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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1900
Page
8
A fragment from Samuel Minturn Peck in Harper's Bazar laments a lost July romance while boating with a beloved. Vivid, fractured verses describe fading days and a yearning to restore a dream through memory and sentiment.
In Western Kansas a drought scarred land and weary pilgrims struggle amid dust and heat near Kiowa. Ellen dreams of escape while Sol Burdan clings to routine and a note book as Mag Brown frets over wind signs and threatened rain. The tale follows Small town dynamics and a woman’s longing for a different life beyond the prairie.
In a grim scene shared by townsfolk, a girl prays for strength as fire and wreckage claim lives. Eliza watches as a man pinned by iron cries of madness while Old Sol is carried home dying. Jim hears a panicked confession amid the chaos as a cruel fate unfolds.
A historical look at reading rooms for the blind, starting with Washington's Congressional Library, shows public libraries adopting similar programs. The Pavilion of the Blind offers readings and music, with bishops, poets, and students participating, and a New York Point system prayer book printed for the blind. A committee escorts readers and records of monthly contributions appear, highlighting ongoing literary and cultural support for the visually impaired.
Edward McGarvey of Bellefonte, a twenty four year old inventor, perfected a machine weighing moving trains via magnetic vibration and reed music. The device attaches to scales on railroad cars to record weight automatically. A Bellefonte company organized to perfect develop and manufacture this and other inventions.
The article recalls Millet as an example of genius under strain, whose works sold for vast sums posthumously while he starved during life. It notes Mathew Bell and Morland sharing fame after poverty, with Wilson’s landscapes failing in his time yet gaining value later. It argues strong personalities often resist accepted standards, risking hardship.
A quirky Shakespearean line on superstition, odd numbers and luck. It muses on how even numbers are deemed unlucky in Siam and hints at the strange relation between numbers and fate.
Herbert F. W. Lyons of Boston proposes a 600 foot diameter steel globe for a grand exposition. A spiral scenic railway climbs the globe with elevators and exhibition booths along the rail line to display continents and ocean depictions. An interior glass pirline windowed avenue offers continuous views as cars ascend and descend. Center elevators reach an observation tower. Geographical structure lines the route with spaces let for exhibitors.
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