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Newspaper
Stromsburg Republican
Location
Stromsburg, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1890
Page
3
A lyric fragment recalls a mighty oak in Astoni northland standing through hundred summers and winters. The chieftain defends the land while his beloved wooes beside the steadfast tree, a symbol of resilience in bleak weather and cold snows.
Dr Keene recounts a boyish friend Franks quest to grow a mustache by scalp transplant. A young woman offers her scalp for 200 dollars, later 500, to aid her family, and the operation succeeds. Frank marries Mildred Faye, a theatre actress, and Keene notes their happy union with continued friendship.
Andrew D. White notes Usher, in 1650, concluded man was created 4004 years before Christ. His dating became a dominant authority in English-speaking lands, influencing Bible margins and church orthodoxy across factions from Melanchthon to Kepler.
A Washington Post item recalls Representative John Allen describing a muddy bath in rural Pennsylvania. He recounts being hosted by an old Dutch tanner and enduring a makeshift bath in a horse pond with women visible from the kitchen as several houses sit nearby.
A 16 year old Croatian educated in South America challenged a young doctor who had insulted a friend in Vienna. The duel occurred with two seconds and doctors present, the doctor defending then fighting earnestly. The girl wounded him on the left side in the second round, deemed not dangerous, and left the room. The seconds praise her fencing as exceptional.
Report notes the vessel David E Ward limped into San Francisco harbor after a perilous voyage. Descriptions repeatedly refer to the ship using feminine pronouns and emphasize loss of spars and other dangers faced at sea. The text contrasts gendered pronoun use with a hypothetical Jenny P Ward to prompt questions about language convention.
A dying broker Josef Gross faces down a ruined future for his wife and daughter as he contemplates returning 80 000 gulden of securities to his employer. The family’s wealth unravels with debt and pawnings while a blossoming romance between his daughter and his trusted bookkeeper deepens the tragedy.
Correspondent recalls Sarah Bernhardt visiting a Philadelphia bookshop. She asked for a French phrase, then tore a leaf from a prized Scott set bound in tree calf, writing two passes to her performance on the page and ruin of a valuable book.
A cautious bachelor narrator, drawn to Vashti Somers, faces rival suitor and fear of heartbreak. After a staged proposal, he learns Wattie Somers loves him yet fears social peril. A crisis on Swan's Pond ends with Wattie revealing her mutual love and a hopeful future at the Three Elms.
A Chicago lawyer once laughed off a street fruit theft incident where two children cried out after he took fruit without paying. A mansion sister confronted him, he apologized and paid double the fruit’s value, and within 15 months he married the woman who had lectured him on the sidewalk.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper explains that shot stream forms a comet-like spread and trails behind. Experiments show the first shot reaches a target far earlier than the last, creating a wide swath in birds and leaving many pellets close behind the lead. Even ducks may be struck by trailing shot while the front runs ahead.
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