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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1895
Page
2
A fragmentary poem by E.3. Wilson presents a stream of reverie and vivid imagery. The lines explore fame virtue and joy amid chaotic currents, with ornate phrasing and dreamlike shifts in scene and meaning. The text reads like a reflective, associative meditation rather than a straightforward narrative.
Sergeant Cronin hides among river brush as Dana Marston tracks him across the desert. Dalton pursues Cronin and Marta, while Marta begs Cronin to run away. A tense pursuit unfolds with a water find and a final confrontation in the dry canyon.
The London Stone, famed as a relic linked to Brutus and Troy, sits in a niche on Cannon Street by the Church of St. Swithin and Mary Bothan. Tradition ties it to Roman milestone use and highway measurements, but a modern fragment remains, a porphyry shard enveloped in dust under an iron grate accessible to visitors.
An excerpt discusses equality as the core social joy and the harm of superiority. It argues inequality poisons life, while good society pretends to ignore it for comfort, offering a partial, temporary equality. The piece cites W. D. Hawels and references Cantabey.
Reading is severely garbled with many misspellings. The text references a restaurant, conspiracies around a founder, a white rabbit, and a camera. Mentions of Lianas Hin quesier’s and vine calves appear, with unclear actions and suspects. The overall sense is a muddled crime or mystery scene with disrupted names and places.
In Gentryville, Abraham Lincoln, then a popular local figure, gained attention as a deft debater and storyteller. He memorized poems and speeches, imitated wandering preachers, and delivered stirring political orations that drew crowds at stump events. His employers doubted his labor, yet his gift for public speaking grew, with his essays even reaching Ohio papers via a Baptist preacher. An article on National Politics also praised his work, marking early recognition of his talents.
A London street doctor boasts of high earnings from selling bogus pills and tonics in Whitechapel and Oldham. He explains profits rise in good weather and fairs, with weekly take around £6 to £8, and even £10 a day in a peak week of 1894, while admitting some days yield only a few pence.
The McRuad couple review their ledger and decide to write off overdue accounts. Mrs. McRad pays the elder Doolittle’s bill at church collection, and the amount is settled within the week. The passage also notes over 2,000 patents issued in the United States for the manufacture of inks.
Ruth Ashmore writes in The Ladies Home Journal about women building a home rather than pursuing public fame. Emphasizing small homes with love and care, she urges women to manage domestic duties with patience and tenderness to create a worthy, heart centered abode for husbands and future children.
The article recalls Blaine’s six six reading of Mulligan letters in Congress after claiming the letters were seized to hurt him. He proclaimed he would read the original package to 44 million Americans, turning the moment from triumph to dismay and back as the audience reacted.
A historical note explores Dutch betrothal practices where a suitor visits a home to light a cigar with a match from the girl’s household. Repeated visits test the suitor’s character, with engagement possible if favored, or a confrontation if refused. A third visit that ends with the girl offering a second cigar signals a lasting engagement risk before marriage.
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