The Wild Geese Continues in Kerry Intrigue
Colonel John faces threats from kin and allies over duty and secrets in Kerry. Flavia confronts Asgill about the McMurroughs while Bale’s past and a missing mare stir tensions as factions brace for action.
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1909
Page
6
Colonel John faces threats from kin and allies over duty and secrets in Kerry. Flavia confronts Asgill about the McMurroughs while Bale’s past and a missing mare stir tensions as factions brace for action.
Colonel Plummer of New York buys a brown mare named Barbary Belle. A groom notes the horse is temperamental and kicked him out of the box twice, suggesting the animal may settle down once familiar surroundings ease.
An actor-manager touring a border town faced a cold reception after a speech praising the town, with laughter and applause stifled by the manager noting the act spoke of places they had performed in recently. The tale underscores a misfit between admired flattery and local memory.
The piece argues that greatness rests with ordinary men who possess natural fortune and are true to a rightful order. It contrasts this with the so called little men not meeting their duties. It also notes England and Wales population estimates of 36,350,000 versus 31,517,000 a decade ago.
The speaker contends there is no known God yet we feel existence through love, pain, and beauty. He argues God is beyond human comprehension, greater than earthly power, and indivisible from the universe, urging reverence despite unseen divinity. Richard Henry Stoddard remains the attributed voice.
A Boston publishers prize awarded to a Lincoln Nebraska woman for a definition of success. Her definition praises living well laughing often loving much earning respect and leaving the world better. Alaska mineral output since 1880 totals 148 million with gold 142 million copper 4.1 million silver 1.5 million and others including marble gypsum tin and coal.
A Cincinnati writer chides Andrew Carnegie for not yet sharing wealth with the public. The poem praises Carnegie as shrewd, noting his philanthropy while urging more direct library funding.
A new Tolstoy book recounts him in peasant dress on a railway platform when a woman asked him to fetch her husband for five kopecks. He complied and was paid, provoking bystanders to stare as the woman apologized. Tolstoy refused to return the coins, saying he earned the money.
A Swedish geologist told the government that the world will exhaust iron supplies in about fifty years. He notes that a little over 110 of the deposits lie in the United States.
Chicago rejects the New York view that beauty guarantees business success. Women workers emphasize efficiency over looks, noting plain and neat girls often show brighter intelligence and steadier performance. Managers from Siegel Co. and telephone exchanges second the view, saying appearance rarely affects hiring or advancement.
A collection of humorous quips and witticisms addressing marriage, economics, peace, and social trends. Bits include remarks on kindness, home life, doctor fees, platonic affection, and domestic economizing with playful exchanges among characters probing social norms.
The Ketchikan Daily Miner reflects on a night of debauched impulses as a married man admits his wife is away visiting relatives. He laments lost charm of bourbon and high living and notes a shift from role to observer in a riotous outlook.
The Boston Transcript recounts John L. Billard of Meridan as taciturn and insightful about others finances. An anecdote about the elder Billard shows his blunt humor when asked how much money a dead man left, replying that he left it all. The piece ends with a note on flounder being a codfish with a flattened head.
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