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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
6
In a tense scene at Morristown, Colonel Sullivan confronts rival Asgill and wary priestly influence as Flavia and others maneuver amid threats of informers. James McMurrough interrupts, and covert loyalties collide in a conflict over power, honor, and control.
Jake Aswell faces a thwarted scheme to frame James McMurrough while Trayvis plots to win a rival’s place. The narrative follows visions of the girl turning him in and the dream of standing with her against the world. Underground channels expose the plan and shift the balance.
An army of workers and engineers recall Roquebert a dredge master crushed in a gear accident in Ancon hospital. He reflects on dredging records noting the Gopher holds the monthly yardage record by over 3,000 yards, a sign of evolving mastery on the Pacific entrance project.
A fragmentary remark attributes to poet Samuel Rogers a sharp wit and a quarrelsome turn. It recalls a claimed exchange about why he spoke ill of neighbors and his quip about a weak voice keeping him from uttering malicious words.
James Parsley, an invalid, prompts his friend Thomas Whelk to test control over a wife by a tale of dominance using a hypnotic eye. The scheme backfires as Parsley’s manipulations unravel, leading to marriage between Whelk and Mrs. Parsley and the eventual humbling of the tale’s pretensions.
A long standing feud between Millard Fillmore and Thurlow Weed is revived by a simple bow at Saratoga in 875. William Weed, nearly blind, recognizes Millard Fillmore from voice and is reconciled when Fillmore greets him. The scene ends their quarrel after a quarter century.
The Court of Appeals holds that a wife's dresses are not her husband’s property and cannot be seized for her debts. The case, Masson-Templier & Co versus Mrs C de Friers, began in county court where the judge and a divisional court had found the dresses belonged to the husband because funded by him.
The judgment held that goods acquired and held by a wife remain her separate property. The husband has no control over her affairs. It likened the situation to a father’s allowance to a daughter, stressing that purchase source is irrelevant to ownership.
A quirky note recalls Jonah stepping ashore and leaving records with the whale. It quotes the remark that anyone wishing to view them may seek them out, and observers make no challenge to this exploit.
The New York World notes English poet Stephen Phillips has filed for bankruptcy with liabilities about 3,000 over assets. It praises his tragedies as high art while declaring his financial ignorance contrasts with his literary worth.
A profile of Prof. Munyon highlighting his philanthropy in medicine. He funds free specialist services, offers affordable remedies at pennies per bottle, guarantees satisfaction or money back, and runs clinics nationwide from 59d and Jefferson streets, Philadelphia.
The United States now spends about 100 million dollars yearly on musical instruments and related items, with organ purchases dominating church music and pianos accounting for over half. Growth is sharp, nearly doubling in a decade, driven by rising retail prices and more households pursuing music activities.
An advertisement claims spanking fails to cure bed wetting and urges mothers to write Mrs. M Summers in Notre Dame Indiana for a free home treatment with full instructions. The notice says the method works for children and adults with urine difficulties day or night and asks readers not to send money.
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