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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1914
Page
4
London Tit-Hits reports a U.S. sergeant in the Philippines who, amid fatigue, reconnoitered a river crossing marked as destroyed. He guides his detachment onto the bridge but is halted by a galloping officer who asks if they see the bridge is destroyed. Murphy replies the detachment is supposed to be swimming.
The Lanarkehire Homing Federation report a Dumfries race where many birds sped to their lofts at over sixty miles per hour. The fastest pigeon, belonging to Steuart Brothers of Larkhall, reached about sixty six miles an hour. Wind conditions behind the birds enable these speeds, while a head wind would drop them to roughly thirty miles an hour.
The article recalls a British act of Parliament about punctuation marks that sparked a dispute between Monmouthshire miners and employers. It notes that prior to 1850 most acts were one sentence long and a 1850 statute allowed punctuation and full stops to shape legal text, a feature lawyers now fear to rely on in documents.
A newly married woman fixes a gas cooker and receives a rules card from the gas company. The clerk discovers a note claiming the bottom rule reads See other side, which is blocked by the wall, making it impossible to view. The gag highlights a humorous misunderstanding of the instruction.
Three October 1891 postcards were discovered wedged between the enamel plate and the frame outside the post office on Stanley Road Teddington England. Although aged and discolored after more than two centuries two addresses were decipherable and those cards have been delivered.
A dense editorial fragment extols national bigness as a core of civilization. It lauds big nations, big crops, big industries, and big wages, urging unlimited opportunity for individual enterprise and large-scale achievement in banks, factories, and workshops.
Boston Transcript notes army correspondents in Vera Cruz and beyond reveal Mexican cities with Spanish era architecture and public buildings rivaling those at home. The piece highlights Puebla’s medical school library and Mexico City’s structures that attract traveling architects, while acknowledging culture amid turmoil and a mix of militarists and peons.
A preacher known for saying for years and years and years during a sermon on the Prodigal Son drew laughter when he described the calf kept for years and years and years. The incident highlights a comical cadence in a church audience.
Mrs Farthingale wears a red fox fur gifted by her mother as she leaves home. Little Walter plays with the tall that belonged to the fox and asks if grandma once owned such a tail. His mother warns to be careful, noting the fur’s family origin.
In dialogue Gibbs notes abolition of Jigg vor in the navy and Hibbie suspects bayonets will be removed from the army. The exchange links weapon reductions to military service shifts.
The source notes a question about an election result in Mexico and reports a shooting involving a judge. Further specifics are not provided in the excerpt.
London reports on David Lloyd George’s 1914 16 budget plan raising income and super tax, death duties and new taxes on foreign investments. Wealthy individuals face near one third of income in taxes, with projections of revenue boosts and broader fiscal capacity for imperial needs. Sir George Parish notes relative burden remains small given rising national income.
The article argues that extensive land drainage and cultivation in England raised mean temperatures over centuries. It notes milder winters, longer warmth into autumn, and a northward shift of the summer frost line in North American prairie lands due to cultivation. It cites Glaisher's Greenwich estimate of a two degree rise in 100 years.
Fragmentary verses lament aging and social change, calling for a return to past feminine ideals. The distorted lines mention witches, hats, hairdressers, and a longing for a maiden dressed proper and right.
Fragmentary text mentions Mexico and Vera Cruz with scattered names and places. The passage is incomplete and does not present a coherent event or outcome to summarize properly.
In a chapter continuation, General Gourgaud listens as Francois Heaupre tells how a boy in a French village sees Napoleon. The general proclaims the boy Chevalier and hints at a future role under Bonapartes. The boy confesses dreams of a star guiding his fate, unsettling those around him, including Alice who fears the boy’s cold fear.
Francois Beaupre travels with 800 francs after selling oxen and then loses his entire fortune in a high stake euchre game with a stranger named Duplessis at the Inn of the Bear. Trusting luck and drink, he ends by signing away his house and land and staggers toward Vieques as his life shifts from hopeful prosperity to ruin.
In Chapter VII Work and Hope a sheriff and clerk seal the home, upsetting Tomas and Francois. Francois, oldest son, wrestles with the burden of protecting his family, vowing to give up dreams of school to restore their damaged home and happiness.
In a Washington Times report on Minnesota grain markets farmers grow restless as Minneapolis controls elevator access and pricing. A proposed Co operative Exchange backed by St Paul aims to unite independent buying firms and challenge Minneapolis dominance, signaling major shifts in the grain trade within the next years.
A distorted report argues the tropics will suit white men and families, claiming health and happiness equal to temperate regions. It discusses the canal station, Saxon settlement, and commerce potential, with garbled phrases and uncertain assertions.
In St Petersburg the government edict restricting Jews from managing directors roles and land ownership triggers crisis warnings. Sugar firms face land limits, stock markets fall, and banks struggle as ministers face criticism and possible cabinet shakeups amid talk of Krivosheiev replacing Maklakoff.
Theodore Roosevelt reflects on the Civil War as ending long campaigns of fighting. He notes national unity, economic growth from a single nation, and shared memories of valor, honoring both sides for the right as they saw it. The piece emphasizes collective national triumph and moral stature.
Fragmentary prose on life love work play and virtue. The text urges gratitude, self improvement, courage and kindness, with references to friendship Christ and spending time outdoors for peace.
Fragmentary OCR notes recount an encounter with Lord Byron and editor William Dean Howells. The text describes Howells reading a position paper and mentions a Young Wan project at an Amortns magazine. The fragment is unclear on details or outcomes.
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