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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1907
Page
12
In a moonlit private dining room at a fashionable inn, Signor Comstalk and a mysterious beauty share a flirtatious exchange. Two rogues, Gallopide Dick and a sharp inspector, interrupt with threats and revelation about an impostor and a valuable ruby collection. The scene ends as the master thief admires the stones and hints at future European travel.
The pseudo-detective describes how the unexpected always happens and recalls a friend’s saying. William replies that they did not expect to see the masqueraders and notes a gentleman’s prior kindness in the cellars.
J W Pike of Philadelphia recalls English reserve and cordiality on rail journeys across Europe and the United States. He contrasts the stiffified English custom of formal introductions with the hopeful prospect of American sociability and strangers becoming friends on train trips to San Francisco or Seattle.
In New Zealand an elaborate government department keeps records of all unemployed and helps them find positions. It advances railway fare to places where work is desired and seeks merchants or manufacturers who want workers. As a last resort the unemployed may be given government work.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a Milwaukee Sentinel item about a person named Breaks, formerly prone to heavy drinking, now described as on the water wagon. A milk cart appears in the readable fragments, with a casual exchange about restraint and status.
An American bride wed in Italy with bridesmaids wearing large white rose headpieces and bouquets of white roses and pink orchids. The bridesmaids carried violet and pink orchid arrangements, producing a charming effect.
Avary recounts a Dixie after the War tale of Abraham Lincoln aiding George Pickett as a West Point cadet. Lincoln, meeting Pickett’s wife and child in Richmond, offered a pardon note via a playful remark. Also noted is Lincoln’s practical judgment on a neighbor’s wealth, counting wife and child, home office, and a rat hole as a factor.
A fragmentary remark references sunshine versus expensive furniture and a call to open blinds. The note, attributed to N Yu in a Weekly, ponders cheap light versus costly decor and prompts a reflective, ironic tone.
The piece extols alabastined solid colored walls as the best background for art and furniture arguing they are permanent, colorfast, and sanitary. It contrasts solid walls with tinted or wallpapered options, warns against glue in tinting material, and urges clean plaster and pure materials for a lasting, beautiful wall.
Iceland ponies win popularity in Lungland as demand surges among wealthy Britons. meanwhile some people have too much idle time and fill it by wrongfully harming others.
Longview Texas resident Herbert E Spaulding, a locomotive engineer for the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway, credits Williams Pink Pills with curing his chronic sciatica after years of pain. He describes severe knee and spine injury and confinement to bed before using the medicine and regaining the ability to work. The pills are sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady New York.
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