Getting Even With The Landlord
A fragment from The Sumner Gazette describes tenants planning vandalism and chaos as they move on the first of May. The voice threatens breaking, painting, clogging pipes, and leaving the house in decay as they depart.
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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1893
Page
2
Faithful Peter in a Plantation Conspiracy and Rescue
In a moonlit grove on the St Jula two men plot to murder Colonel Clayton Carroll for wealth. Peter, a loyal enslaved man, overhears the scheme, arms himself, and bursts into the library where he saves the Colonel, exposing the plot by Ephraim and Abijah Jessup. The conspirators are captured and forgiven. Peter remains the family hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jula
Darrow
Ephraim
Clayton Carroll
Ephrain
uYes
Squire
Massa Carroll
Putin
Peter
Clayton Carrol
Pete
Nero
Bijah Jessup
Abijah
Abijah Jessup
Tricks of grain shippers expose clever deception schemes
Ex Chief Inspector Price describes methods used to cheat grain buyers. Shippers hid inferior grain with tricks like plugging bags using a steel trier, inserting stovepipes to conceal dirty grain, and packing oats over eggs to dodge weight charges. Inspectors detect such frauds. boomerang effects deter repeat offenders. A brief note ends with an ad for a health booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
Boston
Cps
Belief in a Copper Age Predating Bronze and Iron
M Berthelot proposes a copper age before bronze and iron, based on a Mesopotamian copper fragment found by M de Sarzec. The specimen shows no tin or zinc, only trace lead and arsenic, degraded by water and air to a protoxide copper compound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Berthelot
Academie Des Sciences
M. de Sarzec
Mesopotamia
al Jezira
Euphrates
Tigris
Babylon
Egypt
Christ
London
Generosity Remembered in Nelson Era naval courage
England’s pursuit of the Ioudroyant recalls a tale of true magnanimity from 1782 when Earl St. Vincent then Captain Jervis commanded the Foudroyant in a close duel with the Peyase off Brest. A junior officer Bowen urged to turn to port to avoid being raked, and Jervis honored the advice by swinging helm left. The Foudroyant then delivered a decisive broadside and Bowen’s call saved the day, earning Jervis’s grateful tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Nelson
Earl St. Vincent
Jervis
Brest
Bowen
Timely Appealancen at the Cookery School Visit
A courteous caller at the front door asks the lady if a large and successful cooking school has been held locally for weeks. She confirms two of her daughters attend. The exchange highlights the spread of cooking education as a mark of civilizational progress.
Tigers used as export prey in Malay trapping pits
Century Magazine recounts Malay methods to trap tigers using deep pits with bamboo cages and brush cover. It describes a hunt party, tiger behavior after dusk, and danger to natives, noting regional terror and a late night message for the Maharajah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonce
America
Century Magazine
A Vision of a Quiet Retreat for Geniuses
A well-known professional man envisions a conventlike refuge in America where gifted individuals could devote themselves to science, art, or writing without housework, rent worries, or social duties. He argues such a haven would nurture young talents crushed by daily struggles and enable them to pursue their grand ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
John Sherwood
Ood Society
Bai Society
Guatemala
Ods
Tulan
David
England
Liverpool
Europe
Day and His Strained Relations in Photo Art
An informal exhibit by Tom Day and a photographic club showcases portraits with sitters twisted into odd poses to appear more artistic. A visitor asks who the subjects are, and a bystander quips that they resemble Day’s strained relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Day
Tom
Pneumatic tire innovation pumps air through bulbs
A new device replaces tubes in bicycle tires with rubber bulbs inside the tire. Air moves through a series of bulbs via one way valves, filling the tire until it becomes solid. An adjustable exhaust valve prevents bursting by releasing air at set pressures. Even punctures won t collapse the tire as pressure increases with wheel rotation.
Boston Girl Louise Guiney Gains Noted Playwright Fame
Miss Louise Imogene Guiney, a Boston convent educated writer, draws attention as a rising playwright and translator. Daughter of the late Gen Patrick Guiney, she combines scholarship with a strong literary income from an original Boston play and a successful translation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Imogene Guiney
Boston
Patrick Guiney
Miss Guiney
Miss Gurney
Death Penalty Abolition Urged In Historic Editorial
An American Journal of Politics piece by Andrew J. Palm argues for ending capital punishment. It cites Quaker beliefs, cites census-like murder trends where abolition coincides with fewer murders, and asserts the death penalty undermines justice and sacredness of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Journal of Politics
Andrew J. Palm
Murer
United States
Mary Ranlett the Sailors’ Boarding House of Rockland
The Lewiston Journal notes Mrs Mary Ranlett runs a notorious Rockland business on Main Street that supplies ship crews to captains of schooners sloops and barks. Her three wooden buildings host aging sailors who gather there for meals orders and a daily dispatch from a white horse drawn wagon to the ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rag Jueb
Rockland
Mra Ranlett
Lewiston Journal
Rowland
Mary
Allice
Who First Made Fire Across The Ancient World
The article traces early fire origins, noting many peoples claimed no initial fire. Pliny cites Egyptian interest sparked by Sixedus, while Pacific islanders and Marian Islanders misperceived fire as animal. It describes friction and flint methods across cultures, including Sandwich Islands rubbing, Terra del Fuega sparks, and early glassmaking context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pliny
Sixedus
Phillippine
Canary
Marian Islands
Sandwich Islands
Terra del Puega
Friction matches spark mass production in 19th century
Elobes filled with water concentrated sun rays for fire. Over 200 years ago phosphorus ignition via friction was found. In 1836 A D Philips of Springfield patent etched match mixture of grease, phosphorus, chalk and sulfur, enabling friction matches. Seventy five factories employ 2,500 workers, one third children. Annually 30,420,000,000 matches are produced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Philips
Springfield
Mass
Bear trap cook and laughing woodsmen tale in Maine camp
A French cook at Whipple’s lumber camp near Long Pond Maine trains a bear to a rope trap at his window. After a failed entanglement the bear returns, bounds through the window, and chaos ensues as the crew laughs and restores order. The piece also reflects on society and marriage, with observations on manners and choosing a husband. It ends noting American claims to the world’s greatest cataract and tallest tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whipple
Maine Woods
Long Pond
Miseree Stream
Canadian Pacific
Joe
Brain
Resemblance to Bible Story Shapes Guatemala Legend
A Guatemalan Indian creation myth is presented alongside a downtown barber shop tale of a gifted young storyteller. The ancient legend depicts the heavens forming, the creation of earth and living beings, a great flood, and the peopling of the world, followed by a contemporary anecdote about a boy in a barber shop spinning vivid, humorous tales for customers, contrasted with a Kentucky memory of popcorn on a farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Mulhattan
Tad Pot
Georgy
Louisville Courier-Journal
Down a Paris Sewer and European Trade Tricks
A Congressionalist correspondent tours Paris sewers with seventy visitors. He describes a vast dry canal, 18 feet wide and 14 feet high, used for water discharge and housing pipes, telegraphs, and pneumatic tubes. The ride reveals clean walks beside the main channel and a functioning, multiuse tunnel. Also notes on biased pricing by European tradesmen and Boston’s crooked streets reflecting a warpath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregationalist
Paris
Ram's Horn Blasts Warning Notes Calling the Wicked to Repentance
A fragmentary notice proclaims warning to the wicked, urging repentance in a ram’s horn blast style. Reads as a religious exhortation likely from a local church or preacher, though specific names or dates are not clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riepentanes
Fragmented Moral Fragments on Faith and War
A jumble of aphorisms on duty God and right living follows a lengthy wartime reminiscence. The narrator reflects on virtue, self control, and contentment as dangers and ideals while recounting a Civil War battlefield memory and the haunting sight of scattered skulls and fallen soldiers under a hot August sun.
Seventy Thousand Forged Stamps Attributed To Palmer
Lon don stamp collector J W Palmer claims a room at 281 Strand holds 70 000 forged stamps worth up to 5 000 000 if genuine The fakes cover every known stamp and were collected over 33 years They were pasted on canvas to form wallpaper and varnished A Brattleboro five cent forgery could be worth 1 250 if genuine and Palmer has sold a genuine Brattleboro for that price
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Palmer
London
Strand
Mr. Palmer
Ariter
Pall Mall
Palmer
Arattleboro
Brattleboro
Three of Kind in Beginning Housekeeping List
A 1900s guidance note outlines starter linen needs for brides. It itemizes items per person and per household, recommending three sheets per bed, three pillow cases per person, six hand towels and three bath towels per person, plus tablecloths, napkins, dusters, and other textiles in sets of three to twelve, to cover daily use and entertaining.
Columbus Mistaken Glory Meets Modern New York Luden
An archival note reflects on Christopher Columbus as he underestimated the future urban complexity of New York. The line between historical achievement and contemporary urban dynamics is drawn with a sharp, ironic lens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Columbus
America
New York
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