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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1893
Page
2
A local column recounts a man’s painful confession of loving Kitty from Timber City. He recalls her flirtations, his growing intoxication, and the heartbreak when she reveals it was all a game. The neighbor’s tale captures rural courting and aching pride.
A group on a lakeside retreat recounts the disappearance of Frank Hunter during a storm. Maryendured years of waiting, believing him alive after a visitor brings news. Frank survives in a pine camp, experiences amnesia, then recalls his life and reunites with Mary. The tale ends with their emotional homecoming.
On the Tangier long distance swimmer J Johnston jumped overboard in Martinique to search for the missing J McFarland crewman. He fought off sharks for over an hour and finally recovered the body after a deadly struggle. McFarland, a Philadelphia engineer, was buried with naval honors as officers and sailors attended.
A weary stock farm manager near drought faced death of sheep and empty wells as nights blended prayers and curses. A visitor’s alert to rain sparked a sudden surge of relief. rain arrived overnight, the sky opened, and a dyke was erected to hold back flood, halting the march of ruin.
The article debates whether giants once existed, noting folklore across cultures as well as scientific opinions. It cites modern scientists as cautiously open, with tradition sometimes proving reliable, and compares giant humans to monstrous prehistoric creatures. A Boston Advertiser view argues for possible giant humans given ancient life forms and vast prehistoric fauna.
James Nasmyth recounts how the Duke of Athole asked his father to improve woodland scenery near Dunkeld by planting Craigybarng with trees. Unable to climb the rock clefts, he devised cannons and seed-filled cannisters fired from the castle to scatter tree seeds into rock crevices. A tinsmith prepared cannisters and covers for this unconventional sowing method.
The article recounts accidental gold discoveries in California in 1848 and Colorado in 1954, contrasting luck with method. It follows tales of stumbles leading to mines like Leadville’s famous Dead Man Claim, and argues true mines come from patient prospectors who study rocks, minerals, and geology.
A discussion contrasts modern strongmen with ancient giants such as Milo of Crotona. It recounts legends of Milo carrying a four year old bull, lifting a roof pillar, feasting profusely, and gripping a tree so tightly that he could not release his hands, leading to a fatal end.
A traveler recalls jinriksha drivers in Shanghai charging about 40 cents a day and steering riders through city and countryside. They eagerly seek longer trips, with the horses and carts delivering swift rides past levees, grave mounds, and farmhouses as the narrator pleads to return.
A police court reporter recalls that among witness types a woman with a grievance poses the greatest reporting difficulty. He notes how various nationalities or roles can complicate testimony and jokes that even Sam Weller would warn against the widow with a grievance. He claims you can tell a man's profession by how he testifies.
Col Knollys reports a new habit among South Africans who smoke cigars with the lighted end in the mouth. The Kimberley Kaths demonstrate the practice, attracting curiosity among those tracking fashion among the region's enthusiasts.
The writer lists examples of familiar sayings borrowed from various games and activities. Phrases include a card up his sleeve a trump card to play your cards well a fine stroke good innings and he has the ball at his feet. The passage also features dialect as a speaker calls out for beer and references a tough customer leaving.
The New York Sun reports the 1893 French war budget details to deputies. Military costs total about eighteen milliard francs since 1871, with 15.368 milliard for military purposes after pensions and railway needs. The report lists rifle changes, fortifications, and vast defensive works, along with a multi‑layer reserve force totaling over two million active and reserve troops.
An excerpt recounts Mr. Warburton Pike’s hunting trip in Northern Canada with guide King, a Canadian Indigenous half-breed. King questions white men’s actions, doubts the Hudson's Bay Company’s reach, and mocks monarchy while longing for flour and sugar from the queen. He and Pike discuss knowledge, beliefs, and the sun’s daily rise and set.
A reflection on famous figures who, despite wealth and status, lack a happy home life. The piece contrasts public acclaim and official power with private loneliness, noting many distinguished men felt emptiness amid world applause and cold, unsympathetic homes.
The passage notes that unhappy marriages often arise from chance rather than ambition. It laments that even distinguished people gain nothing from such deprivation, and that affection alone can fail if gentleness is lacking, leaving a life of misery. It praises couples whose homes remain joyful from start to end.
The text describes Cape Cod cranberry picking as autumn work for the poor, with families picnicking at bogs and shanties for distant workers. Italians and Portuguese from nearby cities join locals, while children help and machines speed gathering. Wages vary from forty cents daily for small children to five dollars for fast pickers, with dew and rain affecting hours.
A vivid note on the Alaska raven comparing its glossy black coat to silk and velvet. It describes their conclave like meetings, croaking debates, and orderly beach and hill routines. Ravens rarely die except by sailor mishap and show a chiselled, daggered beak structure aiding foraging.
The Louisville Courier Journal recalls a familiar editor's long troubled past and a remarkable wood gathering episode. It also notes a Boston Tribune story of Trip Kennedy who vanished for seven years and returned with a load of wood for his wife. Parties in the county know the facts and the man.
Dr. Murray probes the word cloth and the plural clothes, noting Teutonic kioth roots and uncertain meanings. He questions whether the term referred to felted cloth, a fabric to cling to the body, or a garment as an item to be attached, with the clothes versus cloths distinction mainly a modern development and eighteenth century spelling often cloatha.
Great numbers of vultures hover over Para on the Amazon River blackening every housetop and church spire. A heavy fine is imposed for killing one of these carrion birds, a fact which is strange since they move toward keeping the city in a cleaner state than any other method. Own the dead level-Si feet under ground.
The World’s Fair Post Office exhibit will be built in the Government building’s southwest corner as the post office department’s centerpiece. Plans by L B Garr of Chicago Test Office call for a 41 by 1 4 foot space with carved panels, a toboggan and mail coach sequence, figures of a mail carrier and railway clerk, glass work to reveal operations, and a large carrier force of 25, with 341 600 allocated for clerks hire.
A collage of quotes on free will and adversity opens with reflections from Goethe and Carlyle, then shifts to a tale of Lord Rosebery aiding a homeless boy named Pat. The piece ends with a nautical fraud: on a steamboat a seasick woman is cured by a fake Lozenge agent, who sells more boxes before disembarking at the next port.
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