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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1909
Page
7
A 19th century Italian legal system binds wives to their husbands, denying property control and independent testimony. Amid growing agitation, Parliament debates reform and a commission explores women’s rights and franchise. Queen Dowager Margherita backs enfranchisement during a Rome women’s congress.
A critique notes Scots hold top Church of England offices with Canterbury York and possibly London in line. Cosmo Gordon Lang, then Stepney bishop, is cited as a likely future London bishop, son of Aberdeen University’s Dr Marshall Lang. An anecdote recalls Cosmo Lang’s theatrical preaching and a lady’s quip about his eyes being shut.
Perth reports a violent incident near Yampa Sound where beach-comber Madsef or Madson survived a fatal encounter. Jones was lured ashore by natives and did not return. Madson, hidden until supper, killed one native who boarded the lugger, then fled to the port after two days when Jones was presumed dead.
The German emperor lends Sir Frank Lascelles, the British ambassador, land in Grunewald near Berlin for a golf course. The ambassador worries about trees but the Kaiser says trees are to shade players, praising the forest’s sun protection.
Mrs. Van Sant laments a cat named Napoleon has driven pets from the porch. Mr. Van Sant recalls sending a cat to a maroon island and proposes renaming it Castro to curb its return. He notes the animal always comes back and craves a fight.
A brief dialogue from a Uni verbally of Pennsylvania Punch Bowk presents a man pleading and a woman replying she is not stone deaf as he offers a diamond ring to persuade her. The humorous exchange highlights a sharp comeback.
Henry J. Turner of Massachusetts is celebrated for 40 years of daily fishing, averaging four fish a day and tallying 175000 bites and 55000 fish. The article extols the joy and life enrichment Turner gained, surpassing worldly success in comparison to presidents and millionaires.
Indigent Albert describes seeking a mate aboard a three masted schooner trading between here and South America. He recalls a voyage carrying irons for women’s hair, tropical heat, ship damage, and crew swimming ashore miles away, while praising a benevolent listener.
A Staten Island village dog catcher once held in high esteem finds himself shunned by neighbors after taking the job. Residents say handling stray dogs ruins a person’s reputation, treating the role as the lowest form of public service.
A Parisian club of eccentric zealots enforces total silence among members at all times, a concept the contemporary notes could quickly outlive in a loquacious country. The idea echoes a late seventeenth century London assembly and mirrors similar quiet groups said to exist in China, suggesting liminal promise and quick decline.
An Oklahoma boy advertised in his mother’s name for a husband as a joke. The mother, surprised but unfrustrated, married the first suitor who came along and is prospering with neighbors approving. The ad speaks to doing anything doable by proper advertising as urged by the Journal.
Office Cumberland 196 and home Cumberland 79 listed as office lines. Residence numbers Cumberland 215 and Home 310 appear as personal contact references.
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