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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1909
Page
6
The widow of a magnate is cited as the world’s wealthiest woman. The article recalls tales from Reno and Nevada about mining promoters, divorces, and fortunes, including a mining stock bonus tied to a divorce, and the ongoing wait for the decree.
A San Francisco Chronicle piece portrays Reno as a divorce colony where rich and ordinary Americans alike seek Nevada law’s release. It sketches cases from Mrs Mary Hatch to Mrs L H Callwell and the social ironies that arise among transient residents and their discreet choices.
A fragmentary verse about a daguerreotype, a bowed relic encasing a youthful face. The poem contrasts the captured portrait with the speaker’s sense that the subject endures beyond disappearance as time alters all else.
Tit Bits recalls a scene in a club room where four aged Scotsmen joke about a dead friend. Dougal asks if anyone notices Jock’s expression while Donald reveals Jock has been dead for four hours. The tale highlights quiet companionship and tardy disclosure.
A poor young man after his wedding offers 27 copper cents to the minister saying this is all I have. He adds that if they have children they will send them to the Sunday school, prompting a humorous reflection on generosity and faith.
A historical note on totem poles as family symbols among Alaskan natives explains carvings and meanings. A Seattle expedition reportedly stole a village pole, settled for 5000 dollars after threats of legal action, and kept the pole as a city landmark. The episode inspired the comic opera The Alaskan. A joke follows about misdelivered mail.
Robert waited at the station watching a switch engine go by. It blew steam and he jumped, crying that the engine blew its nose in his face, startling him and his aunt who stood nearby.
A humorous note on writers like Shakespeare Longfellow and Stevenson showing odd habits. It quips that Shakespeare could not use a typewriter, Longfellow ate while writing, and Stevenson insisted on holding the pen in his right hand.
A reflective poem contrasts memory and duty with love and loss, describing a garden path where passion and sorrow lead to grave reminders of a dream unfulfilled. In a stray jokey dialogue about melon stealing a preacher scolds a man in a back seat, prompting a meek reply about a missing knife.
The Washington Star reports the Duke of Sutherland at a New York dinner praising ice cold watermelon. He recounts a voyage tale from a Southern source about a colored preacher speaking on an August Sunday warning against gambling and theft, conveying social tensions with dialect.
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