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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1902
Page
2
A clipped literary excerpt notes two lovers who meet repeatedly, united by affection and humor. The man is described as a captain in a metaphorical sense, while the woman remains the steady helmsman. The verse frames their life as a shared voyage, with love guiding their course.
A devoted yet impoverished Black man named Ben fights time and flame to rescue the grave marker for his beloved Lurinda, whose past refusals keep him waiting. Neighbors support him as a vow to win her love amid hardship unfolds into a fragile future.
Miss Emma Brown of East Street visits Stamford as she attends school there. She is home for the holidays with her parents Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. William M. Brown.
The Baltimore American recounts a playful argument among relatives over a baby girl’s name. Suggestions range from Geraldine and Esmeralda to Panchon and Estessa, until the father sharply notes they are choosing a name for a human being, not a five cent cigar.
The piece notes common phrases like crestfallen and in high feather tracing them to cock-fighting. It explains terms such as white feathers signaling impure breeding and observes that foul play evolved from gambling and now often denotes murder in modern usage.
The fragment shows a domestic moment with a mother scolding Bessie for rocking in a chair and Bessie apologizing for the squeak. The line captures a casual, family scene from a Chicago Tribune page.
Fred Bb Sankey of the Pennsylvania lines with headquarters in Pittsburg visited his parents Mr and Mrs C C Sankey at 1 Wallace Avenue on Monday.
A roundup of scientific ideas and curiosities including Moritz Alsberg supporting Schotensack on Australia as mankind’s cradle, a French claim that oxidized metals reform into ore, Vesta visibility, Berlin Prof Miller isolating over 100 oral bacteria species, a colossal pear in England, tuberculosis transmission debates, and Phelps arguing the left brain governs intellect after 300 cases.
A varied roundup notes Mrs Mary A Kidders continuing poetry at 82 as one of New England s oldest authors. It recalls Macaulay s long study on England and the sultan of Turkey banning books for a personal publishing plan. Sappho s Ode to Aphrodite is cited as the most translated poem. Frank Hamilton Spearman is a banker who writes thrilling railroad tales. A Viennese critic compares Siemiradzki with Sienkiewicz whose Quo Vadis made him famous. Siemiradzki lived in Rome, studied Pompeii, and pursued archaeology like Alma Tadema.
The report notes Cairo houses Egypt’s only medical school, Berlin rivals Venice in bridges, Paris counts 2.65 million residents with 1.2 million provincials or foreigners, Vienna wedding features a bride aged 81, Vladivostok hosts the empire’s sole crematorium, and 64 aliens naturalized as British subjects include Russians and Germans. It also mentions Bosnian timber to South Africa, Egypt’s desert districts with the lowest mortality, Antwerp’s coal fields exceeding 500 million tons, and the native death rate averaging 38.9 per 1,000.
The piece notes Venice's 12 000 foot railway bridge with 222 arches, the Colorado Midland as the United States highest railroad crossing 11 530 feet high, and a weekly train de luxe on the Cape Town to Bulawayo line lasting 74 hours. It also cites NSW census ages 100+, and Germany's postal stage drivers rising from 6176 in 1896 to 5344 in 1900, plus a Philadelphia visit of Mrs Boyd and daughter Janet to Mrs J N Martin in North Mercer Street.
Ruth Dartmore, 17, loves nature and paints under an old apple tree while Henry Carridine, heir to modest means, laments social divide. A city painter mentors Ruth who seeks fame and money through art, leaving home, family, and true love behind as time fades.
A Chicago Tribune interview with a West Side bartender recalls wartime saloon politics. He contrasts old boisterous campaigns with modern quiet races, recounting lavish bets, drinks for crowds, and generous but costly tactics. He notes candidates now push genteel gentility, while levee spending in Louisiana is also noted.
New York December 23 Santa Claus will be a bountiful giver this Christmas with over a million dollars in presents distributed across exchanges. About 600000 will go to the 3000 exchange members and firms. Banks including Chase National and J P Morgan plan large employee bonuses or salaries. The press reports bonuses at First National Bank and Central Trust votes gift of 50000 to the president Frederick Olcott. In Hazelton little Andrew Chippie awaits a Christmas box amid coal strike coverage.
Mrs. George Zahnizer of Highland avenue travels Tuesday to Mercer to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Frankle and Mrs. Zahnizer as her hosts.
The Most Rev Frederick Temple Archbishop of Canterbury died at 8 17 am after a period of illness with nervous weakness. Born November 30 1902 in the Ionian Islands his career included Balliol College Oxford and leadership posts at Rugby Kneller Hall and Exeter before becoming Bishop of London and primate of the Church of England in 1896. He was noted for preaching and writings including Sermons at Rugby School and Bampton Lectures.
Lawrence County Women’s Christian Temperance Union executive committee names Jean Butler as county organizer to visit city and county sections and organize new unions. Mrs Baer and Mrs Butler visited the Edenburg union, which plans an upcoming officer election and renewed activity. The county group designates New Year as a day of fasting and prayer with an all day meeting at Willard hall.
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