19 Jun 1890
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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1890
Page
1
An editorial note from the New York Weekly urges readers to aid the poor as fortunes rise and fall. It argues wealth can vanish and health or social status may determine power, urging solidarity across class lines and warning against scorn of the distressed.
A desert trek across the Valley of Heror from Cairo leaves a lone traveler exhausted and parched. Heat and salt air strain him as he seeks a rendezvous at an old lighthouse then the rugged Attica Mountains. With no water, he endures thirst, spots a distant Arabic boat and a glimmer of salvation.
An unnamed traveler recounts a perilous Orient journey where a faulty trust in a companion leads to danger at sea. Arabs aboard save him with water and coffee while he recovers from a harrowing experience. Later, a trusted associate betrays him by sending a note to a Turkish policeman, causing lasting fear and illness. The narrator vows to carry a Semsemieh, a water-filled leather bag, on future hunts.
A group of six miners in Montana miss a late Eastbound train after a delayed stop weather worsens. An anxious gunman contemplates shooting the telegraph operator but is restrained. Five hours later the train arrives and the men board, the operator narrowly escaping harm.
The piece traces human laterality from primal combat to modern life, arguing right dominance in fighting and tool use, while noting rightward walking and crowd movement. It cites Darwin experiments and measurements of skeletons, feet, and joints, concluding left-foot preference and varied limb sizes across sexes.
A Las Vegas Optic report portrays the Penitentes as a dying secret brotherhood in New Mexico. It describes their Good Friday processions, self-flagellation with wooden crosses and cacti, bleeding bodies, and brutal chants. The piece notes outsiders rarely see them, notes their drunken afters, and warns the lodge rituals will fade with time. It concludes these acts are not moral reform but penance to shorten purgatory, with lodges hidden from the informed public.
A Swiss hunter on the Wallenstadt lake shore shot the male lammergeier after the mother attacked him on a narrow cliff ledge. With one arm trapped and cliffside danger, he used his fowling piece to kill the bird, freed himself, and later carried home two nestlings as trophies.
Don Camerons Scotch collie named Major sits at the Senator’s front door in a quiet ritual. He studies visitors from Pennsylvania with a mute, dignified gaze. If a caller seems undesired, Major remains seated, then steps out to the pavement and returns when the visitor is admitted.
Indra Sailor Mrs Henn wife of Royal Navy Lieut Henn captivates New Yorkers with hospitality aboard the Galatea in Brooklyn yards during 1888. She boasts yacht life nine months a year and insists the Mayflower’s speed beat the Galatea, explaining terms to Amy Bond as unfamiliar nautical jargon sparks questions.
Richard Dowling recounts meeting Gen. Sam Houston in Huntsville Texas in 1858. Houston wore a cutaway coat gold spectacles and a tall brown beaver hat made to order in Austin. Dowling notes Houston’s cordial reception and recalls the hat origins as told by the general.
Captain Crawford the poet scout stands out in spring capital life as a fearless messenger who braved Indian and enemy guns to beat rivals to New York. His 1876 Custer massacre dispatches from Deadwood to Laramie then New York Herald show daring, wit, and a temperance streak.
Asian weeping willow from Salix Babyloniva becomes a symbol of Twickenham and Pope's villa. A box of Eastern figs carried a twig that grew into a famed tree by the Thames. The tale traces its spread to America during the Revolution as officers imagined wealth and embellishment at Twickenham before the villa passed to wary guardians.
Hungarian Count Zichy famed for bets and victories recounts a daring ploy at Vienna gates. Disguised as a butcher with a sack, he tried to smuggle a lamb duty free past an imperial gatekeeper who wrongfully suspected a dog. The officer battered the sack, found no dog, and fled. The butcher returned later with the lamb for his cunning ruse.
In a comic fragment, Mrs O Rafterty and Mrs Roberts spar over rumors of a grocery stop. The conversation jokes about consommé mispronunciations and a bottle under a shawl, ending with a bitter jab from a partisan editor of Anluckhy Shite Journal.
A village entertainment in a suburban church featured the three graces as statues. The audience erupted in laughter and sneezes as Hope Charity and Faith sneezed repeatedly, disrupting the performance and scattering the crowd.
In Clinton place a man seeks to hawk soap and a cake for ten cents. The woman cuts him off, prompting a brisk, comic exchange about merchants, money, and duties. The NY Sun note adds that even a lazy mag will labor for impression.
A review of Mr. Serl Urmholtz's life among northern Australian cannibals in Harper's Magazine. The piece critiques the simple unadorned English narrative, notes brutal customs and famine driven violence, and contrasts brutal frontier justice with calls for justice for Aboriginal peoples.
One of the most remarkable nurses, known in England as Sister Dora, devoted her life to the sick showing boundless resolve. She faced danger to care for patients, comforted a dying man who urged a kiss, and calmly confronted rough seafarers and obstinate doctors. Her moral steadiness saved a man’s arm, earning him a daily salute to her care, while she inspired admiration in a neighborhood where the name Sister Dora became a lasting symbol of fearless nursing.
A collage of playful dialogues and odd captions features classroom antics, gossiping neighbors, social quips, and comic exchanges about fashion, stage shows, and everyday folly. Characters like Miss Parsons and Mrs. Simpson exchange sly remarks while others riff on balls, beards, beavers, and a Persian beaver. The piece captures a lively, if chaotic, snapshot of a bygone social scene with humor and human foibles.
In a City Times report, attorney Mr. Wade alleges tactics used to stall court actions in a Missouri case. The affidavit issue centers on delaying appeals and avoiding concessions. The narrative cites substitutions in affidavits and notes the attorney’s critique of vexation vs delay as motives.
Mr Foote replies he has ridden bucking broncos only once in the central East but the brief moments of the experiment were enough to last him a lifetime.
Trish Beggar pleads for pennies as Dashley hides his land and water in his vest. Beggar blesses him while mispronounced words reveal a fragmentary scene about livelihood and a hoped marriage.
Dialog shows Maria and Tom confirming a marriage proposal amid chatter. The York Herald note about Haksh counsels suggests persistent aims blocked like hammers beating an anvil.
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