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Newspaper
Wahpeton Times
Location
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
2
Senator Bacon denounces American policy toward Porto Rico as a mere plant while Porter shows a mix of foreign policy quips. The item surveys political opinions, pundit talk, and rumors about McKinley, reformers, pensions, and post office reforms, with notes on prices, elections, and party power struggles.
Twin City Park hosts July Fourth and Fifth racing events with a $1000 purse offered. Organizers pledge careful planning to ensure a successful meeting. For lemonade and refreshments, contact Frank 125e.
A listing advertises sale of a 16 horsepower Buffalo Ditts engine with miction clutch, a 36x56 inch Suffalo Pity operator, an automatic straw stacker, two ks, a pump, a truck wagon, and a straw bucking pole. Items can be seen near Wahpeton with particulars through A. M. at 100 Washington Ave South, Minneapolis Minnesota.
Auction notice for June 28 at Two Lake farm six miles sourt hday. Goods include Exmoore ponies mules and a head of cattle. Details listed under H. Carrer.
An excerpt from New Orleans Three Democrat recounts a casual speaker’s experiment with phonograph recordings. The speaker notes the uncanny lag between self perception and how others hear his voice, describing the eerie thrill of hearing a recorded voice and the universal astonishment it provokes.
The readable text scraps mention a physician inquiry and a burglar, then dialogue about being upstairs and going to the cellar. It reads like a damaged newspaper fragment with garbled phrases and partial names, lacking a coherent single event or clear dates or places.
A New York Sun report records a renting agent describing how nationality affects tenancy. He cites Scots as troublesome, Swedes as quiet and punctual, Americans as demanding with upgrades, Italians and French as least costly, Germans as destructive, and mentions Black tenants. the piece presents stereotypes from past urban housing debates rather than balanced study.
In Spain a stove is built from an empty petroleum oil can by cutting a bottom-side hole for draft and lining with Eypeum. The primitive stove, though plain in appearance, is effective and costs only a few cents. The text veers to New Hampshire’s first free public library in 1833 and a 1849 tax law for libraries, then notes a Tokyo earthquake with immense casualties.
A sprawling passage blends war memory with art market intrigue. It traces a Paris dealer’s claim over a painting bought for £2000, a boastful artist, and a dinner party anecdote, then shifts to a French battlefield near Sedan. Cavalry charges fail against German fire as General Margueritte is wounded and Belgian-like chaos unfolds among troops and spectators.
A humorous fragment from a social page recounts a newly married couple at a village church receiving traditional advice from a vicar on married life. The scene humorously revisits gender duties and a bride’s plea to alter the vows amid a busy wedding day. In another vignette a father and mother quarrel over a child’s question about who married whom.
The text discusses prophets of healing in Milesian Ireland and how holy wells remained centers for the poor and ignorant classes seeking relief. It notes local customs linked to ancient rites, such as drinking from sacred waters while praying and observing Beltaine fires, linking them to Phoenician and Irish ancestors. It also covers rowing practice and coaching, detailing stroke discipline, endurance, and race strategy.
A parlor entertainer recalls a light hearted incident where a performance stretched due to encores. After the show, the host and her young daughter warmly invited him to sit and rest, joking about his fatigue, as reported by the New York Mail and Express.
A fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer features a dialogic piece about rivals and friendship, a public officer being probed about his duties, and a mocked exchange on improving governance. It hints at cultural commentary and playful satire within a newspaper context.
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