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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1895
Page
1
The item cites that readers know how to conserve water and comments on a Louisville editor’s piece about saving water. It notes a quirky Arkansas City man naming his cow Prilby and Li Hung Chang’s stance on facial bullets, plus desire to retain gains from Japan.
The fragment discusses Japan seeking indemnity, a professor confirming diphtheria conquest, Patti earning 12000 for six Covent Garden concerts amid doubt about her voice, and Newark plumbers prompting reform sentiment in New Jersey reflecting broader civic concerns.
An odd dispatch notes that more colleges adopt anti hazing resolutions as fast as others tolerate hazing as a pastime. It cites Craig Nebraska where a town election failed to fill offices with 500 votes counted. Across Minnesota a lawmaker seeks 500 from Warber for a ruined beard. A Brooklyn jury awards 8000 for a finger injury while a trolley line has killed 107 in months without liability.
A movement supports building a twelve hour electric flyer between New York and Chicago. It advocates extending facilities to Gothamites to enable rapid departure from the city.
A jumble of controversial lines cites Cassius M. Clay, a 15 year old marriage, a Minnesota paper on King Lear’s fool, Bacon allegedly writing Shakespeare, a Minnesota impersonation, and a poor girl bequeathed one million dollars for her singing. The piece blends scandal, literary gossip, and sensational echoes.
A brief note recalls Oscar Wilde’s quip about aging, rights, and wealth. It reflects on a writer’s assertion that once a tur is old enough to do wrong, they should be old enough to do right, and ends with a pointed reminder to leave the vineyard of life undisturbed and the water wellspring intact.
Letters to the paper condemn the recent horse show for what readers call an orgy of color and vulgar display. Women in boxes drew stares from a promiscuous crowd as onlookers judged wealth and style, while society figures supposedly disagreed on propriety.
A Manchester, North Dakota resident reports her wife eloped with a man, then shortly after ran off with a second man, creating a tangled personal matter between the involved parties.
A trio of affairs ends with a New Hampshire husband fleeing divorce papers after two elopements and a returned wife. Russia will offer no objection to peace terms between Japan and China, with no real need for Western intervention, and Japan’s demands will not affect long term eastern trade.
A speaker praises newspapers as the ultimate sales force for wares, traveling from home to home and through the evening circle. It never neglects or tires, always welcomes readers, and speaks at day’s end when minds are receptive, guiding readers to take action and visit provided destinations.
M St. Cere notes insurrection feared in Europe as Gen Martinez Campos delays actions until September. Insurgents wary after past deception, while St Gere suggests possible belligerent recognition that could threaten Spanish rule in the Pearl of the Antilles.
Washington develops ideas for naval armor and turret design. A proposal to mount two S inch guns on each main turret faces objections. Ammunition supply and mutual turret vulnerability could cripple fire control. Independent rotation adds complexity and weight.
A brief antiquated reflection on table manners noting shifts from finger eating to fork use. It contrasts Mme de Malutenonu’s era with modern habits, mentioning diverse utensils and a Parker's sighting of a traveler using a fork to eat bread cut in squares.
Senator Allen interrupted Mr Chandler during a late Senate debate to move adjournment. The motion surprised the chamber as observers recalled the Nebraska senator's quiet amusement and the heated pace of the session.
A kitchen conversation reveals Mary plans to marry, denying hopes for advancement. The exchange shows a surprised response from a Mrs. Mary as she announces marriage while stating her intent to stay beside her sick husband.
Geraldine and Bellendon attend a formal tea and recital with family, while Geraldine evades a clumsy invitation for Cecil and contends with mounting tension over an unused romance. The party winds through tea, music, and an evening plan to visit illuminated gardens and the aquarium tower, with thrifty plotting and social maneuvering shaping the outcome.
The Hungarian statesman Francis Deak relays a Paris hospital tale about Napoleon and a veteran missing one arm. The veteran claims he would sacrifice his remaining limb for his country, prompting Deak to conclude the selfless act is sublime yet impracticable as a one‑armed man cannot cut off his last arm.
German speaking Swiss vendors in New York’s German quarter offer musical boxes in many shapes. Items include beer tunes, Te Deum carillons, musical flower pots, cigar temples, work boxes, and birds in cages. Prices range from 2 to 250 dollars, with custom pieces costing more.
The frost fish of New Zealand has been shown in Edinburgh after being brought to England by a meat carrier steamer. It measures nearly five feet long with a four inch deep flat body, a one inch thickest part, and a small tail. It has a sharp head with multiple teeth, a delicate translucent back fin, and a tail not exceeding two and a half inches. In its natural state it is said to be very silvery and it is noted as excellent eating.
The Brooklyn Eagle notes the French president lacks a veto like the U S president but holds unique powers. He may adjourn the Chamber of Deputies up to twice a session for up to four months, close a regular session after five months, and dissolve the Chamber with Senate consent, obligating a new election within two months.
In a Romantic sketch set at a Mozambican port, a French governor and agents pursue an adventurous misadventure involving a panther near an old monastery. The tale blends riverside scenes, Catholic heritage, and a social circle that favors the Englishman as a favored guest in the governor’s circle. The piece evokes colonial manners and a vivid, atmospheric travelogue voice from The Gentleman's Magazine.
John Murray in Good Words recalls Louis Jennings a constant Quarterly Review contributor with a wide reading taste and varied career. Jennings served in India for a major English daily, edited the Friend of India, then led New York papers against the Company Ring and helped Conservative victory at Stockton before his health failed after a restless parliamentary career.
The piece describes Parisian women binding three generations in unified households driven by strong maternal devotion. It notes intense attachment to children and parents, with husbands often less central, highlighting a bourgeois domestic ideal within inner life studies from Blackwood's Magazine.
A small child avoids admitting lingering ankle pain after a minor coasting accident and a mother suspects rheumatism though the girl insists the hurt is on the previously injured ankle. The fragment then shifts to remarks on Lent and spring clothing.
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