29 Aug 1903
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Newspaper
Ironwood Times
Location
Ironwood, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1903
Page
1
A speaker recalls scattered belongings around the house and fixed habits. The paper stays within reach, the tidy sits on the chair, and a bat remains by the front hall, ready for daily use. The mood is reflective and domestic.
On a yacht voyage Captain Waters faces demands from Mr. Carmody and a group of wealthy New York men to return to port. Hester asserts control, plans music and charts, while Sid Hammond and others react with shock and guarded humor as the crew follows orders. The scene ends with the line We are kidnapped as tension rises.
On the yacht the Shark, Hester retains control as Sidney Hammond protests. L Sylvester Vincent arrives claiming access to Carmody. Hester explains a scheme to test the effects of the sudden absence of Wall Street’s power brokers while planning to keep them safe and in line.
In Cleveland Plain Dealer prose a vivid account details a massive Marion blaze near the summer home of Richard Harding Davis. Red glare grows stronger as townsfolk despair amid near total loss until a cheerful bystander interrupts with a breezy entrance, lightening the mood.
A rich brother-in-law, bold with wealth, buys a home and furnishes it for a poor widow and her children. He covers the deed and purchases necessities while keeping his own counsel. The widow, though grateful, laments the lack of a piano despite the generosity.
A Detroit Free Press report recalls a lecturer urging the crowd to look up and praising divine help. A seedy stranger in the back row quips that he has always looked up for 30 years as a ceiling decorator, drawing roaring applause and breaking up the meeting.
A fashion roundup notes plaited sleeves corda beads and fringe trim on new coats and hats from Paris and leading designers. Bead trellis garnitures, dolman sleeves, and wide sleeves mark 1890s silhouettes. Embroidered tussore gowns, white Madras shirtwaists with black spider designs, and crepe de chine veiling appear, with green foliage trims and straw hats. Green blue and black dominate colorways, with ivory accents and soft blended shades defining the season.
A London Tit-Bits tale recounts Sir Henry Halford at a 1000 yard range where a misheard telephone message caused a fatal shot to splash whitewash over a marker. The marker, uninjured, reported the mishap after the bullet hit the painted bucket, not the man.
The article explains that a sleeping room should be 1,000 cubic feet per person, calculated by multiplying length by breadth by height. It gives examples such as a ten by ten by ten foot room and notes smaller rooms need better ventilation to ensure air changes. It also includes a corn cake recipe with cornmeal and baking powder instructions.
The sixth century saint St Medard of France established a festival at Salency with a prize for the most amiable young girl. A wreath of white roses crowned the winner, a custom that endures as the village crown of roses is awarded yearly to Salency’s most modest maid.
Mrs Laura T Brewer of Crown Point Indiana reports two years of spinal pain and relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says three bottles revived her health, urges friends to try it, and notes free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. A $5000 forfeit is posted if proof of genuineness cannot be produced.
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