25 Aug 1906
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Newspaper
Ironwood Times
Location
Ironwood, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1906
Page
1
In Cardinal Richelieu's Paris the narrator confronts his past treachery and a dangerous pact. Mademoiselle de Cocheforet arrives offering daring witness of love while the king's pleasure orders the narrator's exile. The tale ends with a hasty Parisian marriage and escape to Cocheforet as Richelieu's power endures.
A public figure’s wife is lampooned for ritualized wife worship. The anecdote recalls Mrs. Gladstone at a country house where guests discuss Ireland’s fate and she jokes that the master of the house is upstairs brushing his hair, a playful dig at domestic idolization.
A traveler recalls an Indian custom where servants shave their masters each morning without waking them. He relays how a native shaver cheerfully admits to shaving him in his sleep, transforming a routine into a striking cultural note. The piece reflects on the heat and allure of India.
The article discusses a September review of the largest American fleet, likely in Long Island Sound or off Massachusetts, to be witnessed by President Roosevelt with Bonaparte and Admiral Davey among attendees. It notes plans for 14 battleships, armor, cruisers, torpedo flotilla, and support ships, plus five or six new battleships, amid a push by some statesmen for disarmament talks at The Hague and in London with Britain, France, Germany, and the United States seeking limits on naval arms.
The Ohio statesman Theodore Burton advocates disarmament in London and pushes a national river and harbor plan that prioritizes major waterways. Alphonso Zelaya, son of Nicaragua’s president, deserts West Point, marries an American woman, works odd jobs, and faces a string of misadventures as his father disowns him. Meanwhile a plan to settle colored residents in a Washington suburb provokes white residents who fear property value loss from a growing Negro population.
A reader letter extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted cure for female troubles. The testimonial describes relief from severe pain nervousness and headaches after using the remedy, claiming regular periods and overall well being. It emphasizes the product's effectiveness where doctors allegedly failed to help and urges other women to try it.
Sargent's paintings show rare works by John Singer Sargent with auction highlights including a red shawl head study sold for 780 at Christie's and portraits fetching 6000 to 16000. Also reports a new Grand Trunk passenger depot at Battle Creek in Maine granite mission style, heated and modern.
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