29 May 1897
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Newspaper
Ironwood Times
Location
Ironwood, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1897
Page
1
A broken verse scene set in a June rain, where wind and warmth twist hope and doubt. The narrator, faced with longing and restraint, recalls a vow and the tension between pursuit of affection and fear of losing it. The text weaves imagery of breezy sound effects and shifting affection tied to a defining moment.
In a street incident, Ray Wilson a messenger boy with a keen electrical mind, saves a lineman after a live wire causes a collapse. He uses quick CPR-like action until a doctor arrives, earning praise and a potential scholarship offer from merchant Mr. Graydon to attend school and college for engineering.
A collage of old quips and cartoons from weekly papers. Jokes about kleptomania debt marriage and magazine serials mix with lines about piano playing and safe music progress, reflecting light humor and social quirks of the era.
A Chicago Record excerpt extols Dr Burgess as a fearless crusader against epidemics in Havana. He tightens port health, requires ship permits, vaccination and quarantine, and bars sick travelers to protect the United States. The piece praises his vigilance amid smallpox outbreaks and yellow fever risk. It contrasts his stern duty with humane demeanor and notes Havana harbor as a pollution risk source.
In Constantinople beggars and dogs dominate street life. Foreign merchants and many foreign shop names dot the bazaar scene while Turkish traders cling to old methods. Porters impress with burden bearing, and mangy dogs occupy pavements, provoking fear and neglect among passersby.
The passage extols a tonic use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to restore stomach vigor and blood quality, claiming improved digestion, regular bowel action, and liver endurance, with malaria said to be deterred. It ends with a reflective, somewhat archaic note on gratitude and melancholy.
An OCR fragment blends Allen's Foot-Base powder advert copy with assorted travel notices and scattered quotation lines from periodicals. It mentions cures for foot pain and shoe comfort, plus Far East and rail route taunts, and ends with assorted quotes about misfortune, quarrels, and remedies like St Jacobs Oil. Entities include Allen's, Le Roy, New York Weekly, Atchison Globe, Big Four Route, Chesapeake and Ohio, and St Jacobs Oil.
Several short items include testimonials for Hall's Catarrh Cure with endorsements from FP. J. Cheney and others, a travel notice for a teachers’ tour from Chicago to Virginia and Williamsburg, a No-To-Bac tobacco cure promotion, a quip about husbands and wives, a McVicker's Theatre listing with James Henderson, and an ad urging Star tobacco as the best and lasting chew. The content reflects typical shop ads, travel promos, and entertainment notices of the era.
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