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Newspaper
The Jansen News
Location
Jansen, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
3
A strained honeymoon tale ends with Mrs Smith scolding her husband during a Wednesday stroll. He asks for dinner, she snaps back, and he replies he will dine out, signaling a fractured domestic idyll amid modern life.
A grandfather and grandmother clash over who gets her belongings after her death. The grandmother instructs the grandson to take everything once she dies, while the grandfather stays silent. The grandson feigns concern, hoping to attend to his interests and even jokes about dying to miss school.
A fragment notes a great distance heard of thunder in 1915 to 1918 with vague references to tolfes. The garbled text hints at atmospheric phenomena but lacks clear attribution or detail.
Two women share teacups and gossip about a rejected suitor. One recalls she read his love letters briefly then again only to kill time, denying any real fondness. The tale plays on playful vanity and the faint praise of a former admirer.
William Dean Howells challenged the Greenwich village idea that artists escape accountability. He recalled a conceited poet who neglected his wife and was seen drinking champagne with a chorus girl while allegedly at work. He replied that he was too good to be tried.
The quotation notes a natural infirmity in a friend accused of lying recently. The exchange suggests skepticism about the friend's honesty and implies ongoing dishonesty as a possible trait.
A Moscow correspondent reports over 1,000 foreigners including 35 Americans are in Moscow awaiting government action to escape before winter. Most Americans are longtime residents, some imprisoned, others jailed at times. Bolshevik officials press Washington for official negotiations.
Raymond Chapman, Cleveland shortstop, died after being struck on the head by a pitch from Carl Mays during a game with the New York Americans. He never regained consciousness after a hurried operation at St. Lawrence hospital. Chapman's death casts gloom over both teams and the baseball world, with fans fearing Cleveland may lose the pennant without him.
Rear Admiral Huse commanding the United States cruiser Pittsburg is ordered to the Baltic Sea with a destroyer to shield American citizens. Reinforcements include the battleship St Louis and six destroyers as refugees seek Baltic ports amid the Polish and Bolshevik crisis.
London reports the British labor party issues a workers manifesto warning the war danger persists and presses for terms of peace with Russia. It questions the premier’s stance on peace with Russia and Wrangel’s position while calling for a full peace and resumption of trade with Russia.
A child named Little Joe convinces his mother to let him visit grandmother on the upcoming week. He expresses a promise to return daily and to send his future grandchildren if he cannot visit, and then keeps his word by traveling to grandmother's house that afternoon.
An Essen dispatch notes a Berlin concentration of troops in the occupied zone. Alsace Lorraine rail lines are clogged with troop trains awaiting unloading due to crowded barracks. Die Freihert suggests French moves along the Rhine indicate a military expedition aimed at Poland.
Officials faced queries over permitting the sale of cargo damaged by water. Questions centered on legality and whether wet goods should be barred from sale under existing law.
Count Christian Hagen von Knuth, 40, a Danish noble who renounced his title and became a U S citizen, died from gunshot wounds after a quarrel at M W Armour’s home. Armour, manager of the Conant hotel, was arrested as the suspected shooter in Omaha Nebraska.
In Washington DC steps are being taken to limit the price of coal charged to consumers. The initiative aims to prevent price gouging and ensure access to fuel during current energy concerns. Officials consider price ceilings and monitoring mechanisms to enforce fair pricing.
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