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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1909
Page
6
In a dim cottage Matt avoids questioning from Mr. Monk who probes her past and a mysterious painter. William Jones defends her and hints at vanished guardians, while Matt resists being pulled into Monk's control yet yearns to have her portrait completed.
Matt converses with William Jones about a man named Afenk and his strange fear of Matt. She suspects there is more to his dislike than her being herself, while William Jones struggles to explain the new shift in her perception and resolve.
Matt wakes to missing Sunday clothes and meets Brinkley the painter. He paints her portrait while she recalls Monkshuret’s warning and William Jones’s control. Matt shows a reinvigorated, playful side as she sits for the artist.
Brinkley contemplates a puzzle about Monk of Monkshurst and a quiet girl named Matt as they walk from the caravan across sunlit sand hills toward breezy cliffs. Matt, wary of Monk’s generosity, questions his true intentions while Brinkley seeks a hidden key in the observed exchanges.
A husband boasts of letters to his wife as she travels. He finds a telegram and a tearful registered letter the next day. A long distance phone call confirms his wife feared he had committed suicide after the dramatic note.
A manager at an employment agency recalls a woman seeking a maid asking the tied candidates if they ever worked for ministers or families. None had, but the manager is curious. The woman candidly explains she needs an economical servant and believes those from clergymen's households know how to economize.
A Houston poet quips about Bellamy and his supposed contortionist skills referencing the author of Looking Backward in a witty exchange. The remark centers on literary reputation and playful rumor rather than confirmed facts.
A passenger urges calm as the ship sinks, asking to wait while rubbers are found. The captain commands order aboard the vessel in peril and a cautious, practical response unfolds amid rising danger.
The Oklahoma City Times notes Governor Haskell carries a cheap handy notebook. It is filled with high quality paper from cut envelopes repurposed into notes, offering fine linen paper for his correspondence. The governor’s large workload makes these frugal notes practical and easily obtained.
An assortment of health ads promote Munyon remedies for cold relief rheumatism and kidney issues. The piece also notes Miss Rhea Whitehead’s appointment as deputy prosecuting attorney in Kings County Washington, and closes with quips on sugar sources and fashion trends.
A collage of notes: Cascar e ts health ad claims, a Sheffield steel firm market reveal, Whitefish fry at Kingston NY hatchery, praise for words, Bank of England money counting machine, 1908 North American electric mileage by region, New York state leads in tallies, old beadwork revival, panther justice in Africa.
A fashion note extols water proof pongee fabric for summer wear. A dark blue silk costume features a skirt with a partial kilt return and deep yoke, trimmed by a wide lighter soutache. The piece promises practicality against showers and lasting appeal.
A New York woman tests Postum after years of coffee related heart and stomach trouble. She stops coffee, follows the directions, and soon gains health, able to eat digestively without enzymes. She urges others to try a 10 day Postum trial and cites the famous line There’s a Reason.
A St Louis Post Dispatch interview explains how India ink is produced across Asia. Artisans burn oil in special lamps to create soot, mix it with gum water, press into sticks, and coat with foil or gum to preserve it. Sesame oil yields the best ink while slow, smoky combustion yields rich soot.
A review outlines forthcoming volumes from John Lane Company and Scribner’s Sons, highlighting Frank Norris’s The Third Circle and The Chippendales by Judge Robert Grant. It notes Zendas and Cardinal’s Snuff-Boxes, The King of Arcadia by Francis Lynde, and letters about Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, and Mrs Thackeray, with remarks on women’s vote and home life.
Little Johnnie, seen as his father’s image, is in his mother’s way when she tells him he is always in the way. He answers I am just like papa. Delineator.
A father and his six year old discuss future marriage and family roles. The child asks if he will have a wife like his mother and whether he must remain single like an uncle, reflecting on social expectations in a candid exchange.
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