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Newspaper
Weekly World
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1879
Page
3
A long fragmented verse and surrounding anecdotes display poems of youth and labor in a garden scene, interwoven with comic vignettes about theater life and a Texan cattle case. The piece alternates between reflective imagery and anecdotal jokes.
The narrator recalls a Parisian memory of Count Waldheim a Wilde baron like figure who appears in New York at a German beer house then haunts and vanishes only to reemerge years later as Heinrich Kurd Count von Waldheim now a thriving hotel manager at Saratoga reflecting on a glamorous yet precarious life among international movers and shakers.
Muriel Evelyn and Albert Chauncey confess deep feelings amid a seaside ball. Chauncey declares devotion and proposes as fire breaks out, sending Muriel into turmoil. He rescues her from the blaze, earning her reverent gratitude and a vow of love, forged in peril.
A fragmented historical tale describes a traveling book agent selling a local girl nicknamed Poky, her marriage to John Smith, and a fatal consumption ending. The scene shifts to an old blunderbuss exhibit at Delta saloon for a Sierra Valley bear hunt, where Jack Magges loses balance and is carried away after the shot. Evening Chronicle notes a powder-house blast, seeking a Chronicle’s accurate report.
After reading about supposed interviews and royal courting of Alfonso of Spain and Mario of Au tla, the writer declares it would not do for a prince to bow to a girl with an ambassador present. They suggest throwing him out the window, noting little pleasure in being a prince and that no young American would pursue courtship under such scrutiny.
A garbled scene at a prince’s villa shows a guest insisting on a break but the host declares the dance continues. The prince rushes back to reproach a gentleman who claims not to know the guest’s wife.
A dubious canvassing scene shows Colonel Tom Crittenden mingling with a crowd at a hotel plaza. He distracts a mother by admiring a baby to gain political favor, then reveals the mother’s husband died months earlier, ending with him returning to the platform.
Lindney Contos of Upper Merion and John Pywell recently hired a crew to remove a tree harboring a swarm. The limbs split during felling, the bees swarmed anew to a nearby tree, and a rope-assisted lift allowed the queen to enter the new hive. After patient work, the swarm was contained and the hive secured for occupation. Calculations warn farmers of crop losses and rising imports amid a bleak agricultural outlook.
An August 1A report outlines the Association for Preventing Street Accidents plan to station a leading horseman at corners to trail reckless cabbies and report their numbers for summons. The idea envisions a mounted observer to deter hot pursuit or unruly driving by cab drivers.
Young readers tackle a collage of word riddles and poems by Nick L Penny with a Special Prize Riddle details. The page shows acrostics phonetic enigma syllabic word square and transpositions, promising answers after the contest.
A long editorial notes how correspondence should be handled for inquiries on topics from wine to theater to rural matters. It discusses how not to publish names and addresses, when to answer, and the tone for medical, agricultural, and literary questions.
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