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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1897
Page
6
Edith M. Thomas contemplates Hampstead Heath in verse recalling a beloved presence. The speaker wanders past hills under gray skies and distant cities, summoning memories of one who walked the same paths by gardens and bending branches.
A narrator visits Uncle Reuben in New York to hear a dim lit tale linking the Baxter family to the Bonwells in west Tennessee. The old storyteller recalls feuds with Benedicts, migrations to Texas and New York, and a faded Southern world through war memory and preserved dignity.
Charles E. Trevethan reports from New York that a Tennessee incident ends with Harry blamed for killing the governor at a barbecue. Benedicts, including a sheriff, are said to be involved, and Harry faces trial sent to the peniten t ry while pleas for pardon emerge from the capital.
Captain A. T. Mahan argues that in naval operations the deck and engine rooms require united leadership. The watch officer and engine officer must coordinate, with one power paramount due to safety, not rank, ensuring the vessel remains governed and protected.
An article in Macmillan's Magazine attacks English press hostility toward France and the English as a “bogy” figure. It features a fierce caricature describing the English as a predatory, relentlessly alert empire builder who would betray allies and spark European turmoil.
A comic quip exchanges between Glorianna Hyde and an ardent suitor in a barbed thesaurus of romance. The man boasts of eternal love within a short acquaintance and the woman dismisses angels with wings as a joke. The scene is set against a Chicago Tribune style mock romance. Prosperity ad copy for DeWitt's Little Early Risers follows with medical claims.
An excerpt describes a grand audience chamber scene with guards, nobles, and ladies as Queen Elizabeth enters in ceremonial splendor. The procession features eight pages, fifty ladies and noblemen, and a guard of pensioners as candles illuminate tapestries and green boughs. The queen appears tall and regal with pearls and a long train.
A long-winded account contrasts wild broncho life with brutal breaking techniques. It describes herd dangers from predators and harsh training methods used by riders, including lassoing, hog tying, blindfolding, and mounting a stiff-legged horse. The piece frames breaking as a harsh Westward ranch tradition and warns of the horses’ stubbornness when older.
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