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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1911
Page
5
Maeterlinck extols the bee as symbol of industry and order and discusses its quiet rebellion against disturbance. Anecdotes from Omaha Union Depot and Waterloo station illustrate bees menacing crowds, then retreating with expert help. The piece argues bees deserve respect for their small but decisive influence.
A valedictorian stumbled through a rambling speech mixing subjects and misnaming figures. He recovered with a humorous, fiery quip about Hannibal and Liberty, drawing applause as the audience witnessed a spirited, if tangled, display of oratory.
A poetic reflection extols laughter as sunshine for the soul and the joy of youth. It proclaims humor banishes blues and melancholy, boosts a pure conscience, and makes kings envy peasants, ending with an emphatic cheer for laughter.
The account describes Frances Jennings, known as the white widow or duchess of Tyrconnell, a female street trader during the 1688 revolution. According to Horace Walpole, she arrived in England destitute and supported herself by selling small haberdashery items from a Royal Exchange staffer’s role, wearing a full white dress and a perpetual white mask, drawing much interest and curiosity.
A man bets his fortune on a palm reader who, after lining up cards and tracing his palm with a dollar, proclaims his loves and habits. The frightened patron blurts out that she has read his thoughts with uncanny speed, amid a dim, dirty setting.
A man reflects on cigars, brands, and prices as he contemplates buying a box that matches his memory of a preferred size and shape. He notices a price card offering three for a dollar and feels a spark of ambition to outshine his past status.
The piece argues that education should foster right development of the entire person, not one-sided talent. It cites Rev. Charles M. Sheldon urging symmetrical growth and curiosity about diverse lives to expand thinking and empathy across society.
Silas drives Mr Commuter to the station and recalls seventeen year cicadas. He describes their behavior feeding on leaves and climbing trees while a nearby man gawks at a telegraph pole. A passerby jokes about an April fool surprise for the insects at the top.
Cleaning gilt frames at home is easy with a bread wad sprinkled with benzine and ammonia. The bread absorbs moisture and ammonia odors, leaving a fresh surface. Rinse with water containing borax to finish and restore the frame’s brightness.
A fragment discusses that many college women do not marry, estimating about 89 percent would marry if counted accurately. It argues that marriage decisions stem from native traits, domestic duties, lack of a calling, or other factors, not the college course itself.
A fragment from Lewis Morris of Morrisania's 1816 will expresses a fierce aversion to Connecticut. He wishes his son Gouverneur Morris educated abroad and forbids any education in Connecticut, condemning its people and their constitution as deceitful despite religious cover.
Barver's Weekly describes chicleros in Yucatan who trek deep forests to tap sapote trees for aromatic chewing gum. Each worker uses heavy knives, pails, ladles, and a long rope for climbing, Boiled sap yields bricklike gum blocks after months in camp.
A San Francisco Chronicle vignette shows a young man, a teen boy, and a girl awaiting a car at Twenty second and Guerrero. The girl frets about her father while the boy frets about him arriving first, while a passerby smiles at the scene and the notion that romance is alive.
Lawrence Barrett's daughter Wes married Stuart Nobson and sent a $5,000 check to the bridegroom. Felicia Robison, Felicis, conveyed the gift and reported the reaction. Robson noted the groom cried quietly, about a minute, while the father recalled crying longer after signing the gift.
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