07 Jul 1905
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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1905
Page
1
In a Jersey high school, the principal suspends classes and orders all to the auditorium as he laments a theft of George Washington’s bust. The janitor confesses the statue was moved to protect it from rain leaks, urging the confession of the culprit as the only punishment.
The Atchison Globe cites a town story of a man who left a $1000 a month job in Atchison for a $10,000 yearly salary elsewhere, yet works less hard. It argues that being a "good man" means industrious, loyal, intelligent and well behaved, and that such behavior leads to easier success and earned reward.
A fragment from Lippincott’s features a heated exchange on war and morality. The speaker challenges pacifist views, argues for war as an organized force, and questions the logic of nonparticipation amid collective sacrifice. The text shows tension between reasoning and patriotic justification.
A secretary in a rural society reports a curious letter about a cat buried under a gooseberry bush. The write-up claims the next season's fruit grew hairy with the cat’s fur affecting the berries, a marvel blamed on enrichment of the mold and the root burial.
A fragment describes Mida as a pirate and slaver haven on the Red Sea shore, ruled by a sheik with limited marriages, a harsh port where Turkish tribute persists and warships cannot reach, leaving a lawless marine community unchecked for years.
The article notes Turkey bans electric lights in the sultan’s domains while using gas plants and telegraph. A Damascus project for electric railway and lighting seeks 266000 dollars with Ahmed Izzet Pasha and Mustafa Bey joining the stock drive. American engineers and manufacturers are urged to watch the potential development.
John L. Sullivan, former champion, claims James J. Corbett holds the marathon run record and beat Thomas J. Hicks in distance, recounting a 1902 New Orleans fight where Corbett covered over twenty five miles. Sullivan discusses his own weight loss for the Corbett match and notes his confidence against Jeffries or Fitzsimmons in a six round bout.
Elmer Flick recalls subbing for Larry at second base last season with Cleveland. He describes the strange, funny feeling of taking over as the greatest second baseman and playing a full week without an error while joking with himself about waking up to the moment.
A book loving lady enters a Detroit store in search of the latest Literary Digest. The novice clerk informs stock is gone but offers a substitute, a copy of What to Eat and How to Cook It from the Detroit Free Press.
Thomas J. Sawyer of Worcester owns a copy of an oration on George Washington's death delivered at Trenton New Jersey 105 years ago by Rev. Dr. Samuel Stanhope Smith president of the College of New Jersey. The address is in old style English and reached Sawyer through his mother's Fealdeuts family in Trenton during the revolution.
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