18 Dec 1903
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Newspaper
The Bellefontaine Republican
Location
Bellefontaine, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
1
Easton and Anne navigate a private romance amid gossip from onlookers. They use a canoe megaphone to eavesdrop on distant voices and uncover truths about past affections, leading to a vow and a plan for their future together.
In a Paris studio Virginia Wade a starving American artist's model faints during a session. Crane, an American, carries her to safety and befriends her sister Lucille, funding her art work and guiding her toward a hopeful future amid Vivon's cluttered atelier and a sky parlor romance.
In London, the British Museum is a living relic to its devotees yet feels like a dead abode to the casual observer. The author notes visitors roam silent galleries of ancient sculpture while London life continues, Americans rush through tours, and locals seek daily shops and sports instead of lingering among relics.
The piece recalls steady winter work on farms feeding stock hauling coal and cutting wood. It contrasts past rural tasks with modern Chicago routines and includes anecdotes on soap making and cooking fat into soft soap. It also mentions hunting pigs, seasonal hardships, a badger in a trap, and light witticisms from various periodicals.
A colorful piece on cucujo beetles or fireflies, noting their luminosity, including Cuban and American sightings. It describes their light production, uses in lighting, larval diet, and experiments showing they glow without daytime light storage, with references to Cuba, Florida, Texas, and Havre.
The article surveys superstitions of notable women from Victoria to Eliot and Stowe, noting fears about cracks and toothbrushes. It then describes Travancore’s ancient Tulab bara rite where the maharajah was weighed against gold, sometimes valued at a royal weight, with charity after balancing the scales.
A London barrister notes a jury in Wales voting to favor Garnons of Rhingoch after privately conferring. The foreman told the judge the jury would not listen to further argument, claiming an agreement made at the Blue Lion last night.
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