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Newspaper
Mexia Evening Ledger
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1899
Page
8
The narrator recounts a deathbed vision in a monastery as a luminous ascent begins. A guiding Angela explains a City of the Blessed, Dreamland, and the souls' peaceful existence among trees, rivers, and marble palaces.
Chicago Times-Herald reports only about one percent of policemen widows with pensions remarry. In 22 years only two of 20 pensioned widows remarried, both to policemen. Current widows total around 40, with pensions varying by rank from $500 to $1,500 annually. oldest widow over 20 years.
A Virginia Hot Springs visitor recalls a small incident during President and Mrs McKinley’s Virginia trip. At the Washington train departure, a miniature picture of a child in a gold frame was found beneath the presidential car and returned to Mrs McKinley by a station crewman.
Exchange quotes a president and a cashier debate about who is out as the bank is revealed to be out. The exchange frames a financial fault through a humorous misdirection in a literary snippet.
A lyrical piece invites a beloved rose as spring and nature awaken. It contrasts birds, violets, and dawn with the missing beloved, urging the rose to arrive and bring music and beauty to the season. The tone is wistful and pastoral, with vivid natural imagery and seasonal longing.
A narrator spots a sea urchin stranded on a rock off the Maine coast and nurses it to health in a puddle. The urchin shares its accidental voyage from a window view, asks to be returned home, and warns about a loud stomach mismatch as the tide recedes.
Grace Eleanor Fitts recounts a sea life scene with Mr and Mrs Sea Urchin and their offspring. Spiney’s adventure stirs excitement as a tide returns and the family mourns a near loss, ending with a joyful noon gathering of the sea clan at their coral toy shelf home.
Lilian Alten Martin recounts Ruth's cradle moment as nurse Cum Moon lifts her onto an elephant for a procession from the veranda. The scene shows packing and travel preparations with elephants kneeling, howdahs loaded, and a crowd shouting Nai noy pi doy as the baby begins the journey.
A naturalist recounts slave making ants raiding a mound of rival ants. The victors seize slave ants, raise them for labor, and the masters lose the ability to feed, care for young, or build, dying without slaves. A man later demonstrates the slaves can sustain the colony when fed.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer reading recalls a humorous family moment with a pastor at dinner. Master Tommy eyes the cake, quips about losing due to Dr. Choker’s presence, and delivers a sharp, comical retort to his distressed mother.
A quick quip exchanges a pun about love and a humorous take on the arm less man making love. The dialogue plays on offhand remarks and wordplay to create a lighthearted moment.
In Africa a cannibal chief confronts a creeping figure and proclaims the returning prodigal soul. The moment, marked by the chief's cry It is my soul We is coming home again, is followed by a command to Mbongwa the head hunter.
A trio of vignettes features Tommy and Wil as rival cousins in playful altercations. Tommy’s mother nudges generosity for Willie’s birthday, while a humor note recalls a noisy dispute and a curious cure. Mrs Blanke’s remarkable recovery follows a whist game.
Fragmentary courtroom dialogue shows a judge and a prisoner in a tense exchange. The prisoner pleads for leniency while claiming to seek “a good one” as the court weighs the case.
The Kaiser asks how independent German thinkers view the Maine proposal. An official replies skeptically, noting no word from Cincinnati or St. Louis. The Washington Star provides the excerpt.
In a brief exchange the characters Parke and Detrot discuss gifting a wife with a pres ent that has been set aside for Parke to select. Lanse notes independence while Parke insists on the planned present.
A letter from Rev. A Burgh of Woburn recounts Paris after Napoleon’s defeat, noting calm Prussian and Austrian occupation, Louvre looting, and respect for the French king. It describes crowds, celebrations, and quiet pride amid devastation, with vivid scenes of Parisian life and royal ceremony. The account captures awe at the restored Tuileries and public spectacles, including a shaving monkey on stage near the chapel royal.
The Northumberland Hate Book notes shifting daily routines from early meals to later dinners. In Oxford and other centers, small bill shortages pressure daily transactions as farmers and manufacturers hoard cash for payrolls, signaling a need for replenishing stock.
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