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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
3
Captain Brundage and the mate plot a fake death to collect a 23 dollar debt, while Miss Polly Antrim confronts the staged tragedy aboard the Buffalo run, as Prout spins a melodramatic tale of illness and a promised love letter.
A ship tale follows Capt Brundage and mate Prout as they scheme to deceive Polly Antrim who vows to visit Jim Brunitnee’s grave in Chicago aboard the Arklam. Brundage pretends deafness and a fake beard to shield his duplicity while the mate resents meddling and plots his own leverage as the voyage nears Chicago.
Polly confronts Tim Brundage in a Chicago-bound caper tale. She strips his deception, compels him to hand over 250 dollars for a staged house-keeping plan, and announces they will set up a new life ashore with Mr. Prout. The captain endures the sting of betrayal as the crew watches.
In Washington a Texas man cites predestination amid a tragedy where a Dallas area boy survives an operation only to die after swallowing a bullet. A Loudner family tale from Militt Pa follows, where a dog and a rattlesnake die during a strange sequence of events involving a rubber ball and a child’s play.
The Allegan born Gen fen Pritchard, a Fourth Michigan cavalry captain who rose to lieutenant colonel, led his regiment in the Civil War. He helped intercept Jeb Davis near Irwinsville after a march from Macon, faced misidentification in darkness, and pressured Davis over captured provisions before returning to Allegan to resume law practice.
The article discusses medical ethics and patient knowledge, noting a trend toward limiting patient details to bolster faith in the physician. It also recounts Wu Ting Fang's Chinatown speech on gambling and a police inspector's licensing question, concluding with a primer on weight tables and grain measures used in different weight systems.
Manila Bay bathers face warning after shark sightings near Malate beach and a stranded sawfish from Salinas Cavite measures 14.4 feet long with a 12.4 foot saw. The Manila Times notes repeated cautions for bathers near ships and urges care.
The Munich Nueste Nachrichten jokes about European nobles courting American heiresses. It urges New York heiresses to consider a "large number of aristocrats for sale at low prices" and to be shipped via Hamburg on remittance. The satire includes a listed lineup of princes and counts.
An elderly couple in a Tanta Constitution excerpt discusses women taking men’s roles. The old man asserts women will manage plows and ax work, even cooking and feeding the family, as Marla questions the meaning of broader rights in the current talk.
A Washington Star quote presents Senator Sorghum debating how to answer party leaders when the country calls. He contends that showing reluctance is safest only when leaders beseech you. The exchange highlights caution in political obedience.
A manager challenges a hopeful dramatist to judge the play's edge while the writer defends the plot as fit for any audience. The exchange highlights ambition versus cautious staging in a lively backstage exchange.
Maj Gen Merritt arrived from San Francisco seeking to send three cats ashore. The army keeps thousands of dollars yearly for cat maintenance at depot commissaries with cats fed regular rations and allowed game to curb rats and mice. Soldiers rely on felines aboard ships to prevent infestations, as illustrated by a ship’s halt caused by a rat in a cylinder en route to New York.
Old soldiers recount the Platte Bridge disaster near Fort Laramie in 1865. They describe Maj Hughey and Maj Anderson conflictingly, Collins leading a rescue, heavy Indian attack, telegraph destruction, and the four mule teams with Sgt Custard. The battle of Red Buttes follows, with many casualties among the Eleventh Kansas and nearby troops.
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