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Newspaper
Unionville Republican
Location
Unionville, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1906
Page
3
The piece recalls the April 21 celebration marking Texas independence and the 70th anniversary of the San Jacinto fight. It notes Santa Ana’s surrender offer and Houston’s defiant reply, then highlights San Antonio’s Alamo defense as a pivotal prelude to San Jacinto.
In Genoa Angelino, a poor bootblack, and Nina fall in love and emigrate to America. After years of hardship and a costly debt to a padrone, Nina comes to America, they marry by government order when a marriage license list reveals their names, and they wed with little money but hopeful hearts. The Philadelphia Record notes their tale as a blend of fate and endurance.
Mrs. Henry N. Couden the wife of the blind chaplain accompanies her husband to the door of the House and waits in the lobby until his prayer ends. She then helps him home, revered by legislators from the speaker to the youngest recruit for her gentle presence.
A collage of text includes a Kipling quote about talking to oneself and a note stating Colorado has 407 peaks above ten thousand feet plus a figure estimating New York water waste at 80,000,000 gallons daily. The fragmentary passage mixes literary remark with numeric trivia.
A newly released portrait shows Osarevitch Alexis, the infant heir to the Russian throne born August 12, 1904, at a dark wartime moment. Officials note he is unusually bright and has thrived despite ongoing hardships, with the Empress requesting the portrait at the Russian Palace.
A hard headed Pittsburgh manufacturer who earned his fortune with his coat off attends a Wagner concert at his daughters’ urging. The next day an acquaintance recalls the outing and the man muses on the contrast between the showy concert and his Scranton boiler shop days.
Lingerie fashion centers on hand embroidery with costly gowns made by hand. Laces and embroidered Swiss items dominate trims for lingerie frocks and jackets, ranging from $2.25 to $100. Various lace jackets, from simple lawn to elaborate embroidered pieces, garnish summer gowns and interiors, with styles varying from abbreviated Eton lengths to full mantels and boleros.
A scene unfolds at a handkerchief and ribbon counter where two girls trade garbled lines and misread phrases. A floorwalker interrupts, ordering them back to customers as the momentary linguistic chaos lingers.
The article lists works like Hawthorne's American Gardens and Thoreau's Walden with guidance for trustees and readers. It notes a range of stone knowledge, outdoor art, and agriculture publications from the United States Department of Agriculture, many available free through Secretary Wilson in Washington.
Sarah Bernhardt visiting Washington noted the capital lacks amusements and Sunday gatherings and that midnight closures make it feel like a country village. She said Washington is more beautiful than Paris but would rather not die there, calling it no place for a public death.
The Bear and Thesis from the Greely polar relief effort remain in United States service as revenue cutters. A playful aside notes Mrs Krankley makes regular dolls of her daughters and staffs them with breakfast foods, reflecting local humor in the piece.
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