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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1909
Page
9
A 14 year old Richard Glynd is drawn to Lady Arabella during a theater visit. The naval uncles Hans Hawkshaw and Giles Glynd influence a tangled plot with midshipmen roles and prize money. Lady Arabella, a gambler, teases and imprisons suitors, while Vernon and Overton join the intrigue amid a near duel and later escapade.
The narrator recalls long voyages aboard the Belvidera, battles near the Nile, and the pursuit of enemies under Nelson. He details hard ships, near-constant duty, injuries, and honors, then returns to London to recount life at Berkeley Square, reunion with Giles Vernon, and Lady Arabella Stormont's thwarted romance with Overton.
The narrator reflects on Arabella’s independence at 21 and her defiance of Sir Peter’s attempts to marry her. Daphne teases about Arabella’s high-stakes card games at the duchess of Rochester’s, while the narrator seeks a favor from Sir Peter Rawlshaw to secure Glies Vernon’s exchange, then returns to Berkeley Square as Lady Hawkshaw’s household watches.
Richamd Glyn, a royal navy lieutenant with £3000, vows not to wed Lady Arabella who has £30,000, but Daphne Carmichael disrupts him. The narrator recalls past captivation and grows frustrated as he sees Daphne’s capricious kindness. After a rapid Portsmouth trip to meet Giles, a cage of larks is bought and released, symbolizing newfound freedom. The pair return to London and settle into old lodgings as the tale continues.
In the fishing village of Auchmithie a seabird regularly visited fishermen, sharing food from their hands. One gull stayed year round in a boat except during breeding season when the owner moved house three and a half miles away. A fortnight later the gull returned, walking into the new residence with familiar habits.
H Engels, a Oakland boiler maker, narrowly escaped death at work when a 28 inch pipe on a hillside slid free from wooden supports. The section he riveted rolled hundreds of feet into a ditch with rushing water. Engels was rescued alive with serious cuts and near drowning.
The text explains that in ancient days men greeted each other with a handshake to show their hands held no weapons. It framed the handshake as a peaceful ritual signaling safety and friendliness, a simple treaty of place and intent between two people.
In Cleveland Alozea Warren and her sister Eliza Story fought all night in a Repub lic building. Story, driven by spirits to kill, attacked with a knife but Warren overpowered her after a long struggle. Warren was wounded and hospitalized. Doctors link Story’s breakdown to the death of her son and alleged spiritualist communications.
A. C. Stalder Barry Herren and a six year old boy were trapped on a flooded trestle at Chautauqua Illinois. They saved the child by hanging to a stringer as a freight train roared by, keeping the boy between them until the engine passed. Herren shuffled onto a parallel stringer and lowered himself to safety before the train struck. Two adults endured a near disaster as water below surged.
Miss Frances Thurman of Urbana narrowly escapes serious harm when a glass show window ten feet square weighing over ten pounds collapses in a photograph gallery. The protective dress and pose saved her, though the case and doors were shattered and the space jarred her.
A seven year old girl in Le Mang tied her three year old sister to a cow, prompting the animal to trample the child. The infant died from a fractured skull and the mother, overwhelmed, has lost her reason and will be restrained.
A quirky exchange shows a plutoceatic logking owner asking about crops while a salt-tiller responds angrily about dairy and trade. The fragment hints at economic tensions and a satirical dig at finance, appearing in an illustrated Sunday Magazine style.
Samuel Gompers denounces a recent Detroit Journal parody in the Baltle’s ampke room as cruel. The mock obituary for Deacon Hiram Ludlow of Friable township, 82, attributes his death to a fictional attack by widow Maria Higging, a 37 year old.
The article argues that modern women reject dowdy attire as a virtue badge. It praises wiser taste, insisting good women should wear pleasing clothes and seek to give pleasure with their appearance.
A realist poet boasts of taking realism to an extreme by writing a comic to a gas company with a purposely defective meter. The interview shows a playful exchange as the narrator presses for the point of the witticism.
The passage names Fearaidhach-Fionfashtua as a just king slain by his attacker Fiachadh-Fion, who is himself killed by Fincaadh-Fionchadh, the prince with the white cows. Eochairt-Moidmeadhai dies of natural causes among a small group. Flaithheartagh deserts the monarch’s rule for a monk’s bowl, as reported by the New York Press.
A coffee drinker describes sleepless nights and disturbing nightmares until switching to Postum. He notes improved sleep and nerves, urging others to quit coffee. A young friend with stomach issues also improves after abandoning coffee for Postum. Signed in a promotional advertisement for The Road to Wellville.
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