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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1890
Page
2
A New York World poem laments a ragged youth roaming in memory and hunger. It contrasts a lost childhood with present cold and danger. The piece envisions a mother’s hearth, the river’s call, and a future where the boy remains unseen as one more.
Irene Clifford faces a torn heart on her wedding eve as a ghostly warning and a denial of love collide. Wilfred Mayne appears alive, revealing Mark Eldon’s treachery and Irene’s vow to never marry without true heart. The revelation unites Irene with her lost love but ends their chance at marriage.
After years of constancy the couple walked home arm in arm. The scene carried a dreamy, contented mood as the old maid shed sole worries and married, with Maria Hewitt traveling to Cheviot to witness the wedding.
A Detroit Free Press report recalls a winter night when an intoxicated Indian was banished to his wigwam. His wife tracked him, found him buried in snow, and by thawing him with ice water saved his life, preventing a deadly cold.
A Massachusetts soldier recounts a North Carolina forced march where exhausted troops slept standing during halts and even endured cannon fire and shell bursts. One man slept with feet on a burning stump until awakened by a stray “Forward” command, then sprang up ready to march.
A Buffalo to Philadelphia bridal trip turns comic as a groom plans to frighten his bride by leaving the train and reappearing with a drummer. The bride remains calm and engaged, while the prank backfires into lighthearted amusement. The groom jokes he will worsen things with a wet towel reveal later.
A country-dressed woman from Saco bursts into a Philadelphia office and insists on singing on the spot. She refuses to wait for the professor and resists removal, declaring she will not leave until heard. An officer escorts her out as she protests.
Major Wissmann, German Commissioner for East Africa, recounts a January campaign against insurgent chief Bwana Heri. With 500 Germans facing at least three times that foe, he describes cautious maneuvers, a fortified camp, artillery bombardment, and a storming assault by Soudanese and Askaris culminating in the fort’s capture and the soldiers’ triumph. He notes religious fanaticism among the defenders and calls this the bitterest battle of his East Africa activities.
In a crowded store two young clerks Minnie and Mattie juggle chatter and customers amid delays. A tense exchange unfolds with a floridly dressed patron demanding more ribbon than available, while nearby shoppers bargain over trims and pace.
A bustling shop scene unfolds with a rush for gray ceiling fabric as a clerk and customers collide in a humorous yet human moment. Madam Plush withdraws, another buyer claims the last piece, and a sequence of nearby figures including a distressed man and tearful girl highlight daily shop life and clerkly compassion.
An old newspaper man recalls a youthful trick as a sewing machine salesman. He drenched by a sudden downpour seeks shelter at an old mansion. A former reluctant customer answers, and she denies sale while smiling at his embarrassment, leaving him wiser after the encounter.
Col. Shubrick recalls a lone grave found along the Columbus Southern Railroad construction in Terrell County. A marble marker bears only the quiet charge to remember a loved one. A white family once camped nearby and buried their baby there. Over years locals and passersby kept the grave tended before a kind passerby placed the monument.
A Birmingham company forms to manufacture toys previously imported at about 2,000,000 dollars. Children learn the work at home, prizes offered for best paper doll outfit, largest prize five pounds, smallest three, attracting many women and youngsters amid police efforts to manage the throng.
A Washington Kickers item notes a New York Weekly jab about Congress funding a grand asylum for inebriates in the capital. The dialogue mocks liberal treatment for DC residents and the self-serving nature of lawmakers.
An Indian waits for a Northern Pacific train in Idaho and observes an agent speaking into a telephone box. The Indian asks who is being talked to and learns, "I'm talking to man." The buck responds, "Heap little man if him live in there," adding a moment of humor to the scene.
An Arkansas traveler recounts how a conference sent preachers to the rough Tallow Dip circuit where men and geese alike thwarted efforts to preach. The minister describes egg and tobacco assaults, a mule’s kick, and a chaotic reception, prompting him to request assignment to a quieter area or risk withdrawal from the mission.
The piece notes how rulers collect honorary military ranks and wear various uniforms during ceremonies. It cites the German Emperor as admiral in the British Navy and Russian Emperor with forty four uniforms, nine of which he may not wear, and contrasts with Commodus’s habit of dressing as a soldier. It ends by reflecting on temple beauty and surrounding scenery.
A New York reporter recalls a failed furniture sales trip where a young canvasser pushed only extension tables, neglecting other stock. Orders poured in but the company lost money, leading to his swift return and later career shift to journalism. He now owns his own paper on Gong Island, New York.
A guide extols landscaping with dense lawn cover and rear towers of shrubbery. It lists hardy climbers and flowering plants for year round bloom, notes on training vines on wire, seed-starting tips for verbenas and French canvas, and advises seasonally appropriate planting times for bulbs and potted stock.
A Justice of the Peace who had just married a couple quips that he doubts the bride will love and obey. The groom says she seems amiable, the officiant disagrees, and reveals she used to be his wife, adding humor to a wedding day moment.
A Somervile Journal quote notes that regardless of beauty or mirrors, a woman desires her husband to affirm it every day. The line highlights social expectations of marital affection and gendered reassurance in everyday life.
A jumble of humorous snippets and quips about marriage, pins and peddlers, literary critique, and social foibles. Vignettes feature a quarrelsome couple, a doctor’s bill, a dry goods store, and a playful exchange about a household goddess. The piece preserves old time wit and character names in brief, dated dialogue.
A Victorian era guide explains how to make and stock a window box with thriving flowers. Use geraniums heliotrope morning glories and wandering Jews for color and fragrance, train vines over the sill, and keep soil moist to avoid thirst while enjoying seasonal beauty.
In a court scene a prisoner defends a minor theft of a satchel from Grand Central Depot. The judge questions the claim as to punishment while the prisoner notes larger thefts go unchecked. The prisoner contends the incident involved a small item and argues inconsistency in enforcement.
A four year old boy named Ted pretends to read a newspaper and asks his father about today’s weather. He guesses fair and cloudy with wind rain and sleet, then notes warmth, with a prophecy of a rough day and a hopeful outlook despite misfortunes.
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