28 Nov 1902
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Newspaper
Washington Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1902
Page
1
An aged matriarch endures estrangement with her daughters over marriage choices. After years of pride and loneliness, Mistress Dorothy faces loss and regret, then discovers her family gathered for Thanksgiving with the return of Priscilla’s descendants and Sally’s reconciled warmth, ending in forgiveness.
A scene of emotional reconnection as a mother forgives and welcomes her daughter Priscilla and her child Ransom. Priscilla explains the baby’s name, Nathan, and anticipation grows for the absent husband. Aunt Sally guides Dorothy to hear news of relatives and a Berlin Copimen Practice note contrasts leisure for wives at seaside holidays.
A brief quip contrasts male and female reactions to fatigue and illness. It notes a man fishes to recover, catching wall eyed pike, while a woman stays home and cries if looked at, concluding it must be lovely to be a man.
In a playful exchange from the Philadelphia Record a speaker notes a woman’s ageless seemliness. The back and forth teases whether she truly looks her stated age and counters with a light-hearted affirmation.
In a colorful aside Uncle Ephe notes that with many men the lung power and brain power are inversely proportional. The Colorado Springs Gazette conveys a folksy take on strength and intellect in social talk.
A bronze Sandy Hook pilot recalls a near loss at sea during a Thanksgiving voyage. After a gale and a capsized boat, he grabbed a line and was hauled aboard a ship, later returning to New York to learn his marriage request would be granted. The piece ends noting Michigan over Wisconsin in a football showdown with 422 rushing yards to 184.
Gertrude Atherton returns to New York to pursue drama. Tolstoi notes 9 am to 3 pm as prime writing hours. Rudyard Kipling may have the first government funded literary item with Our Lady of the Snows cabled from London to Ottawa. German author Friedrich Vena writes to Carl Hartmann with harsh remarks about the emperor, leading to Wenz’s two month imprisonment.
Alfred Austin writes a poem titled Good Night as quoted by the Atlanta Journal. Susan B Anthony served as a Rochester bridesmaid though the Indy may not act rashly according to the Brooklyn Standard Union. President Harper of Chicago argues against co education and is labeled mean. Mr Van Alen of Newport says England is the only proper country for a gentleman to live in, prompting doubt about his intent.
A Chicago Post quotation shows a neighbor defending a woman's happiness and ability to buy clothes that annoy other women, arguing some people are never satisfied and it's her own fault if she isn't happy.
A Chicago News item notes Doris and Mr Yale wed with emphasis on him as a well known antiques collector. The report hints at Doris’s age, sparking her fury over the coverage.
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