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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
4
A fragmentary verse passage contrasts men and neighbors with derision. Lines critique scorn between roles such as crown and crosier, king and clerk, layman and scholar, highlighting mutual rebuke and folly. The archaic language hints at social critique within a poetic style.
In a New York era tale, Madge Margetson assists Miss Miriam Morgan and Professor Kruse in deciphering ancient cuneiform tablets that spur a marriage plan. Dunton explains their engagement while Miss Morgan courts the professor, leading to an arranged future with Miss Morgan becoming Mrs Kruse as the tablet’s sentiments unfold.
A collage of royal pet tales spans centuries from Alfonso XII to Elizabeth I. It notes emperors and kings such as The Great, Frederick the Great, Henry III of France and Queen Marie Louise of Spain pampering simians, parrots, and other animals, with anecdotes of royal animal companions and their amusing misadventures.
A London Punch extract notes a political scene in the North where a sect chairman criticizes opponents as clever yet unscrupulous, praising their candidate as capable of winning on the ground. The candidate was in attendance, signaling a rally style moment in the party’s contest.
The piece cites the Sons of the American Revolution meeting in Philadelphia and DAR in Washington DC with commentary from the Washington Post and Kansas City Journal on green symbolism. It notes college salaries rising in recent years and Dr Thwing of Western Reserve University remarking on salaries. It adds Mr Carnegie's proposal to pension aged college professors as a widely praised gift.
The New York Tribune notes Baltimore’s rapid recovery from the February 1904 blaze. Citizens declined outside aid and rebuilt the burned business district within about a year. Baltimore now votes for three municipal loans totaling 13 million dollars to beautify parks, extend annexed territory, and fund sewer and drainage works.
The Warnford Courant notes Chinese immigrants often show hardheaded practicality. They take jobs such as washing, household tasks, and other work, persistently earning money. They avoid unpayable debts and manage finances with discipline, tallies that provoke debate about competition with locals.
An Illinois example shows a quarter section farmer facing annual costs from state county and township taxes to fund hard road construction. With $300,000 township valuation and $4.8 million county valuation, state cash covers one mill, while bonds fund the rest, leading to roughly $16.20 total per year per quarter section. Proponents argue higher farm yields and market leverage justify the expense, and widespread construction could halve road taxes.
An English specialist argues in the Indianapolis News that women look better because they are more indolent and not compelled to use their brains as men do. He claims hard intellectual work and constant business attention dull physical beauty.
Observations from Forest and Stream discuss why dogs bury bones and hide food, comparing canine behavior to ants and bees. The piece cites anecdotes about dogs, foxes, wolves, owls, and Darwin's reflections on the origin of domestic dogs, noting variable evidence of food-hiding instincts among wild and domestic canids.
A short collection of aphorisms on faith fear and virtue. Emphasizes trust in God courage openness in governance and daily self improvement with references to C B Yonge Emerson and Phillips Brooks. The quotes urge humility service and personal nobility as paths to better living.
At John and Nassau streets a coughing salesman with a gray wagon demonstrated a lung tonic claiming it cured TB by “bracing” lungs anywhere in the body. A medical student challenged his anatomy, but the vendor persisted, urging the crowd to buy his echoing tonic.
Wwo Able Chingmen Wu Ting-Fang, once China’s representative in the United States, impressed diplomats with his ability to navigate affairs. His successor, Sir Choutung Liang Chen, now outshines him by handling matters directly, never dispatching attaches to the department.
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