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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1893
Page
2
The Sumer Gazette from Sumner Iowa prints a reflective poem titled Growing Old. It laments aging and lost youth, contrasting fading dreams with mature but tender hopes, describing the passage of time, gray hair, and the final crossing beyond the bounds of life.
A story in which Senator Mersey and his wife share a moral parable about generosity. After a poor minister and his family reconfigure Mersey’s old overcoat to aid others, the garment travels through households, eventually reaching a grieving mother and her son Jimmy, whose coat becomes a symbol of benevolence. The Senator purchases the transformed coat, pledging to fund further aid to the South.
A detailed 19th century recipe explains simmering bones with beef stock for four hours, forming force meat balls from minced turkey and egg yolks, then cooking vegetables browned first and adding herbs and parsley with a final simmer. Poached eggs may be added. Also contains a miscellaneous note on New York magnates gardens and a remark on Wednesdays as a popular wedding day.
A Swede named Gusta Gustavson visits a La Salle Avenue flat seeking work as a housemaid. She offers a $7 per week arrangement with Lief Ericsson cleaning duties, but the mistress objects, demanding at least $10. The encounter ends with the door slammed and Gustavson continuing to search among want ads.
The article describes humane pensioner care with personal freedom in Versorgungshauser, including uniform choice, room decoration, and meals. It contrasts this with harsh life elsewhere, then shifts to a vivid cowboy stampede scene and a 13th century Empress dress kept in Yokohama, detailing its delicate layers, colors, and embroidery.
The article warns that daily baby airing in carriages can harm infants through jolts and rough handling. It urges keeping babies in the arms of a competent attendant to avoid jerks, cold exposure, and prolonged confinement, noting serious risks from unskilled handling.
A compact critique of journalism lectures noting many are theoretical and lacking practical experience. The author argues that real journalism requires day to day work and cautions against committees seeking free advertising and polished rhetoric without substantive effort.
The Milford Journal comments that critics who boast of journalism's duties should try practicing the craft themselves, arguing that true on‑the‑ground work would alter their views on responsibilities and the discipline.
Kate Vield argues for a single international gold coin about $2.50 to ease travel. She envisions travelers exchanging local currency for coins at hotels or shops, with multiples portable and fractions modest, saving time and trouble.
A Berlin theology professor, tracing Chronik der Zeit, hides his address from a taxi driver during a sudden thunderstorm. He calls out to a student, then directs the driver to a location far from his university. After moving, the professor complains of long walks, revealing he had repeatedly wrong routed to his old lodgings.
Miserable people roam the world seeking secret flaws in others and proclaiming their findings. They brag of insight while stirring fear that personal sins may be exposed. The wiser path is to quietly shut our eyes and avoid excessive judgment.
Rumors swirl around Miss Madison Square and Mrs. Fisher as talk turns to marriage with a young man. Sharps and Sharp girls debate the chances, while Downes praises a widow as a desirable catch. The exchange hints at social expectations and the allure of a secure match.
Mrs Jones contrives an eccentric present a napkin-holder with a bon appetit inscription for her husband Jeptha Jones who refuses to wear it and mocks the foreign phrase as the couple quarrels over the useless domestic trinket. The scene ends with Mrs Jones weeping and Jones declaring another idol smashed.
A Boston ejectment company operates at low rates to remove tenants, targeting the poor. Their process hinges on leases to gain possession, followed by notices, writs, and possibly forcible eviction with a “regiment” of men if needed. A West End case involved ejecting a long-time resident, a nearly 30-year occupant, at a cost of $37 to the property owner.
A sensational Idler item describes a husband placing a dead python in his study to cure his wife's fear of snakes. A living python then attacks the wife unseen as she enters the room, while a later report from Lordon Spectator recounts a similar incident with a live serpent and a chained monkey nearby.
A historical note explains German betrothal customs where a fiancé calls the woman a bride upon engagement and exchanges rings. The betrothal ring is worn on the left third finger until marriage, then moved to the right hand. The husband keeps wearing his ring in the same manner as the wife did before marriage.
A French publisher paid Balzac 500 francs to contribute to a memoir project. Gautier wrote the piece but did not demand payment until Balzac delivered the praise. Balzac then offered half the money, claiming the article's creation justified half as author. Gautier accepted the anecdote as justice.
The writer cites astronomy to argue that a perfect full moon is rare. It explains that the moon’s 5 degree 8 minute 47 second orbital tilt means the lunar disk is not a true circle except at specific nodal alignments. An astronomer is quoted noting a perfectly circular full moon has rarely been seen.
M Jules Simon claims intellectual work preserves strength and mind. He cites the French Institute and the Academy of Moral Sciences filled with octogenarians who labor productively. The piece quips about aging and hair loss, noting baldness is not a man's inclination.
A compact essay urges learning vocabulary by listening to eloquent speech and living among educated speakers. It highlights churchgoing and cultural exposure as boosts to diction, noting that vocabulary grows slowly through daily practice and immersion in refined language. A humorous monetary conference between Mr. and Mrs. Pilver contrasts real politics with playful dialogue.
A passage argues against a narrow view of prosperity that ties progress solely to commerce. It contends great ages in history were driven by ideas and moral energy, citing Venice and Greece as examples and emphasizing railroads, irrigation, and inventions as vehicles that clothe ideas with power beyond material gain.
The New York Telegram describes a Swiss inventor Cassimir Livau with a talking watch using a phonographic attachment to announce hours and quarters. A night clock uses a hand turned to the hour of retiring, then the burning candle moves the dial hand to show time until daybreak.
A newspaper item recounts a man named Jobson in misfortune after betting with his wife on an election, forcing him to stay in the house each night at nine. A separate quip notes a wife finding her husband’s dinner jokes funnier after wine.
A string of religious maxims urges immediacy in repentance and faithful living. It contrasts spiritual duties with worldly gains, notes dangers of backsliding amid wealth, and questions pride, temperance, and conduct within church life. It emphasizes seeing God’s light, training children, and humble piety over selfpromotion.
A party from Singapore reports on their reception by Sultan Abdall Rahmin of Johore. The banquet hall measured 150 feet with sixteen courses served on Ellenbouch plates. The Sultan joked that pineapple juice was his drink while guests drank wines. Most settlers in Johore are Chinese and land is available to newcomers.
Opinion notes that eye contact is valued but not universal with some preferring modest avoidance. It argues rules for judging others fail as people vary and contexts shift across generations and cultures.
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