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Newspaper
The Caldwell Tribune
Location
Caldwell, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1906
Page
4
A poem recalls a grandmother’s stockings, white and red candy stripes. Time passing leaves the chair empty and the knitting needles rusted. The narrator clings to the faded socks as a link to a carefree, mysterious youth and a lost era.
A Kansas railroad crew recalls a 1878 1879 pursuit of a tornado on a zigzag line near Peters town. The engine and a helper outran the funnel cloud by a bridge bend, tearing up tracks and claiming eleven lives in the disaster, a near-miss that haunted the narrator.
A steam train barely outruns a tornado in the Northwest as a boy recounts the monstrous sight. Carlton Wyllys Roberts of Chicago shares memories of Minnesota Civil War era killings, describing the hanging of 39 Indians at Fort Ridgely and the later desecration of graves for medical dissection.
Hugh Mercer born in 1720 Aberdeen Scotland educated at the University of Aberdeen became a physician and army surgeon assistant to Prince Charles Edward. He emigrated to America 1747 served in the French and Indian War received a gold medal from Philadelphia for Fort Cumberland bravery. He drilled Virginia militia in 1775 and became colonel of the Third Virginia Regiment in 1777. Chosen brigadier general by Congress in June 1776 with Washington, he led at Princeton and night march, rallied wavering troops, was struck by a musket, refused quarter, fought on, and died after days of suffering for the country.
The New York World reports widespread damage to British warships including Montagu which grounded at Lundy Island and may be sold for scrap. Four other first class battleships and an armored cruiser are out of action, with eight percent of vessels ineffective. A high naval authority cites officer error as a recurring cause.
An incident at a Washington high school commencement recounts a clever prize winner named Hattie who quips she feared no defeat in English composition as she had "em skinned alive." The piece ends with a general query about neighbors and annoying families.
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