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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1903
Page
2
A collection of witty items and quick takes from Washington and beyond. Topics span politics, finance, marriages, strikes, and social quirks with quips about Ban Johnson, Carnegie, and the sultan. Includes jokes on elections, royalty, insurance, and daily life observations.
In a tumult of Civil War memory and romance, the scene shifts between a Yorkist lady’s haunting insistence on old loyalties and the burning, intimate recollections of Cromwell’s triumphs. Doctor Verity travels to Swaffham with news of Israel Swaffham and Cromwell’s campaigns, as Jane’s hopeful courage sparks renewed ties and a symbolic embrace of leadership ahead of Edinburgh.
At Swaffham a large audience heard Dr. Verity urge wealthy youths to forgo farms and shops, to shoulder arms, and travel to York with him to rally support. Acton, Calthorpe, Fermor, and others pledged to heed the call, while Neve’s delayed arrival cast doubt on London delays and Cromwell’s orders.
A dramatic speech declares England can create and depose kings, as a man boasts of ruling with stern bravado. He finishes by lighting a candle and storming to his room, leaving a tense mood in the corridor.
An Academy of Natural Sciences ornithologist notes that blue jays swear only during nut cracking. He describes the bird perching on a fence rail, striking a hickory shell with force, often missing and uttering hoarse oaths that resemble human anger.
Three electric furnaces are to be built in Tennessee each with an 8000 horsepower plant. They will operate independently of the steel trust but in harmony with other plants planned across the South and West. Also noted is a French academic change as Duc De Loubat funds a chair of American antiquities at the College of France.
Ecclesiastical authorities segment history into six periods from Adam to Noah and to Christ, while a historical note cites a new silk textile armor. The piece claims only steel Austrian Mannlicher rifle bullets can pierce this fabric, offering protection against revolver bullets and saber cuts.
An old advertisement urges trying Defiance Starch with a money back promise. It claims the product offers one third more for the same price and will not stick to the front, inviting readers to return it to the dealer if displeased.
Henry Norman English M P was born and educated in England. He studied with a French tutor, graduated at Harvard, then pursued two years of postgraduate study at Leipzig University.
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