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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
3
A veteran recounts the Solferino fight to Robert Shackleton as a word for word chapter of history. He describes fear at the start, brutal casualties, the hot shells, and the soldiers sleeping among the dead on the hill of San Martino.
The passage describes Marie de Medici's extravagant tastes and wardrobe. It notes her Venetian point collars, numerous jewels kept in cabinets, a gold bracelet with diamonds, large earrings, a gold watch, and a diamond ring. The narrative highlights the opulence of her French court attire.
The author records a morning routine with a rose at five, composing a sonnet, and drinking cold water for breakfast. He notes retiring early in the evening without supper, expressing fear of the neighbors.
A clipped line remarks someone would be annoyed by the raiding of the knives and forks. The text offers a fragmentary glimpse into a local discussion or critique.
In a witty quip from the New York Press a genealogist questions which link is closer a man’s first divorced wife second husband or his present wife’s first divorced husband. The punch line: Billy Bowen mourns when his present wife’s first husband dies while his own first wife’s second husband dies he attends a ball game. The joke hinges on a shifting remarriage plan.
A Frenchman counted kisses given to his wife over twenty years of marriage. He notes about 36 700 kisses in year one, halved in year two, ten daily in year three, two daily in year five, with the fifth year mystery and a pace suggesting one kiss on January first of each leap year eventually.
The piece recounts the battle for a free press from 1764 to 1771 starting with Wilkes and the North Briton attack, through prosecutions of six printers, to the clash over the ban on debates. The lord mayor’s imprisonment and release mark the end of attempts to silence the press.
The Real Version recounts Napoleon sitting on a smoking cannon, scorching his trousers. He tells an aid he cannot turn back, admitting that he has burned his britches behind him. Pathfinder notes later writers corrupted the expression.
A doctor proclaims no heart disease after examination and charges fifteen dollars. The patient breathes relief, insisting he would have died at the fee mention, expressing grateful skepticism about the charge.
A Detroit News Tribune article imagines Jupiter as a dynamic world with belts of deadly winds and radiant moons. It describes Jovian inhabitants, their height, weight, and daily life, plus possible oceanic ships, flying machines, and long lifespans in a curious speculative tone.
The article presents a simply furnished summer dining room with green walls and oak furniture. A plate rail with green ceramics, a sideboard of silver and green shades, and a green shaded light above a dining table anchor the room. Green leather chair seats and a green buff carpet complete the color scheme. R. De La Baume.
A ruddy London merchant waiting for a Glasgow train at St Enoch station quips with a porter about the station name. The porter dismisses him with a blunt insult after a jokey exchange, revealing local temper and dialect in a light anecdote of railway life.
Plodding Fete asks what it means to be between the devil and the deep sea. Meandering Mike explains it as choosing between going to work or taking a bath, from the Chicago News.
A stage manager helps an actor in distress promising a bill position for the night. The hungry actor pleads for a dollar and the manager offers a rehearsal and an eating scene as a solution. The brief exchange reflects backstage theatrics from a St. Louis Republic item.
A concise quotation notes that music moves toward theater as pure enjoyment of tones wanes. Herr Nikisch remarks that dramatic aims increasingly shape modern music and performance.
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Molly Fancher learns her Aunt Susan left the entire estate to be shared equally by Molly and Ralph Newcomb if they marry. Molly chooses love over wealth, then later her husband sinks into poverty but they remain happy. The lawyer notes Aunt Susan’s wisdom in balancing riches and romance.
Mr and Mrs James McIntosh left Thursday evening for a week long visit visiting Niagara Falls in Ontario, Buffalo New York, and Toronto in Canada.
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