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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1890
Page
2
A Sumner Gazette piece recounts a dramatic, true story of a father who saved his son and others by refastening a swinging drawbridge as a train approached. Amid peril he leaped into the river, battled the current, and, after a harrowing struggle, rescued his child while his wife prayed and moral duty prevailed.
A storm drains the Middle River valley in Northeastern Iowa as Ned Denton rides to wed Bessie Moxly. Lightning, flood, and a wrecked farmhouse drive the lovers into a perilous river voyage, fighting to survive amid roaring waters and swirling debris.
Ned battles raging flood to save his lover Bessie as a wrecked floor planks becomes a raft. He is crushed by debris but is saved when Bessie grips his collar and drags him free. Dawn reveals ruined village and lost parents. Ned recovers, they wed after a year, yet the night’s memories linger.
The ear is a delicate organ and minor ailments can lead to lasting harm. Inflammation of the drum cavity lining can produce fluid buildup, temporary deafness, and potential rupture. Repeated episodes may destroy the drum membrane and tiny hearing bones, causing permanent hearing loss. early treatment can prevent this, and simple drum puncture may avert permanent deafness. Youth's Companion.
A New York heart and lung specialist, earning about 80000 yearly, billed $1000 for a five minute consult with a Connecticut banker’s brother. He refused to lower the fee, saying he had left New York to advise and would not sue for payment. The banker died three days later. Minneapolis Tribune.
A London Standard report recounts Prof. Higgins parachuting from 4000 feet on a 12000 cubic foot balloon dubbed The Dirke's Motto at Corydon. A turbulence, torn parachute cord, and snow storm forced him to cut away the chute. He landed near Penhurst after a perilous ride, noting the ascent was his highest yet and the balloon lacked an escape valve.
A man explains that modern houses lack private doors creating a whispering gallery. He recounts courting a woman with her father in the library and servants nearby, arguing that true confession should be private and undisturbed.
On the Japanese steamer Fushekimaru arriving in Hong Kong from Nagasaki authorities found eight naked stowaways and four survivors in a cramped hold near a tank. The victims, twelve in total, included one man and eleven women kept for a week with food and water but no air or light. Survivors were in shock, swollen, and covered with prickly heat as the chilling case raises smuggling for immoral purposes.
A merchant reads a sealed note from his wife urging discretion and warning of trouble. She reveals the rumor that the flour is out and asks him to send some in the afternoon, hoping the reminder will not be forgotten. The letter ends with the humorous miswriting of flour as flanr.
Ned Hanlan notes Australia’s vast enthusiasm for athletics from horse racing to sprinting and boat races. He recalls Melbourne Cup crowds and Sydney world championship standings while praising spectator turnout. Exista Goup quips about ballet taste.
Seattle residents Gen Lyman Banks and John Hutcheson recount a two month voyage along British Columbia’s northern coast. They describe brutal winter conditions, a forced inland trek with snow three feet deep, and a night among the Nahwitti cannibal tribe during which they observed ritual feasting. Banks details fear, a loaded revolver, and the dangers of white contact with the tribe while surviving the perilous voyage back to Seattle.
The 1863 account details Capt Wilkinson commanding the steamer Lee sailing from Wilmington to Nassau amid Union blockade off the New Inlet Bar. The ship defeats the pursuer while coal runs low, coal smoke fills the air, and the crew fights to gain steam as the chase closes with topgallant sails visible.
In a humorous exchange Miss Poesy scorns editors and recalls writing under an assumed name to an editor after engagement. The editor’s reply suggested motherly shame and supporting income through sewing, revealing a shift from literary aims to a preference for a butcher’s refinement.
In Auburn Maine a newly married groom with a childlike bride buy tickets at a church festival. The ticket seller offers a child rate but the groom insists on two adult tickets saying his wife is grown and will soon sport a mustache. The exchange ends with both receiving full price tickets.
A London Times correspondent reports that the old tale of the Devil's Bridge at Ceret spanning the Tech near Prats de Mollo is refuted by a 1321 manuscript. The document shows Prats de Mollo notables funded ten gold crowns toward the bridge in exchange for toll exemptions for their townspeople.
An Arkansas Traveler clipping recounts a white man asking why a kindly old man does not whip his stepson. The father explains he would whip his own son but not his stepson, citing his wife as the child’s mother and his loyalty to family, while the local court avoids lynching and sentences the culprit to jail.
A Maine attorney is told a tale of mistaken identity from a 40 year old highway robbery case in East Cambridge. Witness certainty clashes with an exculpatory record shown by a Boston House of Correction master, suggesting a dramatic courtroom misidentification. Then a long poetic fragment from Ladies' Home Journal describes a mythic morning wedding as Edenic, with vivid natural imagery and symbolic vows.
A jumble of puns and snippets shows playful banter and humorous exchanges. Prose fragments feature a dentist partnership, a kitten punchline, wedding day queries, and social chatter about attire, dancing, and manners. The piece reads like a collage of light absurdities and quips from a humor column.
A Fifth Avenue Hotel clerk cites a proverb about guests. H D Winsor recalls a European test where a three story hotel with identical suites and lavish service was deemed unsatisfactory and closed after one year.
A Detrait Free Press item describes a patrolman warning a horse speedster on Cass Avenue. The driver asks to be taken to court and jokes about selling the boss for forty dollars if the papers note the speed. The exchange ends with a light taunt about helping the boss in the future.
A New York Weekly dialogue fragment shows a husband and wife negotiating a loan for shopping. The wife asks for $50 and the husband hesitatingly agrees after a brief exchange about last night’s shaky condition. The exchange ends with the husband handing over the money.
A New York Ledger piece extols thrift as prudence and liberty, urging household management with method and discipline. It warns against ignorance and praises self control and steady training of children to foster obedience and long life.
A travelogue notes Brazilian urban life with many households featuring balconies or high window sills for public viewing. It describes windows as vantage points for watching passersby, merchants gossiping, and customers being met with indifference. The piece cites Frank Vincent’s travels and a French physician who claims to colorize sounds, naming voices as blue and yellow among others.
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