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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1902
Page
3
After five years John Newcomb, presumed dead, returns to memory and family when a neighbor’s Madeline echoes the name that unlocks his past. In a mountain town he reunites with Alice and their daughter, and a parcel from the east-west child confirms the newfound fatherhood and shared joy.
The Times reports Jerusalem will gain a modern water supply from Ain Salah using a six inch pipe to draw eight thousand skins daily from Solomon's pools. The project taps an ancient underground spring and reuses old aqueduct routes, with eleven or twelve fountains to issue the water freely at multiple taps.
In the Seven Years War Montcalm led French forces in Canada and defeated British general Abercrombie at Ticonderoga New York. He later faced defeat by General Wolfe on the Plains before Quebec where both generals died.
A Washington Star quote has Meandering Mike pleading for food from a woman. He argues an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, while the lady suggests he is not truly starving.
A real estate dealer recounts a $10 political wager that bluffed him into arguing with friends and spurred excitement during returns day. He says he will make no more political bets, calling them too nerve wracking and promising to curb his political betting enthusiasm.
Mr. Butter of Faskally, a noted Scottish explorer, starts a new trek south into the Uganda protectorate. He plans to push west through Semliki forest to the Kongo, seeking a specimen of the okapi and to map the route with two surveymen to aid delimitation of the Anglo-Abyssinian frontier.
An old fashioned marble topped table with iron legs sits in the Menoken clubhouse of Chicago. It carries a history as it was recently presented to the club by Senator Mason, connected to many great statesmen of the era.
The historic cafe for lawmakers in Washington once hosted presidents and legislators for decades. Its old table with a distinctive leg end was discarded but rescued by Senator Mason and shipped to the Monoken club in Chicago.
A writing desk layout is detailed with left side deep drawers a center shallow drawer right book shelves and top pigeon holes. The piece also includes a left set of six small drawers and a right top telegraph form drawer with reference compartments. New York City's assessed valuation rises by 80 million increasing borrowing margin by 8 million effective July 1 due to more building activity.
The article presents the house where Charlotte Yonge was born and died. It notes her simple writing style and influence on major contemporaries, cites Canon Dixon’s praise for The Heir of Redclyffe, and recalls Yonge’s lack of formal schooling. It invites readers to view the residence closely tied to her life and work.
In ruins at Uxmal and Chichen Itza Yucatan Mexico the remains reveal walls with sculptured rings set mid height for unknown use. Holes measure one foot seven inches with rings facing each other across thick walls, suggesting a court or game related feature.
The article profiles M. Jean Richepin a Paris figure tied to the Bernhardt circle alleging he helped escort Bernhardt and possibly influenced works. It notes his varied career from soldier to playwright, and mentions his ancestry and bold inferences about his background. It also includes a market note on English and foreign wheat trading with key centers.
The United States Construction Company of Cleveland seeks electric railway lines in Palestine and notes potential concessions by the Turkish sultan. A proposed route would run Cairo to Mount Sinai, along the Red Sea coast to Mecca, serving pilgrims and surrounding towns near Jerusalem for Zionist movement traffic.
The Upper Baker Street residence of Mrs Siddons, England’s famed tragic actress, faces demolition to make way for a new underground railway station with American investment. The three story building hides a preserved ballroom and other rooms from her era, linking to portraits by Reynolds and Gainsborough.
Figures show Philadelphia population 1 200 000 with expenses 29 000 000 Chicago 1 700 900 people 22 500 000 Boston 500 000 people 27 550 000 Pittsburgh 225 000 people 10 000 000 St Louis 660 000 people 70 000 000 Baltimore 510 500 people 10 300 000 San Francisco 250 000 people 9 000 000
Professor Forel, who studied Alpine glaciers for twenty five years, says glaciers are steadily shrinking with only Bovier in Entremont showing growth since 1892. The Rhone glaciers have retracted 755 meters since 1874, about 29 meters annually, altering tourism and reduci ng hotel proximity to ice.
The piece notes the Nile floods arrive with remarkable regularity for centuries. It then recounts Sir John Tenniel, the famed cartoonist, explaining he never married to avoid a wife wanting to travel and an elderly wife who would have worn a head covering, which he could not endure.
The text traces Sunday as a legal duty from Constantine I enacting rest for courts and workshops on Sunday. It notes Charlemagne banning labor on Sunday and the shift from Sabbath Saturday to Sunday, with Sabbath practices waning after Constantine. It adds that Sunday observance was enforced by injunctions of Edward VI and Elizabeth.
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