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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1900
Page
4
A whimsical poem by I. Edgar Jones describes a dreamlike Fairyland where children rule with happiness and kindness. The piece envisions magical landscapes, benevolent adults, and endless play without fear or sickness.
In a Binghamton scene Jim Dorsey’s pups charm Benjamin Lowry Hargraves and his family. A governor visits the major, loves the pups, and sends a pedigree greyhound and a star-marked pup, later sold to a stranger while Benjamin keeps the memory of his own pup.
A historical chant claimed to protect against sudden death and disaster. The fifteenth century style prayer invokes Jesus Christ, Mary and Joseph, with benedictions for deliverance in battle labor and danger and a pledge of blessing for those who copy or read it.
In plain language this piece explores early life on earth and how life cycles endlessly. It highlights the housefly, its foot and claws, and the sticky pads that enable it to cling to glass. The article compares hairs across species and shows microscope images of plant stems and hairs, urging curiosity. R. James Wallace.
A London Madam report says papal etiquette bans decollete dresses at papal receptions. An American party in Rome learned a cardinal’s tactful explanation that the pope dislikes them, while the cardinal, used to savages, jokes he does not mind.
A historical note describes a regiment of 1000 men seeking shelter under a single banyan tree in India. It mentions a remarkable banyan with 400 main trunks and over 5,000 smaller aerial roots, illustrating the tree's extraordinary size and spread.
The ice demand surges in Great Britain driven by American travelers and hotels. London consumption reaches 160000 tons yearly with firms storing 10000 tons for heat spells as ice reaches into country inns and homes.
The article surveys wit and sarcasm across battles and sieges. It notes besieged garrisons using humor to lift spirits and mock foes, citing Mafeking Arundel Castle Dunbar and Dunbar siege episodes. It recalls Black Agnes and Countess Von Voss as noted hecklers and a Nelson era admiral urging bold fight.
Paris reports a 3 million city with only 40 000 Protestants while Chicago presbytery notes an 814 member decline. Felix Hogenmiller 75 teaches in Ste Genivieve Mo for 50 years. Volunteers of America claims 4 000 000 attendees and 72 000 members. Bishop Montgomery of Los Angeles, born in Kentucky, is gaining Protestant and Catholic support. Oxford lists a Lancashire millhand student with a £80 annual scholarship. Rev E F Lawrence seeks audiences with McKinley and world leaders. Geneva convention signatories may be summoned by Swiss government. Dr Samuel L Gracey a Philadelphia born consul at Foochow China was a pastor and legislator. Prof Du Bois notes 2414 blacks with degrees, including 235 women, and their property average value around 2 500.
A traveler recalls illness aboard a voyage to Amsterdam and how a doctor in the party prescribed relief with quick breaths and a pill from his waistcoat, ending a voyage pain with a single prompt dose.
A Washington Star quip features Senster Sorghum and a reply about honesty lasting as long as Arctic days that are only minutes long. The exchange hinges on a humorous remark about time and truth.
The Detroit Free Press extols how few kind words in despair or praise in success reshape lives, providing lasting happiness for speaker and listener. A practice easy to acquire, it should be cultivated to inspire ambition and resilience.
The Chicago Chronicle notes Queen Victoria does not allow smoking near her, yet she maintains a stock of superb Havana cigars for guests, with annual consumption around 3000.
A Philadelphia businessman explains a smarter travel method using through trains on Chesapeake & Ohio, Atlantic Coast Line, Pittsburgh & Fort Wayne, and Pan Handle routes to meet contacts in Kentucky Virginia Georgia the Carolinas Cincinnati Chicago and beyond. He notes sleepers reveal useful strangers and local knowledge while avoiding dull local trains.
The American Colonization Society led by Henry Clay aimed to establish a nation in Africa for freed slaves. They organized free passages and transported about 20,000 to Liberia, creating an established state but the effort proved a failure according to the New York Telegram.
Doctors examining 351 Jersey City public school children found only 69 with perfect vision. Parents of those with any impairment must provide glasses, a finding framed as a warning to school boards and parents nationwide.
The excerpt shows a comic dialogue featuring Mr Isaacstein Cohenstein Well striving to attend social functions despite rheumatism and gout. Mrs Isaacstein-Cohenstein teases him urging him to learn to speak of rheumatism as gout. The exchange captures a lighthearted domestic humor tone from a Puck source.
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