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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
10
The poem portrays Easter bells and forgiveness with reverent language. A speaker reflects on Christ's crucifixion and the hope of salvation, urging readers to lay down sin and seek peace offered by the Savior. Polly Pry is presented as the author or voice.
A bedraggled girl named Margaret experiences a transformative Easter morning vision in church. She enters a radiant garden with angelic figures and the Gardener, who grants her a new life and tasks in caring for human hearts. The vision ends with the family gratefully accepting her restored health and presence.
At the Easter breakfast Mabel asks about dying eggs and whether dying eggs comes from dead chickens. Mabel's father responds with a practical meal request as the conversation turns to breakfast duties.
An English front correspondent argues Britain misunderstood the Boer war. He says fighting has shifted from haste to measured, notes soldiers fight with brains over brawn, describes the zone of fire and the toll on both sides, and condemns partisan portrayals of the Dutch as barbarians.
The extract from Hannah More’s Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education urges molding women to grow old gracefully. It argues youth ends. beauty fades. education should enrich the mind for mature life. It questions prioritizing transient admiration over lasting use and eternity.
A speaker at a crossroad guides a traveler toward Rose Valley with rustic humor and a deal making tone. The settler proposes sharing a tobacco chaw and liquor, a half dollar for a new scale house, and postage stamps before directing the traveler to the left road amid hills and mud.
A Chicago Tribune observation notes that struggling authors face repeated rejections as they mail manuscripts to multiple publishers seeking publication and financial success.
In a humorous complaint the man laments feathered sofa cushions and ostrich feather fans that cling to his clothes. He warns he will avoid such furniture and may retire from social calls if his tuxedo becomes further covered with fluff.
A Washington Star report quotes a man claiming he can remove a used stamp from an old envelope and reattach it to a new one with glue. A lawyer counters that as long as the stamp is genuine and unused, the government still delivers the letter, despite any torn or attached envelope fragment.
A humorous Ally Sloper exchange features Sandy McTush defending Gaelic antiquity against an English wag. Sandy insists no sacred text predates Scots who joined Lot, arguing the history runs deep in Scottish lore and language.
A weary sermon ends with the preacher calling Deacon White to lead in prayer. After repeated pleas the deacon awakens and confesses he has just dealt rather than lead, prompting a brief, humorous moment in the service.
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