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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1895
Page
6
A fragment from Joaquin Miller’s poem expresses calm life and a ship coming in as a bridegroom to fate. The speaker yearns not for land or gold, only for mutual love, with imagery of moonlit seas and distant shores.
Agnes Grey recounts her return to Gideon Lee’s house and the revelation that his father was wrongfully hanged. She aids Gideon’s children and confronts village prejudice, choosing love over social stigma as Gideon proves his innocence and the ban on the family name is lifted.
A historical survey describes Central Park as a magnet for suicide and fatal self harm, noting twelve park personal crisis reports this year and a long history since 1860 of deaths, near misses, and dramatic scenes at landmarks like Dead Man's Landing, the Ramble, and the Moore statue. It cites famous cases, the role of police, and the morbid allure of the park's beauty as a backdrop for desperate acts.
An elderly captain collapsed in the pilot house and died soon after, following an earlier incident at the wharf where he picked up a horseshoe and believed it would bring him luck. The events are reported in a New York source.
A column on old weather lore links agricultural indicators and animal behavior to coming winters. Potatoes, buckwheat, muskrats, goose bones, sheep and deer signs, plus an English authority on geese flight, are cited as predictors of mild to severe conditions.
A jumble of notes reports various brief items including fever cases in Vermont, rising Japanese floor matting exports to the United States and Europe, old papers found in a Pennsylvania chimney date back to 1770, and a 1774 Mexican dollar. It also notes Camden cucumber shipments, a Kansas City bicycle group, a curious white hedgehog, fur and quill details, and US potato and onion harvests setting records.
The note column lists varied items from transportation trials on a British railway to clergy candidates in Washington, and a range of curiosities. It mentions Great Northern dining cars London to Leeds, six clergymen eyeing the US House chaplain post, scented pastilles, a tenth planet found by Max Wolf, Berlin fire brigades, ground glass used in mortar, Cain’s oak in Palestine, currants for the khedives horses, ten Indians seeking railroad work, a new bear species with a silvery coat and tan muzzle.
A father values practical skills like mending a baby cartwheel over reciting Bible verses. The passage defends writers who use rough colloquialisms and “local color” to reflect real speech, arguing against literary prudes who scorn such language.
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