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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1903
Page
11
In a club the friends Storrow and Paulding discuss a puzzling advertisement about a man named Grew. Grew, who met Paulding in New York, saw a fire’s aftermath at No 73 and trailed clues to St. Iactis, leaving a silver keepsake that connects to Grew and a burning mystery.
Paulding and Grew pursue a tangled hotel scheme and a smoking pipe exchange. A torn bag at Grand Central reveals Grew’s diamond stash hidden in tobacco worth about six thousand dollars. Mrs Storrow and Miss Ames help expose the caper as Grew is seized by the porter and police plan to seize the diamonds in Poughkeepsie.
The beaver uses two long chisellike teeth in each jaw that are exceedingly powerful and shape the animal into a woodsman. A lower tooth from a medium beaver is five inches along the outer curve, bent nearly semicircular, with four to five inches protruding. The upper tooth is bent into more than a complete half circle and measures about four inches on the outer face. Each tooth is a combination of enamel and dentine, enamel on the front wears slowly while the dentine wears, making the tooth a perpetual sharp chisel. The tooth is hollow at the base and filled with nourishment to sustain growth.
A fragmented 19th century passage contrasts Hindoo women’s beauty and jewelry with widow’s restrictions, then hones in on Swinburne’s Strictures and a defense of Shakespeare. The excerpt blends colonial gaze with literary critique, noting Hindu customs on jewelry and widowhood, followed by commentary on King Lear and Shakespearean judgment.
In the second Afghan war a British officer, famed as a shardsman, rode against an Afghan chief. They circling, the officer struck true, stabbing the Afghan through the heart as he swung his sword. The Afghan died, but the weapon's fall also split the English skull.
A New York man recounts a tale about a friend fond of old sports and red Trish setters. He recalls visiting a fashionable gambling joint with the dogs and sharing a supper as the proprietor questions if the dogs are broken, prompting a witty reply about how long they have not been in there.
A fragmented note cites Brother Dickey arguing about names for children in a congregation and cites a bible quote about poverty and riches. The item then discusses Denmark as paradise for the elderly, noting a state-supported care system housing, feeding, and clothing seniors over sixty at about 25 cents a day, half the English and Russian costs.
The fragment notes that few escape overeating and drinking, urging self reflection on fault. It implies widespread self-blame for health issues amid a general trend of excess. The tone suggests a moralizing editorial about diet and self-control.
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