growing support for national ownership of telephones and telegraphs, signaling a broad expansion of federal authority that could emerge in winter debates.
Connecticut Supreme Court examines whether occupational diseases fall under the workers compensation act in a lead exposure case. The court notes most states exclude disease unless caused by injury, and finds no prior legislative mention of occupational diseases in the act. Judge Head warns extending to death or incapacity could rewrite the compensation scheme.
A critic notes ministerial remarks on modern songs and reports Prof. Simon Patten altering melodies for Sunday school use. He cites John Wesley’s Jesus Lover of My Soul and Patten’s tendency to trim or change lines, suggesting radical edits to beloved hymns.
In a translated frontier quip a group urges wearing yellow to deter the carnivorous insect. United States Marines returning from the Philippines claim immunity from bites and malaria due to khaki uniforms of yellow hue. The note envisions future travelers carrying yellow havlery as a hopeful custom.
In Petrograd after permission for women to drive cars and vans a large number of wives and horse owners appear as drivers. The Russian "ibvoschik" with a young bear overtaut and a rude marke ity. Critics see it as a shift shaping the new era of transport.
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