11 Dec 1909
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1909
Page
1
A fragment from Dora Sigerson Shorter describes a spectral figure on the haunted road to Cabinteely. The dancing ghost teases the speaker with merry laughter and tender touches, denying sorrow and home while the narrator longs to rejoin the past. The verse evokes longing, memory, and unattainable affection.
Calkins recalls praying hard for riches and Kitty Gorman, then finding a meteor for the Heavenly Snow Shoe. A burst of ambition leads to a gold discovery but anger and mischief with Pirot and Gorman cause a swindle and a hasty flight, proving prayer mixed with folly can backfire.
The article discusses sleep as essential to mental and physical health, noting one third of life is spent unconscious. It cites Rev. Samuel McComb on sleep’s mystery, and suggests reeducating daily habits, managing digestion, and turning the mind from distress to induce monotony. Self-suggestion and fear of insomnia are highlighted as key factors in falling asleep.
A timber merchant contemplates gloomy wool market when a quiet visitor asks for beechwood. The youth seeks only a small amount for a fiddle bridge, while the merchant promises quick supply in logs or planks.
A humorous note notes Clara and Ethel lament paying for a fortune teller who predicted two marriages for Ethel and three for Edna, prompting disbelief and regret at the cost of the reading.
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