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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1897
Page
7
An aging sailor narrates his lonely life shared with Captain Travers and a sister, detailing his secret envy of romance, his meddling with a parrot to imitate a departed foe, and a comic mishap where a shot intended for a cat hits Travers’s neighbor’s parrot and garden cat, leading to a staged recovery.
In a London Tit-Bite tale, Captain Manley pretends his parrot Polly is dead to hide a romantic ruse with Miss Rachel Travers. The ruse collapses when Polly betrays the truth with a spoken cue, leading to a confession and a hopeful embrace.
Nine children died yesterday as heat indirectly caused their deaths and seven people were prostrated in the streets. A light breeze and a 73 degree midnight reading reduced humidity, offering brief relief to the heat afflicted residents. Walter L. Miller, 16, a Masody's School student, drowned while bathing in the Connecticut River at Greenfield Mass. He planned to pursue ministry and return to work among Tennessee’s colored people.
A fragmentary narration recalls a misty isle with acacia groves and a red tower near a fort, then shifts to a swift memory of leaving a new world for the old and a vision of Columbus at courts, as quoted from Thomas Balder Aldred in Century.
Ted Rivers debates proposing to Millie on a cliffside rock known as the love rock as a storm looms. The couple evades wary observers, plans a seaside picnic, and faces rising wind and incoming tide while Millie wavers over a potential engagement. Ted hopes to reveal his long-held feelings before Fielding and others press Millie toward another suitor.
Ted and Millie cling to a cliff top as a sudden shower traps them. With a sprained ankle and fear, Millie begs for help while Ted vows to descend. An old fisherman and Jack organize a rescue from shore, and the couple are finally lowered to safety as the storm subsides.
The Philadelphia Telegraph describes Le J. Hamilton Lewis as a dramatic, stylish figure who commands attention in the Senate chamber. His entrance, dress, movements, and speech are likened to a stage performance, with watchers in galleries impressed by his poised presence and swift spoken cadence.
The article extols cricket in English schools as pervasive from cradle to grave, noting schools like Eton with multiple named grounds and houses each fielding elevens. It highlights cricket’s prominence in daily life, summer evenings, and transport-era Britain, citing expansive grounds and large player capacity.
A New Orleans Times-Transcript fragment portrays a distressed resident pleading for a poker table to aid a group suffering after floods. He laments playing around a dry goods box while expressing hunger and financial strain and asks for a table without questions about the man’s gaming.
Mrs Jennie Black of Angela speaks highly of Dr Bull's Pills as a tonic. The ad claims the product improves energy and mood and offers sixty pills per box at twenty five cents, with mail order option from A C Meyer & Co Baltimore MD.
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