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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1890
Page
2
A New York Weekly piece urges compassion toward a fallen man, ruined by alcohol. It pleads for persistent kindness over judgment, hoping a remembered mother’s voice and gentle words might rekindle virtue. It invokes forgiveness and mercy as guiding precepts.
A shy bachelor Henry Parker sacrifices a romance with Nell Roberts to care for his widowed mother and secure her pension. After a revelation that Nell courted him for money, a distant relative’s intervention finally unites Henry with Nell, and they wed as true partners to the mother and each other.
An elderly man from Wilson Missouri who runs a small-town newspaper recounts forty years of drunken binges sparked by a Whig banquet. He credits his wife and self discipline for quitting, noting the need to stay busy and avoid life’s ruin. A second segment parodies a World’s Fair misperception in City Hall park.
Detroit Free Press recounts Civil War soldier views on courage and panic. It contrasts Confederate steadiness with Federal fear at Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, notes cold chills, tremors, and desertion in retreat, and argues only brave men endure the terror of battle plus the discipline to stay.
A farmer Tim Cole, arrested for fast driving near this city, pleaded he was rushing to aid a dying wife. He was struck by a billy and jailed, then released after the magistrate showed sympathy. A doctor was not found. Tim’s wife died before the family could reach the farmhouse.
The Spirit of the Times questions roping records claiming California and Billings men reached 116 and 94 feet. Cowboys typically use ropes of 12 to 50 feet, with 12 to 20 feet accounting for loop circumference. The piece notes rope failures when catching wild horses or steers and suggests roping outcomes depend on wind, horse speed, and strength.
Roping experts vary in reach, with few attaining extreme lengths. Most proficient ropers are satisfied to extend their rope to the full 45 feet and make a catch, a testament to skill rather than sheer distance.
The Leland Hotel keeper Horace Leland and John A O Matthews encounter a balloon vendor after a school dismissal. Leland lacks cash, swayed by a beggar woman who funds the balloons, and Matthews refuses to lend him money. The episode ends with Matthews recalling the prank. Washington Cor NY Tribune report.
Abner Singleton, weary of accident insurance salesmen, agrees to a policy after an agent touts a thousand dollars for a broken leg and double eye loss. He loses an eye in a railroad accident, collects the payout, and jokes he will seek another insurer, having learned a sharp lesson about faked security.
A tale from the Philadelphia Times notes Baron Ferean who recently died was frugal yet grand in other ways. At the Manx Hotel in Rio de Janeiro he ordered a second cutlet after the waiter refused to serve the same course twice. He declared he had bought the hotel and dismissed the waiter, then commanded another cutlet.
A playful exchange has Miss Simper revealing she is thirty two, addressing Mr Brown and dismissing talk of ladies concealing age. The dialogue includes light banter about youth and public perception, with a quip from Puck on an umbrella joke and a jab from Boston Courier noting trains for rich and poor alike. A witty aside on hypocrisy rounds out the snippet.
The New York World reports comedian William H. Crane and wife enjoying a phonograph in their flat. A Massachusetts visitor, scandalized by a joke cylinder, accused the device of causing moral harm, but the couple discovers a prank by a fellow comedian.
A Paris sighting centers on a Russian nobleman who wears a greenish ring with red veins, revealed as a sealed jewel containing his wife. He explains she was Italian by birth, died in Russia, and was transformed by a chemist in Germany into a solid keepsake that will never leave him. The chilling tale unsettles the crowd.
On a windy winter day in Boston a small hungry girl, about four or five, crouches over a warm iron plate on a sidewalk. A drifted dog wanders into the warm air and the girl shares her warmth with the animal, showing charity born of hardship.
In 1675 New Milford Connecticut during the Indian War Parson Boardman’s wife refuses to hurry for danger saying she will start once she has knit into the seam needle. A messenger urged haste as the fort drew people for security. The calm response highlights a steadfast household scene amid threat.
An old man recalls watching a cross-seat couple on an elevated train. A tall gray-haired man and a pretty fortyish woman exchange glances as he sits, then moves closer and takes her hand. The crowd guesses a love match or a broken marriage, while the narrator stays curious.
A shabby park bench speaker laments degraded human nature while recounting a street encounter with a Polish immigrant. The man tries to deliver a letter to a customs inspector but is duped into carrying empty mail, exposing fear, confusion, and the harsh reality of worker exploitation in Battery Park as the Tribune notes.
A 250 pound colored woman boards the Fifth Avenue tram and refuses to pay. The driver calls a officer. The officer tries to eject her but pays the fare himself, saying it’s the easiest way to settle the case. The exchange ends with the officer slipping a nickel into the box and walking away.
The passage argues that reading supplies materials for knowledge, while thinking grounds it in the mind. It warns against merely cramming with collections and emphasizes the need to chew over and reflect on what is read to truly grasp it.
A first person reminiscence recounts crossing the plains in 1854 with hardship hunger and cold. The narrator joins the Mormon Church later ranches in Utah Nevada and recalls a tense encounter with Utes where a bowl of whisky milk punch unsettled the attackers and saved his life.
The Atlanta Constitution ponders whether lesser geniuses matter after fame fades. It argues many bright poets of past centuries are forgotten, yet their brief songs still move hearts and influence today, suggesting humble musicians deserve recognition and encouragement rather than scorn.
An assortment of stray quips and sketches with misspelled lines and garbled phrases. The jumbled text references a sour mash distiller, a tramp's nickel gift, railroad mishaps, and stage dialogues, plus snippets about lovers, lawyers, and Irish humor.
The writer recalls learning German travel times in hours and minutes rather than miles, describes an educated governess’s odd directions, and notes Americans misreading local customs. She contrasts Germany’s ancient grandeur with contemporary flaws in daily life, business methods, and transport, while praising castles and science.
Yaniece Blade recalls a family quarrel at a home gathering. Father came home late, mother scolded him, a fight broke out among the adults while Susie stayed in the parlor playing a piano or planner. The boys, including Dere, described a lively confrontation with neighbors listening in.
A playful exchange mentions riding a bird and a-town rumor about a man seen on a bat. The piece closes with a moral reflection urging more focus on the dishonor of doing wrong than on the dishonor of submitting to it, and on the value of inquiry.
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