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Newspaper
New Ulm Review
Location
New Ulm, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1900
Page
7
The text presents a fragmentary poetic draft attributed to Artin J Stringer in Bookra. It references tides and rocks, a night journey, and a Port devoid of light, hinting at themes of fate and resilience in a maritime setting. The passage resembles an unfinished meditation on adventure and peril at sea.
An eyewitness recounts a dramatic encounter with a giant devilfish leaping from the sea near Cape Campeche. The creature, described as 15 feet across with hornlike eyes, rose six feet above the water then plunged back with a thunderous splash. The terror haunted the observer, who never saw the monster leap in daylight again. The report notes eerie nocturnal sounds attributed to the creature.
The fragmentary text blends a suburban exchange on manners and overheard voices with wartime recollections of Loyalist descendants and enslaved individuals. It recalls old George of Long Point, a Baltimore lineage, and a 14-year-old composing about breathing, while stray notes mention Cockburn’s marauders and a curious dismissal of corsets.
Halstead in Birmingham notes great demand for American shoes with $300,000 in Great Britain sales last year. Several U.S. firms operate in England and London stores prove profitable, prompting expansions. English shop credit limits and cash sales favor U.S. home houses offering low priced, one price to all with clearly marked figures.
Twenty four Mormon elders from Utah work in Missouri around Kansas City and Independence to prepare a great temple that will supplant Salt Lake as the earthly throne of Mormonism. Jacob M Larsen leads the group. They anticipate a future completion and expansion of Independence as a Mormon center with churches under Independence control.
Some railroads weigh dropping the title brakeman on passenger trains as air brakes replace hand braking. A railroad man says the role now centers on signals and station names, with occasional promotion to conductor. The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen may take up the change at its next meeting.
William Price of Rio Arriba County encountered six bears while seeking a small flock near the Upper Navajo by the Colorado line. He killed one bear, the others fled, and his horse kicked him breaking his leg. With no cartridges left he kept the remaining five bears at bay until morning aided by a fellow rancher and finally rescued by vaqueros.
An English newspaper advertises a shooting school offering forty acres, gun fitting specialty, patent try guns and targets, highly realistic coverts, and practice for driven birds and pheasants. The facility states any number of sportsmen can be accommodated with experienced gun fitters and instructors always in attendance.
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