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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
6
Readable excerpts reveal a tense scene where a woman rejects a possessive suitor after a letter hints at a noble, magnanimous form of love. The narrative centers on emotional conflict, longing, and moral choice as the heroine weighs engagement, jealousy, and commitment. The exchange culminates in the woman affirming a higher standard of love.
A bandit boarded the Weathound Oriental Mail train at Bowyer's Perry and stayed aboard for nearly five hours, later jumping off two miles east of Spokane. He threatened clerks at Denver's Ferry division point and rifled registered mail before fleeing toward Oregon. Police and postal authorities launched a search as the mail bag contents were found badly mixed. The suspect wore a red sweater and overalls and reportedly had a noticeable growth.
Reports tell of a youth Lin Krlelowsky fatally wounding his father after repeated abuse over work and money. A San Pedro Jealousy case ends with Grady Elguto shooting a former suitor, and other incidents include a Liberty banker shooting, bomb in Barcelona, and a New Orleans lumber camp riot.
Captain Tarkington recalls a Civil War incident in which Samuel Martindale, of the One Hundred and Thirty-second Indiana, shot a fleeing deserter at Stevenson Alabama. The story follows Martindale’s long remorse, a surgeon’s aid to a wounded man, and a later revelation that the deserter survived. Martindale later served as auditor and treasurer in Newton County, Indiana.
In winter and spring near Petersburg dense marshy ground hindered troops and pickets. Sergeant McCabe and a squad from Company B attempted to restore union pickets, were captured and paraded, then released as fog and a clever ruse reversed fortunes, ending with Confederates surrendering prisoners and plunder.
Americans value peace yet rely on their small army in emergencies and disasters. The article notes soldiers serve as life savers, police, relief distributors, and responders in fires, earthquakes, and civil unrest. It compares American service to armies abroad and highlights the army’s broad duties in peace and war.
A youth of 18 named Possneck, who lost both hands in a machinery accident at Arnstadt two years ago, earned a speed certificate for shorthand. After receiving two artificial hands funded by the duke of Saxe Meliningen, he became proficient and writes 115 words per minute.
Latin American diplomats including Cuba's minister and Bolivia's Calderon purchase and remodel mansions in Washington on Sixteenth Street. Calderon plans to stay despite shifting governments, investing heavily in American securities. Emerson’s view on humanity’s real value contrasts with material society.
An architect predicts a future home design featuring one large central room, a small electric kitchen attached, and an inflowed porch with overnight sleeping facilities, a concept he says is here to stay.
An editorial argues Peruna’s ingredients like hydrastis canadensis and cortisone substitutes are cited as catarrh remedies by the United States Dispensatory. It quotes Bartholow Scudder and Millspaugh on hydrastis and collinsonia canadensis, asserting Peruna as a potent catarrh remedy backed by top medicinal authorities.
English novelist Elinor Glyn provokes chatter on the “new woman” at a New York dinner, contrasting fierce clubs with a quip about a senior wrangler. An unrelated seed catalog fragment promotes vegetable seeds, listing items and prices from Salzer Seed Co., urging readers to send money for catalogs and gifts.
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