09 Jun 1881
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Newspaper
Le Mars Sentinel
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1881
Page
1
A nostalgic reminiscence on an old schoolhouse poem recounts boyhood days and rural life. The speaker recalls winter dances, country lanes, and the loss of youth while cherishing memories of teachers, meadows, and distant towns. The verse reflects longing for simpler times and the pull of homeland.
In a snowbound city a dejected bassoon, a kindly manager, and an aging violoncello player face end of season poverty. After a farewell concert, the old musician returns home to a garret, plays one last haunting tune with his worn instrument, and dies with his bow in his limp hand. The scene ends with the violin’s final note and the violinist’s death.
The text discusses frequent iceberg sightings along Atlantic routes and proposes using government gunboats to observe iceberg behavior and test weapon effects. It notes limited navigational clues from water temperature and warns that iceberg tracks cross nearly at right angles to travel, making position forecasting difficult.
In The New York Herald a landlady markets rooms with comic grammar inviting two gentlemen to a twelve foot square bedchamber. Another offers a cheap suite for a family, while a policy against single women appears. Percival, linked to a sentimental song, is noted to be living with his third husband after two marriages ended.
Fragmented notes cover ancient geography from Pentateuchal records to Joshua, early coal discovery in Pennsylvania, religious demographics, word origins such as humbug from Hamburg, coffee origins, glass invention, and the first locomotive engines in the United States.
In a deep freeze about forty five years ago Boston officials tell of a Plymouth stage dying in a January storm. The Newburyport driver froze at the reins while the horses sought shelter in the tavern stable, with icy hands still gripping the straps as the animals trembled.
An Oneida Circular anecdote recounts an Indian boy with fever and ague. Indians from Maine discuss remedies, favoring grated horseradish with whisky, taken as a spoonful three times daily. quinine is rejected as poison and bone-deep pain is feared.
A Lancashire incident shows a stranger intervening in a brutal mill district brawl where two young men abuse a woman. The article contrasts England’s fading art of fencing with harsher, modern methods of settling disputes, noting regional differences in fighting styles and the brutal impact on the vulnerable.
The account describes Erad being knocked down and kicked to death with his head singled out as the target. It condemns the crowd of men present for not intervening, calling the act cowardly and alarming.
In a fashionable Kearny Street saloon two veterans recall campaigns at Sacramento and Vicksburg. A man with one sleeve apologizes to the bluecoats and reveals a traded medal for being best dressed in the Thirteenth Army Corps. Grant’s quip follows as the veteran exits, proud yet weary.
A passage advocates extensive timber planting to reclaim rugged and rocky land, protect wind exposure, and stabilize waterways. It urges belts along roads and shorelines, a constant cycle of young growth, selective thinning, and careful timing for cutting. The text cites Professor Azenvy of Cornell University as endorsing these forest management ideas.
The piece describes illustrated cards used to prompt timely returns for borrowers. Cards show vignettes like a grieving gentleman beside an empty bookcase or an umbrellaless scene, with verse lines urging prompt return of items.
An American tale contrasts Artemus Ward and John McCullough with London audiences. It recounts misunderstandings over words like mong mucilage and shop, Ward’s digs at dull British lectures, and Raymond’s club humiliation. It notes McCullough's popular theater persona and his ability to spark an American-style revelry among English crowds.
A German correspondent recounts a playful episode where a party including the Emperor William and kings was offered a ride by a villager named Aut. Each passenger claimed grand titles to the cart driver, who revealed the truth only when reaching Hubertstock Castle, exposing the hoax among the potentates.
An eccentric Bavarian king ordered an immense decorative garden atop the royal palace. The site features a sunken lake and rice plants while night lights reveal musicians hidden among flora. He dreamed of scenes from Moliere performed by convent girls.
On the evening of a planned show the King canceled the play fearing eyes upon him. Years earlier he had reviewed Munich's garrison near the plain before the BaVaria brow statue. He rode away in haste with his aide, leaving troops to defile before the War Minister and the General.
The piece recounts Gen Thomas Kennedy’s red brick Kentucky plantation near Crab Orchard and the tale of Lewis Clarke an enslaved man who fled to Ohio then Cambridge. It explains how Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin inspired by Clarke and Hill publisher Dr Bailey funding the National Era serialization.
Two brothers aged apart discuss heaven and paradise after bedtime before Christmas. Jimmy the elder imagines a journey to heaven via a road to heaven while Tommy, just out of infant school, prefers simple language. Their exchange underlines different religious notions as their mock Bible class names reflect aspirations.
A letter from Walkerstroom in Santh Africa recounts a boy about fifteen showing coolness under fire during a garrison raid for cattle. Surrounded by Boers he hid behind rocks, watched four enemies approach, then crawled to safety and escaped as his companions fled.
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