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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
7
A London novelist's serial prompts a nobleman to save his daughter's life by altering the ending. The heroine is to die from consumption, but the daughter’s fate reflects the plot, leading to the last chapter being changed and the heroine’s survival. Five years later a party reunion prompts the nobleman to claim his daughter owes her life to the author, sparking witty final quips about editors and editions.
An exchange highlights the benefits of good roads to farmers and the public. Good roads yield monetary, political, and social value, raise farm land and product prices, save time and costs, and enhance countryside livability while bad roads isolate rural life and hinder ambition and activity.
Fragmented report notes a hot weather Sunday sermon by Rev. Henry Gillingham of Atlantic Michigan. He preached on Luke 12 21 about torment and mercy, saying three persons Abraham Dives and Lazarus.. A separate item mentions a boy injured by poison ivy causing temporary sight trouble and a neighbor dermatologist recommending salve for skin complaints and counterfeit warning about a pharmacy advert.
The article notes bananas yield multiple revenue streams beyond fruit. Banana leaves pack, juice tanning ink and shoe blacking, wax on the pinsler side, Manila hemp for plaited work and lace, and the fruit itself ground into hurupa. Dry warmth preserves overripening, with dates to prevent softening. Jamaica’s banana spray promises substantial wealth.
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