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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1902
Page
4
A poetic passage reflecting on the prairie westward life and its vast horizons. The speaker laments capturing life in print while noting the vivid imagery of blizzards, wind, wheat, nights, stars, and the human struggle in the prairies as described by Bashford in the London Spectator.
Victor Irvine, a peculiar scientist known as Gevank, pursues a mysterious new element while grappling with his obsession for Mary Ames. The ebb and flow of tides mirror his inner storms as he finally reveals his love after a violent storm, but the scientific secret vanishes like jetsam in the night.
An OCR fragment cites a London Chronicle question about Jewish exclusiveness and religious demographics in New South Wales. It references Australian statistics, Christian denominations, Presbyterians and Methodists, Catholic presence, and a debated duty to interpret sectarian distribution claims.
An Indianapolis Sun report highlights fear of grave robbing as medical colleges contend with body shortages. It cites prosperity driving more dissections, warns of possible substitution by undertakers, and notes bodies sold in New York and Indianapolis for dissection.
A garbled devotional style excerpt offers maxims on courage, despair, prosperity, independence, sympathy, and duty. It urges believing distress without undermining independence, sharing burdens, and acting rightly rather than seeking wealth or comfort. The text mixes aphorisms on virtue and self restraint with odd misspellings and unclear phrases.
A fragment describes a parrot pair with the male endowed to speak while the female lacks speech. A customer reacts to the notion with a harsh jargon about the situation as a man retorts that others balance the scene. The piece ends with reference to a woman buying an expensive male bird arranged by Will.
A Wiltshire workhouse porter writes to the Sun about his alleged pay issues. He claims an annual pay of ten pounds with extras for overtime and expenses, citing mismanagement and a need for a more comfortable balance to attend the inmates. He references a change in salary linked to wardens and the broader workhouse staff.
Captain John J. Pershing’s column routs the Maciu Moros on Mindanao killing or wounding about a hundred and capturing forty forts after a long bombardment. Lieut. Lor Ing led a blaze attempt, the Sultan wounded, and American batteries pressed within a hundred yards. Gen. Davis halts hostilities to seek peace. Sumner hailed the victory.
Admiral Silias Casey U S N a Civil War veteran with a distinguished naval record. He prevented Colombian forces from transporting munitions or unarmed troops via the isthmian railway and remains on the active list. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1860 and served as executive officer aboard the gunboat Wissahickon, which played a key role in the Charleston attack.
Mrs A I Dobrowsky, wife of a jeweler, shot and killed two mountain lions on Gear mountain while her husband arrived after the dog alerted her. She was alone when a second lion stalked her. at the count of three they fired and each lion dropped mortally wounded.
A description from the San Francisco Chronicle notes a mountain lion in a tree with three individuals, describing one animal higher up than its fellows and a kite-like motion from a single ball.
Norway grants municipal voting rights to all men without tax. unmarried women taxed 300 crowns in country 400 in city, and married women taxed via husbands. About 200000 women become electors, eligible for election, with Bodø and Christiania naming women as councillors in the municipal assemblies.
Modern Mexico notes renewed interest in Mexican asphalt. Companies invest in south and southeast beds, with ex-Gov. Hogg of Texas securing a Tamaulipas concession along the Monterey and Gulf line. U S workers and machinery arrive to develop the fields, with plans to export most production to the United States.
Archbishop John J. Kain, head of the St. Louis archdiocese since 1895 and previously coadjutor under Archbishop Kenrick, has fallen seriously ill. His earlier service included Bishop of Wheeling West Virginia and missionary work in the Blue Ridge region.
Workmen's Baths provide daily showers for employees of a large Cleveland paint factory. In the dry color department, lead exposure previously cut work seasons short, but with the new health measures most workers now endure years in the department with only about one in twenty showing harmful lead effects.
Since 1858 the number of lunatics in Scotland has increased by 180 percent while the population grew only 49 percent. This historical notice contrasts rising mental illness with slower demographic growth.
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