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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1905
Page
6
Jack and Smithers flee a Cuban rail assault as they detach a rear coach to trigger a disaster. They cling to a ledge, now safe, while the guards and pursuing soldiers race toward a planned catastrophe. Smithers overpowers a guard and muffles a scream as the train climbs a hill, with danger lingering.
The narrative follows three friends plotting a daring railway heist as they time their actions with a moving train. They secure a spare coupling pin to block movement and aim to place iron behind a car to stop backward motion, while a cautious guard in the adjacent compartment could uncover their plan.
A surgeon-major in a regiment in the jungle buys a tiger skin from Atkins after Atkins shoots the tiger. The tiger wounds the trader and the surgeon gains the skin, with the scene described in a garbled, jagged narrative voice.
A string of disconnected quotes from Puck features sardonic snippets about Vienna police candidates telegraphy boat rowing and a joking judge. References to doctors Brown and Smith planning an operation for old Gotrox, a note due and an automobile appear amid comic asides.
A collection of humorous scraps notes and quips referencing local life and notable sayings. Jests touch on Swedish massage rheumatics and schoolroom queries with Punch and Cleveland Leader style wit. Inclusive is a sermon anecdote about Esther and Mordecai with irony on Haman.
Lawrence Townsend the American minister to Belgium notes English is usually well spoken there yet quirks appear. He recalls attending a musicale at an English woman's home where an amateur violinist kept playing for many encores until he tired and tried to say politely that he was ready to stop with the phrase Madam der ghost iss ready but der meat iss feeble highlighting a humorous mistranslation in the Belgian context.
A country man visits his nephew and attends an open air concert where Uncle Cyrus pretends to enjoy a mournful piece. The crowd applauds for an encore while the old man smiles slyly, then confides he was not really swallowing the tune.
In a past Merchant of Venice clash, Nat Goodwin and Lackaye argued that the tragic Shylock should not be played in a comic vein. They drifted apart until a New York club meeting when Lackaye urged reconciliation. Goodwin hinted he would play Bottom next season in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
A fragmented note recalls an editor reading about 10,000 plants and intensive seed growers worldwide. The garbled text mentions Wahn A Balsa Seed 3004 va and Green where readers glimpse intense seed industry activity and global cultivation.
Fragmented ad text promises seeds and large plant samples for a price, listing cabbages turnips celery lettuce onions and flowers with dubious pastes. It urges return and payment of 200 in paste to gain a catalog and mentions a 1000 or 2000 unit quantities. Public notice style warns of potential scam.
A Canton Ohio woman credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with clearing her skin and restoring health. She details a breakdown in health two years earlier, then notes improved complexion, rosy cheeks, and regained strength after two boxes. The ad urges readers to try the pills to correct irregularities and banish weakness.
After suffering years with foot trouble, W. L. Swarmstedt of Washington DC reports two boxes of Allen's Foot-Ease powder restored comfort. The ad claims the product is a god send and notes it is sold by all druggists for five cents alongside a fragment mentioning a man dissatisfied with his benzine buggy.
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