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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1890
Page
2
A humorous tale from India and the Afghan frontier about General Bangs and his aide, with a heliograph message that becomes a private line revealing a general’s hidden romantic misadventures. The lovers, a wary Lieutenant General Ranger, and the frontier setting across the Hurrum Hills provide a comic, period-voice vignette.
Edna Singleton travels from Philadelphia to Richland Pennsylvania to visit her brother Robert. On a flooded bridge Edna is saved by Allen Ambrose, a young man from the nearby farm. Their gratitude blossoms into love, leading to a late autumn wedding and a happy life near the Juniata River.
A strange feature section describes the rat’s four long sharp teeth with wedge shapes and enamel edges that constantly grow to replace worn parts. It notes how opposing teeth wear the soft inner matter while the hard outer edge stays sharp, and explains the danger if a tooth is lost. Additional notes discuss Swamp Laurel magnolia’s late blooming and hardy, slow growth for lawns, with its fragrant creamy white flowers. The passage also includes brief quoted snippets from Vick’s Magazine and N.Y. Weekly about property and debtor conflicts, and a joke about a man transferring property to his wife to dodge creditors.
The piece laments Cape May’s decline as a summer resort. It contrasts distant rivals Long Branch and Narragansett Pier with Cape May's provincial charm, noting poor reach to major cities. It recalls New York visitors, price of 1.40, and the glut of competing resort prestige.
A surreal scene unfolds in a Philadelphia breakfast room where a lengthy menu distracts from meals. The narrator notes Quaker influence across the state line, a strict policy on returns, and high prices for breakfast items described with humorous, overlong prose.
The narrator invites readers to a bargain counter selling pastries and snacks at low prices and describes a chaotic beach scene in New Jersey. The piece covers a Philadelphia style hotel breakfast, a country girl at the shore, a flutter of gossip, and a presidential spectacle as President Harrison and family visit the beach amid a cheering crowd.
A London royalist writer proposes bringing the brains of James I, Mary of Modena, and Princess Louise to Westminster Abbey. Remains of Mary and her daughter are said to be hidden beneath College des Ecossins parloir floor. A quip about obedience in marriage closes the fragment.
A fragmented New York Tribune piece shows a displaced country resident and city neighbors in a brief street interview about work, currents of city life, and oddities like a boy’s height rumor, then shifts to a Vatican Bible sale note and a teacup fortune segment with light social vignettes and the Pope’s historic sale doubt.
The piece collects notes on reading culture noting Miss Burt and Miss Gort on libraries and education the value of books for working families and a brief anecdote about a minister using humor to teach self control. It also spins light vignettes from street life and social scenes with jokes and cartoons.
A Bowery Museum keeper claims a new exhibit is the biggest dwarf in the world, comparing it to Bourke Cock-ton and provoking a skeptical countryman who dismisses it as no curiosity. The scene underscores sensational display and public doubt.
A Maltese cat drinking Angostura from a whisky dose at a bar becomes the focus of a bizarre exchange. The barkeeper and reporter note the cat’s jaunty exit as the feline leaves after a brief, peculiar incident in a dim setting.
The hibachi, in its simplest form a wool liner receptacle filled with sheet copper and a base of lime dust or ashes with lighted charcoal, emits heat with no smoke. Japanese craftsmanship elevates this central domestic piece into ornate variants in copper, brass, iron, and carved wood, showcasing bold grain and meticulous metalwork.
A New Hampshire landlord requisitioned six young men to march to the mountains and entertain guests at his inn. Dressed in tennis attire by day and formal wear by night, the men supposedly lived on the land’s produce while serving gratis. The piece notes hotel labor shortages hurt profits more than cold weather and high prices.
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