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Newspaper
Spencer News
Location
Spencer, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
7
The article portrays Abdul Hamid II as a brutal deposed sultan of the Ottoman Empire. It recounts alleged mass killings, ruthless punishments, and chilling personal fears. It notes his skill with firearms, obsessive germophobia, and lavish yet grisly court life, highlighting the era’s terror and intrigue.
An infamous sultan Abdul Hamid distrusts all, testing dishes on a household dog, and never letting anyone be free from suspicion. Akief Pasha once startled him by closing a window, prompting the sultan to grip a revolver. The prince of Samos barely saved himself, slipping and reclaiming balance as the ruler hid behind a screen with a pistol drawn.
A fragment from Owen Meredith reflecting on voyage and fate. The speaker ponders what questions a captain would face at life’s end and what remains when storms pass and survival ends. The verse contemplates endurance, memory, and the ultimate health of the soul after peril.
Thousands gathered as the Ballwin Locomotive Works display reveals a 430000 pound articulated Mallet engine for the Southern Pacific. With a second sister unit near completion the pair will haul and push trains from Roseville to the Sierra summit over 87 miles, the boiler set at 200 psi and the two sections separable for maintenance.
May 8. The Lapland's ocean department store was instituted as an innovation and a decided experiment. Officials are jubilant over its success. Miss Edith Livingston Broome of Orange New Jersey is the saleswoman. The store sits at the head of the broad companionway and displays wares from jig saw puzzles to confectionery and voyage necessities. Travelers can board at the last moment and obtain unpurchased items during the trip.
A playful, fractured dialogue fragments a romance scene from the Philadelphia Inquirer with quirky wordplay and garbled lines between Gerald and a companion named Geraldine. The exchange hints at love and confusion, mixing odd phrasings like Ike the boundless ocean and grains of salt, suggesting a satirical or comic feature in progress.
Fashion advice on spring frocks stressing slim lines and tailored cuts. It favors bodice and skirt separable patterns, notes on crineline models, and cautions against overfitting sleeves and hips. Emphasizes choosing lines to flatter figures and avoid excessive fullness while maintaining style.
Passengers on a Pullman car obey a robber’s orders as he takes valuables. A woman identifies herself as actress Miss Pay de Flume and offers jewels, but the robber refuses to seize them, declaring he is no press agent. The bergamot oil story notes Calabria’s coast along the Straits of Messina.
A short poem by Edward O. Jackson celebrates early spring blooms. Bluebells, daisies, mayapples, buttercups, violets, and other flowers are described as delicate, radiant, and infused with dew and sunbeams. The piece personifies nature with fairy imagery and emphasizes simple, joyful sights of the woodland garden.
Fashion notes describe fashionable colored blouses with violet crepe as the centerpiece. A standout model uses white embroidered blue silk bands from shoulders to girdle of velvet, darker than the crepe, with a round yoke, tucked silk stock line, and decorative mousseltine edging on sleeves and cuffs.
A dish by dish listing of cold lunches mixed with a poem titled The Ruined Chapel by William Allingham. The fragmentary bread and sandwich items contrast with a mournful verse about Day and Night and the ruined chapel by the shore and graveyard imagery.
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