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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1920
Page
2
Fragments include a humorous note about New York and Brooklyn sharing the Statue of Liberty, a medical ad for Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills, a wartime anecdote from Amos J Cummings and Ernest Jarrold, and a quip about prices and the struggle to afford cars.
A Western congressman, famed for plain tastes, erected a grand Washington home to please his wife and daughter. An old friend’s visit ends with the caller teased by the host who longs for a parrot. The exchange underscores family dynamics and social expectations.
A Virginia couple tours the Metropolitan Museum of Art with an elderly aunt who stays seated and bluntly questions the value of the statues, saying she once dressed their parents and herself before the children.
Wealthy New York man Frederick Cavendish is found murdered in his apartments. John Cavendish inherits most of the estate, but a former lawyer Enright proposes a payoff to remain silent. A conspiracy involving Celeste Le Rus, Celeste’s knowledge of Frederick’s survival, and Beaton the gunman points Stella Donovan toward Colorado where Cavendish may be alive. Stella’s investigation intersects with Jim Westcott and local editor Furr.
In a tense dialogue the couple pieces together the theory that a restaurant quarrel and a telegram tied to a will spurred the westbound departure. The dead man may be an impostor, and conspirators likely planned a swift intercept as Frederick Cavendish vanished with no trace. A carriage from the train approaches.
Westcott and Miss Donovan suspect a high level crime ring involving Enright and La Rue in a plot to control Cavendish properties. They monitor Beaton and Lacy as tension rises near La Rosita mine while a nighttime ambush erupts.
The article explores tree ferns in Darjeeling India noting their prominence in the local jungle and railway journey scenery. It contrasts tropical growth with their absence in the United States while stating 80 specimens exist in high altitude West Indies and Jamaica forests feature large trunks.
Devonshire sayings warn that bringing a single daffodil indoors signals death and a bunch is needed to ward off bad luck. Hydrangeas snowdrops and wildflowers carry curses, while fresh grave earth supposedly invites profuse blooms. May bans yellow blooms and bergamot scents sickness.
A terse reflection on the limits of brevity in conveying nuance and meaning. The text dwells on how concise writing can become awkward if pushed too far, noting tension between economy and clarity without concrete examples.
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