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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1890
Page
2
The poem recalls a life of secret devotion after a lover’s grave in a bustling town. A speaker narrates mourning, hidden grief, and a vow to pursueLove’s crown as final reward and truth, suggesting enduring passion beyond death and time.
A medical student in mid winter Paris meets a pretty bouquet seller who lures him to a squalid den near the Seine. Inside, masked conspirators plan murder for his valuables, but the student outwits them with negotiation and a rescue by gendarmes, leading to their conviction and his vow never to aid distressed damsels again.
In Halifax Nova Scotia a signal gun at the citadel now fires by an automatic system linked to an astronomical clock. Mercury receptacles in the dial coordinate minute and second hands to complete a circuit and discharge the cannon. The switchboard allows officers to delay firing a few minutes as needed.
A collection of short humorous excerpts including a fish store anecdote about oyster shells and a parenting moment from a Detroit Free Press item. Also features a child’s party moment where Minnie explains turning down a dance with Tommy Fizzletop, reflecting social expectations and innocence.
A collage of humorous vignettes from a late nineteenth century American press sketching social and family scenes. Dialogues feature a cost-conscious old woman debating vegetarianism, Mr Einstein and Leah planning a park outing, gossiping neighbors, and light romantic quandaries.
A collage of quips and snippets from old humor pieces and cartoon captions. A nosy old lady battles a perching fly as her footman offers mercy with an umbrella. Quick exchanges humorously reveal social manners, economic punchlines, and playful insult through brief dialogues from a bygone era.
A collage of quick humor and quips from a periodical pages. It includes lines about irrefrogable evidence a be loved portrait mishap and a pastor married couple misunderstanding. Jokes feature wordplay on religion life and social misprisions with many named characters and locales.
The great counterfeiter Pete McCartney, who died in Ohio Penitentiary, is credited with producing more fake currency than any other in U S history. A self taught chemist and engraver, he crafted notes, paper, and plates, escaped prison multiple times, and operated across Illinois Colorado Michigan and Texas before his final capture in New Orleans. His life spanned daring breaks, arrests, and a controversial government payout before his death at nine months of illness with his daughter by his bedside.
In parts of Holland a suitor presents a small cake to the family of his beloved. If she accepts she eats the cake, if not she rewraps it and returns it. An acceptance leads to a secret family interview with the father and greater freedom for the couple.
A Washington Post item notes boys parade with oversized pumpkins as vendors report a ten day spike in big gourds. Shoppers request giants to count seeds for a contest with a pony prize at Sak’s window, reflecting a local seed-count craze amid holiday markets.
Washington thrives on riding and driving with a parade of carriages and wagons. Senators Hearst Stanford and Edmunds are noted for fine teams while ministers and attaches showcase diverse gear. The Treasury money wagon, armored and guarded, often carries millions through the streets.
Reports from the Ameileia province cite Pliny and Decimus Secundians noting the Istrian island of Cissa with two bishops named in 579 and 679. A diver’s affidavit near Rovigno describes submerged walls, a sea wall, and uniform streets, suggesting a town lost to catastrophe. Further blasts and material raises may confirm if the ruins belong to Lissa or another town.
A New York boarding house tale recounts Miss Clara Burlew, living at 16 Wet Twenty second Street, and W O H Allen clashing after a kiss. Edward De Hann defends Burlew, leading to Allen's arrest and $500 bond to keep the peace. Burlew plans to relocate.
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