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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1895
Page
7
Poem fragment describing fairy grass trembling around ancient crosses and haunted glens. Meadow sweet flings a mystic perfume to the night wind while nettle and spearmint near holy wells exhale melancholy scents. attributed to Dr Todhunter.
A bravado tale unfolds as a captain of Munchausen's Own recounts defending Fort Damli against a vast force. Using improvised telegraph and magnet cannons, he repels attackers, cripples ships, and forces a noble surrender, ending with a wry note on the nation’s true victors.
A long narrative sketches Cornstalk, a full blooded Michigan Indian living in Manistique near Lake Michigan. At 107, he survives by begging and wood sawing after once severing his leg to escape freezing death. He recalls Mackinac battles of 1813 14 and shares legends for listeners, including a tale of Mongo Wasaqua and the origin of rain drops from pines.
A New York dealer displays a stuffed animal body sent from Singapore. Customs officials refuse admission, calling it a well developed Borneo orang utan, over seven feet tall with long arms. The creature escaped, injured a crew member, and was killed in revenge. It nests in trees, eats vegetables, and moves upright when on the ground.
Carl von Trauneck, an Austrian nobleman and former Third Law officer, secures a superior court decree of divorce in New York. The suit follows long neglect of his wife Annie de St George who, urged by loneliness, admits to falling in love with Gustel, writing to end their marriage for the sake of their child Otto.
W F Slater of Carson Pirie Scott Co Chicago last wrote July 26 from Green Bay Wisconsin. He was seen August 1 in Oshkosh and has not contacted family or employer since. A detective agency is hired to locate him. Slater, from Colorado, had worked six months for the Chicago run and appeared prosperous. His wife suspects murder.
Captain A T Mahan in Harper's Magazine urges a thoroughly equipped navy to defend growing US seaboard and foreign commerce. He emphasizes changes since Washington, the Monroe doctrine, and the need to build and control the Nicaragua Canal to protect American interests and border defense.
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