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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1912
Page
4
A diverse century old clip blends notes on Japanese oysters and Chinese reform, American aviation progress, ship rolling tech, and early canal proposals for Paris Rouen. It also covers New York squirrels at park offices, disease and dust studies, and agricultural and industrial anecdotes from around the world.
New York report profiles Charles Frederick Astor, cousin of John Jacob Astor, jobless with his 22 year old son William and wife in a first floor back at 209 Hell Ninety-fifth Street. Charles explains poverty follows the Astor marriage scandal. he claims he will take any work, though his son needs a wooden leg for mobility.
New York report describes Violet Edmands, heiress to $800,000, preparing to devote her life to settlement work after the arrest and self mutilation of Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson. Richeson faces murder charges in the death of Avis Linnell, a music student and his former fiancée. Edmands remains loyal to Richeson amid a tangled past and a Christmas package possibly containing letters and gifts.
The article notes a quiet year for world record reductions in harness racing, with few new marks in trotting and pacing. It cites 61 new 2:10 trotters and pacers, 55 pacing and 16 trotting records lowered, and only eight trotting world records set, plus one pacing record. Weather and track conditions blamed for underperformance of champions Uhlan and The Harvester.
Deacon Jones keeps cough medicine and rye in the house for emergencies. Late at night he coughs and reaches for medicine but finds his wife has returned the rye to the bedroom. He mutters in frustration about too many precautions and the risk of taking the wrong dose.
Life and Death Vangaham c P Hodgers contends souvenir hunters are his worst enemies. In Scranton Pa he caught a woman prying a machine valve from a device explaining she wanted it as a keepsake and did not think it could harm. A man then tried to wrench a valve off the engine with a cold chisel.
A compiled list of 1911 champions across baseball boxing golf tennis track and field sailing aviation cycling and motorsport. Notable names include Ty Cobb Detroit as leading batter and Harold Hinton as national golf champion with various mile records indoor and outdoor. Also lists team titles Princeton as football champion and William A. Larned as national tennis champion with doubles and women’s titles.
A beggar previously touched by a generous wife returns to recall a chance moment. He recalls finding a five-pound note in a pocket of clothes she had given her late husband. The astonished housewife questions the claim as the tramp recounts the discovery amid tea and cake offers.
A dated account from Mandi describes how local rulers and priests urged worship of the god Jal Dev and the gods of Nachon to end a Persia‑driven rain disaster. After stages of prayer, fasting, and sacrifices, the rain ceased briefly but resumed, prompting orders to confine the neglected gods until skies cleared. The tale ends noting the mela’s success and the paradox of idol worship.
The article recalls how Eskimos at Cape Prince of Wales learned to read and print their own newspaper after a missionary introduced schooling, boat building, and a small press from the United States. It marks the rise of yearly Alaskan news and notes peaceful progress after earlier harrowing encounters with whalers and tribal conflicts.
A brother recounts a New Year’s piece from Woman’s Home Companion noting how Mary and Jack’s children dominate family meals. He recalls the parents interrupting to teach, answer questions, and echo the children’s sayings, while a bachelor uncle must applaud the young speakers.
A farm journal excerpt urges practical self help for rural life. It stresses thrift and usefulness in gifts, improving roads, preparing for winter, sheltering stock, and maintaining tools. It promotes personal effort to improve roads and infrastructure.
A hollow in the Servian hills houses a white church and monastery, thick turreted walls and precipitous approach. Inside the calm cloisters, verandas, creepers, and flowers offer idyllic repose among hospitable monks. The site dates to 500 years ago, linked to the old Servian realm and the Battle of Koasove.
A fragment from the Washington Star sketches a puzzled farmer and a distant, coded debate about a collector and a past trade. The dialogue hints at lingering distrust and miscommunication in a rural setting, with the speaker recalling years earlier and a growing sense of unease.
Isabel and Henry tour the old town, where Grandmother Wysp rests, the locals charm Isabel, and old residents vie to entertain. she admires the peaceful atmosphere, pure air, scenery, and historic sites. Henry tests her affection for the town and their future in its familiar warmth.
In a tense domestic tale, Henry Wysp contemplates an equal partnership in W. G. Ayers's shoe button factory, offering wealth but threatening life in his beloved but narrowing hometown. Isabel protests, fearing loss of social ties and identity, as Henry weighs a future of power against cherished roots.
A long read on a Johns Hopkins study by Lewis and wife claiming chicken tissue could be grown outside a living organism. The piece explores potential medical and commercial uses, ethical concerns, and the unlikely prospect of home grown meat becoming a reality. It also blends a satire on education and knowledge with reflections on scientific ambition.
The Nice Count and Colonel Alexander of the Men's Equal Suffrage League of Brooklyn discuss anti immigrant prejudice and marriage fortunes. A New York man recounts a doomed engagement where a count quips he can find another heiress tomorrow, showing blithe nonchalance amid a ruined fortune.
Viscount Midleton recounts a Dorset tale to the House of Lords about the late Duke of Devonshire dreaming of addressing the Lords before waking. The scene is paired with a toast to the old year and a hopeful note for the new, as lament and cheer mingle in a Victorian voice.
Chicago Special surveys notable 1911 achievements as named by Pope Pius X, King of Italy, Count Bernstorff, explorers, and leaders. Highlights include aviation advances, Panama Canal progress, universal peace efforts, and rail of reforms. Notable figures cited include Richard Strauss, Ehrlich, and Carnegie.
A Wasrrowton Star piece by George M. Cohan satirizes highbrow culture at a New York dinner. It lampoons Thanksgiving mishaps among the elite, including Conger who seeks consolation from his wife after a joking firing and awkward office banter. The column blends humor about social pretensions with domestic quips and playful misunderstandings.
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