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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1906
Page
3
A collage of quips and brief items from the Upper Des Moines Republican. It cites J. Pierpont Morgan buying a Bible for 25000, discusses wealth and Europe, humor about women and aging, remarks on milk quart quantities, donkey parchment sources, and the rising value of silver plus Mexican dollars at 55 cents.
Kent, desolate and near despair, seeks meaning when a stormy voyage brings him into contact with a lone woman passenger. After both face death at the brink, they rescue one another. As dawn breaks they share a vow to seek life anew, together, on the lifeboat's approach.
Entertainments for young folk include singing readings and treasure hunts with New Year mottoes and a doll cake centerpiece. A “watch party” invitation idea lends festive scope. A Four Seasons Luncheon uses four rooms with seasonal decor and courses from spring to winter, ending with plum pudding and coffee.
A lighthearted Baltimore incident centers on a forgetful man who mailed a crucial invitation letter late and caused a young woman to miss a country house party. He writes to explain, someone intercepts and reads another note, and a compassionate postmark proclaims forgiveness. The piece riffs on male forgetfulness versus conscience, praising the Christian deed.
Fragmented poem fragment describes The Flower Maiden and a mortal wife made of flowers with violet eyes and blossoms from oak broom and meadow. A line questions the soul and a stray note from Houston Post and Harper's Magazine cited.
A couple aboard a city elevated train watch a drunken youth as an elderly man gently helps him. Mrs Hunter moralizes on charity while Mr Hunter rebukes her, sparking a clash over feminine morality in a tense, period dialogue. The scene ends with the pair departing at Forty Seventh Street and Mrs Hunter lamenting perceived hypocrisy.
Exhibits in legal cases ranged from paper ghosts to a butler and other large items. At times an omnibus four motor car and cab were shown on private roadways beside the London law courts. Unable to bring them into the witness box, the judge and jury inspected them in the open. One of the most ponderous exhibits was a ship's boiler furnace conveyed for inspection.
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