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Newspaper
New Albany Evening Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
3
Alwyn Bennett confronts Dallas about marriage and his readiness to change. Dallas challenges his lack of purpose while urging him to pursue meaningful work, hinting at patience with Gibbs. The scene ends with Bennett’s vow to find worthier aims and Dallas withholding promise.
A fragmentary reminiscence about James McNeill Whistler highlights his sharp wit and famed status as England's brilliant artist. The tale mentions a boastful remark, a noted Nocturne in Bisse, and Whistler visiting a Brighton collection before it sold at Christie’s.
A scrambled humor and philosophy collage with aphorisms and jokes on misjudgments, vanity, war nostalgia, and social quirks. It juggles quips about honesty, money, romance, and marriage with cartoonish dialogue snippets and old timey banter.
An old newspaper ad touts Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder troubles promising a free sample bottle and a book on the remedy. It urges readers to mail their address to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York and to mention reading the paper.
Gray green shades dominate this fashion feature with a smart summer color story. Describes hats dresses and bodices in silk and satin trims, including a white chip hat with rhododendron blossom accents and maiden hair fern details. Linen suits feature braided coats and soutache embellishments.
A pattern called Waist-8002 offers bust sizes from 32 to 42 inches with a 10 cent request to mail number 992. The garment is a tailored shirt waist with plaits and shoulder detailing, noting ease of sewing for home needlewomen.
An old New England village clings to past ways as a resident dies and a cautious lawyer visits. He remarks on a frugal breakfast of dry toast while the hostess offers apple squash and mince, reflecting local tradition and humor in this clipped excerpt.
M. Constans, long time French ambassador to Constantinople, seeks recall as reports claim a haunting at the Red Palace. A prince’s suicide, eerie noises, and attacks on the ambassadress are blamed on unseen forces. Four embassy staff have died mysteriously, while Constans blames Turkish ghosts for his departure.
At the New York aquarium a dozen rainbow trout, first hatched in the facility’s model hatchery four years ago, now reach about sixteen inches and two pounds. Eggs sourced from Wytheville Virginia and from McCloud River California fueled their parental lines. The species has been transplanted to eastern waters in the last three decades, including New York waters.
George T. Lessing of St Louis reports shocking rents in Mexico City with two story houses asking 160 to 200 dollars a month and up to 2400 dollars for pretentious homes. He notes Mexican money is half U S value yet rents still exceed U S city rates while other living costs seem reasonable.
A Norfolk Landmark note recounts presidential terms beginning on March 4 Sunday dates. It cites James Monroe inaugurations in 1821 and 1817, Zachary Taylor in 1840, Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877, and predicts 1913. It adds Franklin’s belief that March 4 was chosen to reduce Sunday occurrences.
Dr. David Starr Jordan recalls John Muir leading a cultured Bostonian to overlook the Yosemite valley. Muir speaks of the vast multicolored panorama and the astonished look of the Bostonian as the road’s turn reveals the scene. The Bostonian’s question follows in vivid memory.
The Paris government considers a stricter opium sale decree. It would require special authorization to sell opium and tightens existing controls. The draft aims to curb illegal distribution and tighten enforcement nationwide.
A list of fire alarm station intersections and locations appears to outline the city’s alert network. Key corners include West Seventh at Chic streets, West Tenth and Floyd, West Second and Market, and City Hall near State and Spring. Other sites reference Lower Fourth, Bayes House, East Fourth, Culbertson Avenue, Glasshead River area, Vincennes routes, Robinson's Pants Factory, and various East West junctions.
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