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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1903
Page
2
The passage discusses Monte Carlo’s gambling scene, Sir Hiram Maxim’s views, and a married couple who daily stake 20 francs each, alternately backing red and black. They lose when zero appears, depleting their funds as the bank claims winnings.
The article recalls a Tennessee childhood home overrun by roses and a memory that returns as the author reflects on Michigan’s Civil War heroes. It highlights Michigan regiments at Chattanooga and Battery D under Capt. Josiah W. Church, praised by Charles Francis Adams. It includes quotes praising Lee and noting Governors' war leadership and a Boston veteran’s tale of a Union soldier refusing furlough to stay with his comrades.
Georgia Representative Livingst on tells how he and a Texas scout escaped Yankee soldiers during a Atlanta mission in civilian dress. He recalls paths to the city, a woman in the city, and his meeting with Gen Coggswell, revealing a lasting friendship and his role as pallbearer after Coggswell's death.
The article profiles S. Prentiss born in Portland Me on Sept 3 1898 tracing his descent from early American families and noting his rise as a renowned orator and statesman. It recounts his education law study in Cincinnati Mississippi teaching Natchez Mrs Shields library access and Judge Shields praise, detailing his Mississippi influence and death in 1850 with burial near the river.
A post office inspector warns of petit larceny in stamps through fake ads in unreliable newspapers. The fraud centers on two cent stamps diverted by responses to help wanted ads, with 1 000 to 1 500 replies per column and eight hundred stamps taken from letters and packaged for sale.
The London Chronicle reports renewed doubt about the succession to Nicholas I amid Empress consort confinement and disputed succession rules. It notes Grand Duke Michael as heir apparent, with possible shifts if the male line fails and considers Grand Duke Vladimir as a potential alternative.
In a Thomas Brackett Reed anecdote, a bright Washington office boy jokes about his pay. A visitor asks about weekly earnings. the boy answers five fifty, prompting Reed to reveal the true amount as five dollars and fifty cents. The tale, relayed by the New York Mail and Express.
Belfast correspondent reports Hugh Carberry, thought dead since the Modder Spruit battle of 1899, is alive in Pretoria. The Armagh commemoration raised £125 for a monument unveiled by Michael Davitt in June. Letters from two Armagh men confirm sighting in December.
In Col Church of the Arty and Navy Journal a homecoming story recalls a hero riding a Broadway car after the war. A pompous man boasting of supplying cheese aboard battleships is challenged by a sailor who then asks for the butter supplier, ending with a punch in the car.
A lighthearted sketch recalls Governor Sob Sob as a genial figure known to friends as Gov. Sob. The piece references ex-Gov Taylor and Dr Duncan leaving the Methodist conference to enter business, with Sob’s humorous quip about life insurance after Duncan’s resignation from fire insurance.
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