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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1890
Page
4
Poetic reminiscence by Mrs. A. M. Tomlinson in Christian at Work recalls enduring friendship. The speaker laments aging, fading vision, and death while cherishing shared songs and memories of brighter times.
An old hunter recalls chasing a red fox around a large chestnut tree in Sugar Swamp. While the fox tailed him, a nearby cattymount leapt from the tree, striking the hunter’s gun and delivering a dramatic, ironic end to the pursuit.
A Toronto Saturday Night excerpt contrasts the value of exact speech with pedantry and pride in language. The piece cites a New York Ledger quote praising propriety and harmony of English, then a dinner party anecdote about a German confusing governess with a governer’s daughter, highlighting language pitfalls.
Two tramps argue about leaving the country amid danger. One hints at danger ahead while the other proposes an offer to flee on Sunday. The exchange centers on fear and a plan to depart.
George Kennan writes in Century that censorship cannot crush ideas and that truth and freedom survive bans on Russian affairs. A theater of punishment cannot erase the human urge for liberty as future generations judge censored history and motive in Europe.
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