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Newspaper
Mooresville Times
Location
Mooresville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
2
Paul Capel fights off intruders in his uncle’s room as Katrine acts awake in a sleepwalking plot. Burglars break in using tools, light, and a pistol, leaving Capel unconscious as the room is locked and the thieves plan to flee with valuables.
In heavy darkness Capel steps aside and Katrine seems poised to move, while a scraping outside the window and muffled rattling heighten fear. A warm breath touches Capel’s cheek as he cradles Katrine in his arms and asks if she is awake.
A Salzburg drummer won an $8,500 bet by living on a nonstop round trip railroad circuit Vienna Linz Salzburg Innsbruck Vienna for twelve months. The man, challenged by an American in New York, returned to Europe and declared the plan to win the prize. He finished in good health aside from mild nervous strain.
The inscription over a cottage in Suhr proclaims Johann Schmid as the happiest man on earth. At 55 he explains his life: he has never worked, married, been ill, or worried about the future. he eats well, drinks well, and sleeps well. His father left him a small weekly income and land, and he has occupied the same cottage since.
A reminiscence lamenting modern homes losing the fireplace and communal warmth. It recalls old family kitchens, stories, doughnuts, cider, apple paring, and moth erly craft, with prayers at night and shared beds as flames flickered in the chimney. The piece credits E. P. Powell in Outing Magazine.
The Paris Opera veteran conductor and several inmates with murder histories form an inmate orchestra at the Noumea penal settlement in New Caledonia. Among the players are a clarinetist who killed six customers, an operatic big drummer who killed his landlord, a cornetist who murdered his father, and a trombonist who killed his wife.
A lighthearted exchange reveals Mrs. Torkins gave her husband cigars as a gift. He praises them highly and now smokes a pipe to conserve the cigars, quipping on appreciation and frugal enjoyment.
A speculative aside from Newton jokes that the Supreme Court might declare the law of gravitation unconstitutional. The remark is reported by Puck in a wry frame.
A concise aphorism noting that true refinement comes only after overcoming selfishness, implying personal growth requires selflessness and moral discipline.
A sensational portrait of Leopold II, the Belgian king, as he lies in the royal palace nearing death. The piece catalogs his alleged dissipation with debauched episodes involving Cora Pearl and Cleo de Merode, massive fortunes, and numerous romantic and scandalous liaisons across Europe.
The Baltimore Sun reports Count de Larmandie recounts a Paris tale of a Versailles Hospital girl revived after death by three doctors and occult figures. The procedure spanned three hours with baths, electricity, acids, magnetism, and a fatal morphia overdose, prompting a non-disclosed panel of doctors to seek anonymity.
A tale from Frederick the Great of Prussia recalls an episode in Silesia when the king, in disguise, tried to bribe a sentry with a cigar to evade the password. The sentry, steadfast, demanded the proper recognition and dismissed the monarch with a sharp retort.
A famous ball player laments reduced newspaper coverage but chooses to sign and receive one final mention in the sports columns, illustrating how media attention cycles affect athletes.
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