11 Dec 1909
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Newspaper
Ironwood Times
Location
Ironwood, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1909
Page
1
The Ironwood Times details scattered items from politics, science, and social quirks, noting advances in German fibre research, agricultural quotes on farm labor needs, and curiosities about public figures. It highlights unrest over jobs, markets, and royal popularity amid a broad mosaic of global observations.
In a globe trotting social tale, widow Mrs Leeds, heiress to William B. Leeds,拒拒 refuses arranged marriage offers from Prince Murat and other nobles. Her vast fortune and social sway draw princes and countesses across Europe while her first husband’s empire and a famed pearl necklace shape the intrigue that unfolds from New York to Paris and London.
John Kendrick Bangs, famed Maine coast resident, recounts a campaign night joke when a snoring audience member woke mid speech. Bangs tried to wake the man, who then sprang up and bolted toward the door, providing an ironic twist to the stump experience.
The Paris Gaulois asked readers to rank the 25 greatest writers, with 11 247 votes shaping a list that omits any living author. Among the chosen are Hugo Shakespeare Racine and La Fontaine, while 14 of 26 are French and 432 other authors received votes.
The latest addition to New York's wealthy heiresses is ten year old Katherine Bradley Bigelow. Under grandmother Ellen M. Hennessy's will, Miss Bigelow inherits an estimated $500,000 but loses the fortune if she travels without a maid or chaperon, lacks refinement, or marries a divorced man or an author.
A fragment notes that portions of a payment totaling 45.90 were deducted for costs and other expenses before the remaining funds were disbursed to the lawyers. The legibility is limited, but the context suggests allocation of a settlement amount with deductions.
Five registered letters from a Schuyler pouch were scattered along the Overland Limited route between Schuyler and Omaha after a pouch catcher failed. Post Office Inspector L A Thompson traced the delay to a car cleaner who found the intact letters under the dining car. the train’s track and roadbed were praised for safety as the letters were recovered unharmed.
The piece warns against treating prescriptions as general recipes and highlights Dr. S. F. Spohn being elected mayor of Goshen, Indiana after years as County Superintendent of Schools. It notes his popularity across political lines and lightly satirizes debates about the earth’s shape while stressing practical financial concerns.
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