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Newspaper
The Chanute Times
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1902
Page
3
A collage of aphorisms and ad copy mocking culture and commerce. It includes Phillips Brooks on humanity amid nature, a quip about Eden, brief tips on curing a cold, fashion and hat remarks, and several advertisements for Defiance Starch and Allen's Foot-Ease. The jumble mentions political candidacy, household goods, and travel references with dated-style tone.
A poetic fragment describes a sudden rush of fever and romantic awakening. The speaker witnesses a handsome figure in a vivid dreamlike moment, feels heat and heartbeat, and hears a whispered angel mark the lover’s first dawn, as a meeting is adjourned.
Ned Esterley, trapped in a burning wreck after a crash, writes a last letter to Elise while rescue efforts struggle. He reflects on accusations of disloyalty tied to his past with Kate Sanford, as flames close in and time runs out.
Ned Waterley suffers a dramatized shipboard blaze as flames engulf him while he and Elise resolve a long standing conflict. After aid arrives and he falls unconscious, Elise restores hope by confessing about Kate and their past. Ned awakens to Elise by his side and forgiveness.
A peculiar New Orleans figure, an elderly Afro American washerwoman, uses biblically quoted sermons as a paid service. She prays weekly for clients, including neighbors’ husbands, and envisions her calling as a valued, even industrious, vocation in the antebellum spirit of the city.
A parliamentary return shows 1900 English and Welsh society had 1,310,680 civil cases begun that year. On average one person in twenty five went to law, with the London Express noting the common factors of a litigous person and a debtor-tradesman affect the average.
A South Dakota senator famed for brief replies finally names Sioux Falls as the state’s largest city after a reporter asks for more than yes or no. The exchange ends with the journalist claiming a verbal win by eliciting the city’s name.
A sharp exchange features a young woman asking whether money or blame matters, to which Senator Sorghum replies that politics have grown corrupt. He reflects on past simplicity and asserts that now both money and brains are needed to succeed, cautioning that money alone won’t suffice.
A collage of product pitches and anecdotes features Defiance Starch as a must for all kitchens, plus notes on Red Cross Ball Blue and Mother Gray’s powders. It includes celebrity mentions, library purchases by royalty, Cherokee language papers, Punch staff moves, a Wisconsin back-pain testimonial, and quips about luck and home-made pleasures.
The Missouri Pacific Railway offers railroad and steamship tickets to all parts of the United States and the world. Agents for major steamship lines invite inquiries for tickets and rates with deposits for prepaid voyages from Europe. Two daily Wichita trains to Kansas City and St. Louis provide Pullman sleepers and reclining cars, with connections east to New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore and beyond.
Fragmentary report notes Dean Mas and Pivenan on travel and medical rest. A physician advised complete rest after a prior procedure two years ago, and the text references ongoing issues with sleep and recuperation.
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