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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1916
Page
2
A fatal accident follows Burton’s country drive with his fiancée Beatrice Tourneur. Merriam’s manuscript, threatening exposure, triggers a newspaper blitz by an evening journal. Beatrice and Arthur Hardwicke die by poison and gunshot, sealing the episode’s tragic end.
Quote from Exchange mocks women as gossips and traces rumors from female servants to wives. Commentary critiques gendered gossip norms in workplace discourse.
The piece contrasts habitual pessimists with occasional ones, arguing that constant gloom is dishonored, but a tempered pessimism offers a needed counterpoint to the era’s bright and irresponsible optimism. It notes minds and manners share this somber thread.
A French-Canadian guide arrives at camp with wild cranberries and describes a method to cook them with lots of sugar to make a sauce. He claims it yields a better apple sauce than prune for dessert.
The Brasenose college butler once presented the principal with Tuesday praise verses for ale. Modern poets cite Brasenose ale as a muse. several undergraduates’ verses have later appeared in book form.
A Farm and Fireside tip suggests nailing a small headed nail three or four inches long on the top of banisters to slip pots over. The pots become secure and won’t blow off in strong winds, preventing breakage from knocked over pots on piazza railings.
Ruth wakes in a cold morning and asks for water but the pump is frozen. When told there is no milk either she asks in a playful remark if the cow froze up too.
Travel offers education for the seeing eye, unlike many who visit places without gaining insight. The piece urges active looking and learning during journeys, echoing the saying none so blind as he who will not see.
The white crane and its relative the Carolina rail or sora are in critical danger. The western prairies once hosted the crane, now nearly extinct, while the sandhill crane also seems at risk. The Carolina rail is highly sought as a table delicacy.
A friend describes tucking a baby to sleep then a boy asks for piano. The adult fears waking the child, but the boy insists the music helps her sleep more tightly apparently from a child’s playful interpretation.
The quotation asserts work earns reward through honesty and personal approval, regardless of quantity or form. It emphasizes effort over outcome, whether planting coin or writing epics, and links reward to both senses and thought.
A Chicago Tribune anecdote recalls two boys discussing future careers. One says he wants to be a lion tamer, despite a neighbor’s dog that snaps at kids. The neighbor’s boy retorts by suggesting he first tame his own dog.
In a jokey exchange Brown says Smith is a lucky guy and would survive a fall from an airplane. Jones agrees, noting he would likely land on a hospital skylight and onto an operating table.
Quotation from Froude warning that insincerity ranks among the hour’s most dangerous evil spirits, highlighting moral peril in public life and personal conduct.
Deranged kidneys caused rheumatism and pain for Am brose Gary of Sulphur Oklahoma. He suffered for ten years and could hardly walk. After taking Foley Kidney Pills he felt relief from the first bottle and continued until three bottles were finished. He reports feeling like a new man. Sold everywhere.
A reflective note asserts that nature and wisdom are not at odds, presenting optimism about harmony between natural insight and thoughtful understanding.
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