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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1911
Page
4
A Wyoming professor foresees future locomotion over poor roads by a mechanical walker moving on the ankle joint. He notes progress in pedaled wheels for heavy engines and suggests speed near 20 mph as roads improve. The item also covers remarriage and a varied mosaic of global notes and curiosities.
George Woolsey, once a noted counterfeiter in Clear Lake, now a government secret service man, returns to his old haunt to mourn his daughter buried in Evergreen cemetery. His brothers in crime and a past of bold schemes are recalled as he recalls redemption and a new life.
A playful poem excerpt narrates a hopping toad moving along a dusty road. The speaker notes the toad’s erratic hops and occasional pauses while humorously describing anatomy and movement with light, ironic tone.
A Baptist minister's son, curious about baptism, bathed three cats in imitation of the rite. The first two submitted, but the old cat resisted, scratching him and fleeing. After another attempt, he tossed the cat aside and declared, Well you be Methodlat If you want to.
A New York Times item notes a second avenue shoe dealer advertising rubbers as a public aid to canning factory workers. He explains the factory floor leaks bring juice and water that make feet wet, prompting weekly Monday signs despite dry hot weather.
A Detroit Free Press line mocks a wealthy individual who owns an automobile claiming the man squeals whenever gasoline prices rise, illustrating public sentiment on fuel costs and wealth.
Fragmentary meditation on prayer and time from Robert Herrick, invoking lark, speed, incense, and the returning priest figure. The readable lines hint at devotional imagery and poetic form, though complete sense is elusive in the snippet.
A reflective piece questions Horace about sticking with the same job versus pursuing advancement. It contrasts current comfort with potential future gains, urging continual upward progression and warning that staying on a lower step risks being left behind. It ends with a call to fix eyes on the top step and climb.
Anna H Branch quotes a sketch of Mansfield's young son Raleigh aged six in the American Magazine. The child is praised for courtesy and bearing, and he dictates a poem to his mother recognizing her warmth. He also imagines dramatic scenes and even lights a room with an imagined stage glow.
The fragment speaks of love and action not for one alone but for all. It contrasts words of affection with calls to serve the oppressed and oppressor alike, ending in a wartime style plea. A stray line notes 1910 boiler explosions overwhelming the nation and causing casualties.
Fragmentary verse invokes a farewell good night to a beloved, with imagery of daisies azure aisles and rival lights in a lonely quest. The speaker, Frank Dempeater Sherman, asks angels to keep her faithful watches over the hidden turquoise sky as she sleeps.
The North American Review notes a long standing English female influence in politics from the 16th century to the late 18th. It highlights the lack of biographies on prime minister’s wives until the Memoir of Lady John Russell and traces sustained English women’s party involvement across recent volumes.
Harper’s Weekly notes rising curiosity about aircraft coverage as inquiries pour in. About 600 planes exist in use, with general coverage historically impractical due to high risk and premiums possibly doubling or more. Current policies limit aviation risk to nonflight scenarios, with $3 premiums for aircraft coverage akin to auto policies.
The New York World reports medals awarded to about 20 district messenger boys for remarkable tasks. Alfred Beale delivered from London to Paris then Rome with a salt, and met the grand duke of Mecklenburg in Belgium with a luncheon basket. Robbina brought an elephant from Brixton to the Palladium, riding its back on return. Another boy captured a mouse to calm a terrified lady in Bond Street.
In Katharine Gerould’s Atlantic piece the speaker recalls a weekend visit where sleeping poorly led to a joke about damned doves. A French Jesuit warns women not to confess the same sins aloud, noting the strain of hearing doves moan and the moral images of birds and parrots as symbols of virtue and vice.
A Cleveland third grade class in a Rus sian and Hungarian Jewish district hears a teacher define judicious and asks for a story without money. A girl recounts holiday dishes, while the copy notes a decline in pylon production due to rubber plantings on tea.
A passionate ode addresses a returned friend, voicing longing and unwavering devotion. The speaker invites honest sharing of life since last meeting, pledges sympathy, and seeks a deep, rebuilding connection through love and mutual understanding.
Senator Luke Lea was praised in Washington for surrendering to a transfusion operation to save his wife. He quips that they still marry the old fashioned way in Tennessee, while discussing a curious contrast with a much older marriage involving Gobsa Goldy and a chorus girl.
A humorous old tale follows the Adam family chasing Eden avenue ground to flip for profit. Mr Adam buys into imagined Eden plots, Mrs Adam pressuring for equity, and the plan to buy, sell, and buy a car collapsing as front feet of value prove elusive. The piece pokes fun at real estate schemes and suburban ambition.
A quoted exchange reveals a suitor lamenting Eden's lure and a woman insisting she values independence over returning to Eden. The man muses his missed chance and judgment, while the woman asserts her preference for her own way over rejoining Eden.
Harper's Magazine recounts a Napoleonic dinner lasting about an hour. Guests rose in unison as chairs were pulled out, and a vain foreign minister struggled to regain his tiny shoes after his chair slipped away. The empress noted the scene with amused restraint as the court moved past.
Arthur Lefevre recalls a Virginia tale of a Baltimore freshman with wild ways and peach and honey drinks. A father visits Charlottesville at 2 a.m. to confront his son, only to be told by a woman in a yellow bathrobe that the son lives there and he may take him inside.
Fragment from the Newcastle News-Journal recalls a 16 year old poem on advertising and wealth. It parodies the vanity of the modern advertiser and laments the fate of a man who shuns publicity to pursue genuine work.
A clergyman speaks of patriation as the backbone of the British empire and outlines actions to train and bring it to the front. The remarks emphasize unity, readiness, and duty within the imperial framework.
The fragment reflects a meditation on artistic creation and divine guidance. It contemplates the sculptor’s struggle with the marble, the furnace and hammer, and questions doubt, faith, and the craftsman’s surrender to a higher will. The voice invokes the Father and canvas, hinting at artistry governed by transcendent force.
A Leesburg Ohio game against Highland ends with McClure making a remarkable barn loft throw from a window to retire a runner at home after the ball bounces into a barn. The spectacle sparks a crowd protest but the Leesburg team claims victory in a rough district championship game.
A 1773 Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser issue is highlighted, with notes on William Goddard's printing office and subscription details. The Elk Point Courier mentions a Philadelphia marriage notice, a post rider ad, and a Washington letter about Potowmack land, plus a Baltimore county servant runaway reward offer.
Nicholas J. Roosevelt, active in the early 1800s, is highlighted as a sturdy Roosevelts figure. He tested steam propulsion on a Pittsburg to New Orleans voyage in 1811, backing a steamboat project with Fulton and Livingston, the New Orleans, costing about 44000. The voyage faced both praise and danger as the craft proved the concept but risked the river’s falls.
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