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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
6
A man reading a letter learns his mother is ill with rheumatics and may lose the family farm. He abandons the ship by rope, swims ashore after a long night, and resolves to return home to face the family crisis.
A young stevedore hides in a ship hold with a water and crackers stash aiming to cross the ocean for gain. He clings to a letter from a motherly figure, dreaming of returning to care for her at a rocky farm, as departure noises fade and danger nears.
A drug clerk faces a deranged man seeking poison to kill garden bugs, mistaking the request for mass murder. The clerk calls police as the assailant insists on immediate poisoning, revealing his aim is to exterminate pests, not people. The scene unfolds with panic but ends without harm.
Washington correspondent notes Secretary Shaw leads the Treasury in punctuality and intensity. He arrives at 8 a.m. daily after a 6 a.m. wakeup, breakfast at 7, and has kept an unprecedented early schedule since succeeding Lyman J. Gage. His private secretary Robert Armstrong often matches or nearly matches the early start.
A Kentucky mountaineer, after walking over a hundred miles to meet Senator Carlisle, sees him briefly. He judges the great man by appearance and says reads a heap better than he looks, remarking on the senator’s speeches.
A compact note reflects on the idea that occasions define moments, likening it to a sea view where significance emerges as events unfold and the Lady Paramount stands as a symbolic figure in the scene. The fragment offers a philosophical take without concrete details.
A fragment from the Ohio State Journal lists tongue in cheek home remedies for modern habits. It suggests toothache cures with rope and stout, insomnia by counting gray sheep, and wart removal by filing or whispering words rather than swearing, poking fun at medical advice.
A humorous pair of stories features a daughter claiming scientific research into sun spots and a freckled youth, and a tale of a rich old man whose faint heartbeat masks a strong love leading to marriage. The morals touch on wit and folly.
A lady at the hotel piazza proclaims she could die dancing while her escort quips Shakespearean lines about doubling off this mortal coil. The scene blends flirtation with light whimsy as the pair share a playful exchange about the bard.
A Glasgow Times style remark notes a boy’s schooling progress with humor. The parent boasts the child has endured thirty two examinations and judged each one well, signaling strong future prospects for the boy in life.
Fogg comments on Dumleigh saying there are makings of a great man and a good shell with filings, per the Boston Transcript.
A playful exchange between Catharine and Charles discusses going to the beach and a possible ring. Catharine coyly suggests a ring while Charles contemplates a future gesture, implying a proposal or engagement.
A terse line questions a so called bank book and its claimed method for getting accepted. The remark hints at skepticism toward a guide promising entry or approval through a labeled possession.
A visitor at an exposition reads a high priced bill of fare and quips about conscience. The waiter replies rules govern pricing and extras. The column then shifts to light domestic humor with a housekeeper boasting ledgers and a neighbor recalling the husband’s attempts to straighten them.
A dialogue questions congratulations to Lorimer on his marriage. One speaker declines to wish joy because the wife is unknown, then admits knowledge of Lorimer, implying a private reason for hesitation. The brief exchange reflects social propriety in a column tone.
In a humorous stock scene a stalled automobile prompts the impatient owner to cry Worry up Felix as he notices many pedestrians crossing the street. The chauffeur scrambles to diagnose the breakdown while onlookers pass by.
A quip about marriage and life insurance sparks a wry Old Lady reply advising to insure both men and wait for one to die to secure the other’s constancy. A humorous exchange suggests a peasant girl painting misinterpreted by a critic, who notes the hat’s misidentify as a picture hat.
A courtroom exchange features Mrs Hawkbill and Captain Blankblank debating wartime orders and a humorous misinterpretation. The judge mediates as playful barbs about love and hats surface in Twondon Answers style dialogue with sharp, period voice.
In a dialogue style exchange Mr Slimpurse voices a wish to marry for wealth while Miss Gallie questions the premise. The scene references poverty and marriage motives, with a humorous aside about a misfired stove and a late night kitchen mishap.
A wife in a domestic quarrel reports a dull club gathering. She notes every Engle member attended and adds there was nothing to discuss, prompting a terse exchange with her husband about the meeting's lackluster outcome.
A fat man claims he lives in Swamphurst and denies knowing a man others say has wide ties there. He objects to being the subject of another's wide acquaintances claim, while the other man insists the speaker meant him.
In Ephraim Utah residents facing a grasshopper plague organize amusements to curb the pest. Admission to the events costs half a bushel of grasshoppers. At the inaugural dance attendees paid with seventy five half bushels of grasshoppers, which were then used as fuel for the finale.
Reported arrangements aim to trial male talent vaudeville on ocean liners with the steamer St Paul’s first trip out of New York. The piece notes humor about women’s singing ability and includes a testimonial ad for Dodd’s Kidney Pills from Dr. De los Hutchins of What Might Have Been Sonoma Michigan. It ends with a note on stock brokers and fire insurance solicitors.
Interest in the Omaha Auditorium Company stock contest rises daily since its July 1 opening in Nebraska. Shares cost twenty five cents each and include two guesses on a capital prize of 5000 dollars and on 1001 other prizes. Special cash prizes of 50 to 500 dollars are awarded monthly, with voters guessing statewide governor totals to win.
Lake Okoboji is promoted as an affordable, enjoyable getaway accessible from Omaha via the Milwaukee Railway. The ad highlights cooler air at 2000 feet, a deep clear lake, timbered shores, good fishing, boating, and modest hotels with full information available at the Milwaukee Railway City Office, 1504 Farnam Street, F. A. Nash, Gen. Western Agent.
Two hundred native beaters from eastern Bengal head to Mysore to aid in the elephant hunt planned for Lord Curzon during the August installation of the young Maharajah. The assembly signals a grand royal event with colonial administration backing.
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