Beeking Forgetfulness in a Shadowed Land
Poem fragment by William Bell Scott reflecting a wanderer who sees past selves as alien masks. The narrator questions identity and exile from memories and life, picturing ghosts and phosphorescent eyes.
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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
11
Poem fragment by William Bell Scott reflecting a wanderer who sees past selves as alien masks. The narrator questions identity and exile from memories and life, picturing ghosts and phosphorescent eyes.
Chicago mining engineer H A Vingut cites Chile as highly rich in minerals and agriculture including vast cattle and sheep lands in the south, fertile central lands, and sizable saltpeter revenue in the north. He notes few Americans in Chile and suggests manufacturing entry opportunities for U S firms.
Denver lawyer Charles D. Knight states China is breaking barriers in Australia as shown by the appointment of Hwang Yuan-lung. Knight, long involved in Orient affairs, cites this as evidence in remarks to a Washington Post reporter after returning from Australia.
A report from China says the consul general for New Zealand appointment in Australia reflects the large Chinese presence there. The Chinese complain the immigrant act targets them more than Japanese. Chinese merchants prosper, seen as honest and smart, unlike the Japanese in local opinion.
The British Board of Trade reports on French English and German working class households. It notes French diets include greater meat variety and horseflesh consumption, more poultry, and French bread made from pure wheaten flour versus rye breads common in Germany.
A garbled conversation references Christmas sentiments and social ambition. Mentions Henpeck Menderson and Miss Knowsitt noting wealth origins and a daughter eager to bury the past.
New York Special describes Heloise Titcomb, stage name La Titcomb, owner of a diamond in her upper tooth on board the Kronpring Wil helm liner. She performs equestrian acts that thrill crowds and sparked a Hyde Park sensation in London last spring.
Paul W. Brown notes the Volga as Russia's navigable 1600 mile waterway linking Baltic and Caspian seas through Scheksna canals. Upstream tonnage leads with petroleum traffic over three million tons yearly. Nijni Novgorod records up to 7600 arrivals in six months. Traffic rose 100 percent 1884 to 1896 and 66 percent since.
Instructions for a two egg cake with sugar flour water lemon juice and baking powder, layered with jelly and chocolate icing. Includes steps to beat yolks and whites separately, fold in grated chocolate, and bake about ten minutes, then assemble with jelly and icing using York chocolate icing ingredients.
A chorus girl writes to the ways and means committee protesting the Payne tariff bill. She cites false hair, silk hosiery, gloves, grease paints, fans, tights, perfumery and cosmetics as unfairly taxed luxury items. She argues these are necessities for her work and urges reconsideration while noting China will cut diplomatic ties over language.
New York special reports an Italian artist Signor Ximenes modeling a four foot high bronze statue of President Taft in clay at the White House. Taft sat for three sessions at the ambassador’s request, after which the statue will be presented to Taft. Ximenes arrived from Italy to study U S teaching arts and to observe progress in the country. He expresses enthusiasm after a month in New York.
English electrician finds fruit and vegetables store small electric charges with apples and oranges showing strong potential and insulated sections. A concrete sailing vessel Gretchen proves buoyant and seaworthy near Cape Hatteras. A mercury telescope by Professor Wood promises vast astronomical gains. A ventilating panel device aids airflow, and egg production shows no heredity gain after selection. A new French torpedo uses Hertzian waves for rapid armor penetration.
Professor Robert W. Wood of Johns Hopkins University presents a telescope without a lens concept, exploring optical principles and potential applications. The article notes his experiments and the expected impact on astronomy and optics research.
A fragment from London Spare Moments recounts a greyhound chase that ends in a fatal accident. The brief dialogue notes the failure to catch a fly on the dog’s back and the dog being bitten in two, illustrating a grim event with a grim tone.
French historian Guglielmo Ferrero argues in America the wealthy wield vast power through unchecked private initiative. He contends the weak state allows the rich to drive science religion and culture, unlike Europe where the state restrains capital.
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