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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1896
Page
3
The poem depicts a mountaintop inscription carved as the speaker stands at the farthest accessible point. A giant shadow looks down from a barrier height as the figure, blown by upward currents, traces a signature on black rock while warning that terror dwells here and no further steps are allowed.
Florence and her chaperoning aunt accompany Fred Lumsden on a seaside bicycle ride from the O Shaugh House to Clam Shell on the Sea. The aunt fears an engagement while Fred reveals a western railway posting and proposes as the party skirts along the coast under watchful eyes.
In a campus romance told by Truth, Fred feigns a race with Florence and a chaperon to secure time alone. After a fall and a tearful rescue, Florence admits love, agrees to marriage, and the pair plan a future as they reach the casino ahead of the chaperon.
The Australian statesman Sir Henry Parkes once quipped he would rather be seen as a third rate poet than a first rate politician. A spectator in the Sydney audience then challenged him with a sharp reply asking if that view applied to him.
A description of a throwing stick or spear thrower used by Eskimos and other peoples. The device is a short grooved board with a handle and a spur for the spear butt. The user places the spear in the groove and propels it with a quick forward jerk to cast at waterfowl.
The piece recalls Hepenstall a militia officer known as the Walking Gallows for executing rebels in 1798 Ireland. It notes his brutal methods his trial testimony his physique and the praise from Judge Norbury and situates him in Fitzpatrick's historical works and The Irish Magazine 1810 illustration and epitaph.
The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes Mr. Ferry clarifying delicate eating as items like limburger and pickled herring. The exchange defines delicate eating with specific foods.
A Detroit Free Press quote states the line about Phillips and his horse, with the witty reply that the horse keeps him rather than the other way around. The remark highlights Phillips’s reputation for speed and bold riding.
A dinner hosted by the late Prince Ratibor showcased ten chefs each serving a ten course menu to a Paris gastronomes jury. A French chef long employed by Baron Haussmann won the palm, earning the prize and a trip to Marienbad for the entire jury.
An old German tale recounts a Sabbath breaker who meets a radiant stranger on a Sunday walk. The stranger condemns him to bear his fagots to the moon as a perpetual warning for breaking the Sabbath, a tale noted by the St. Louis Republic.
Personal experience letters from South and North Dakota published by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. The illustrated pamphlet can be obtained by sending a two cent postage stamp to Geo H Heafford General Passenger Agent 410 Old Colony Building Chicago NL.
An advertisement touts Dr Hand’s Colic Cure for immediate relief from wind, colic, and sleepless nights, with a 25 cent bottle at druggists and a teething lotion also priced at 25 cents. It mentions the Duke of Marlborough joking about Blenheim Palace needing 4000 dollars yearly in putty.
An ad notices DeWitts Little Early Risers as quick acting gentle laxatives from J H Bacher & Co. It promotes a Denmark railroad safety claim and praises DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for skin troubles and piles. Images of Buddha statues are described as well in a temple context.
A London firm has forwarded to a Moroccan salon one single and four double baby carriages. Claims on medical remedies warn that neglect of a cold can lead to pneumonia bronchitis or consumption, while One Minute Cough Cure offers quick relief. J. H. Bacher notes remedies from DeWito with Witch Hazel Salve for burns cuts and piles. Paris consumes about 100000 pounds of snails weekly.
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