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Newspaper
Mineral Point Tribune
Location
Mineral Point, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
3
A collage of political musings and social observations. Debates on the Monroe doctrine and international tensions mix with domestic diaries on Christmas plans and judge rulings on child discipline. Industrial disputes, labor, and transport routes thread through references to Morgan, Kipling, and Dewey as readers ponder global shifts.
A narrator recalls waking before dawn to a soft intrusion in the cabin. A door unbolts and a figure moves in, with items dragged from the bed and scattered on the floor, leaving the narrator listening for further signs of danger.
The narrator hides under a berth fearing an unseen visitor and later surveys the cabin to find no sign of theft or intruder. He suspects a sleepwalker and tests Mullion, who hints at possible future adventures and shares cautious thoughts about somnambulism aboard.
A narrator recalls warning a fellow passenger to avoid trouble and arming a revolver for protection. He keeps his door open and lies awake through a tense night waiting for an anticipated event described as arriving while it remains very dark.
The narrator recounts a stealthy presence outside a cabin and a deadly grip as an ice cold hand tightens on the throat. A ticking watch and a whispering voice count breaths, heightening the sense of imminent danger in the darkness.
General McArthur recounts a Manila incident involving Lieutenant J. Gilmore U.S. Navy captured with six others at Baler Luzon in 1899. A prisoner translated deeby letters claiming American friendship to affect escape and serve as spy passports. Gilmore inspected the letters and added official vises to them.
The diary entry from October 1 1681 describes a royal yacht race between a new pleasure boat and a Duke of York vessel. Charles II reportedly lost the outward leg to contrary wind but saved the stake on the return. The term yacht, borrowed from Dutch, later evolved beyond those early vessels.
In Alaska gold camps workers endure sixty below zero conditions and build snow fireplaces. They pack snow into brick like blocks to form a two or three foot square cooking fireplace. When lit the surface melts but when cooled it re freezes hard and remains usable for the season.
A Rushlake Janetion report describes the deathbed discovery of Rosanna Fuller's stash. In a pantry pitcher lay $1,290 in gold. seven money bundles sewn in a skirt lining held $1,590. an old Bible contained $800 and securities totaling $1,000. $600 hid behind a wall portrait. hundreds more in tin cans. A safe held over $3,000. Heirs deposited the funds in a bank.
William Johnson of Ashland died while dragging a deer 20 miles east of the city when a bullet struck him on the head at the top of a gully. It is unclear if the shot was deliberate or accidental.
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