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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1895
Page
12
The speaker reflects on aging and lost youth, lamenting failed pursuit of poetic fame. He recalls brighter pasts, the crowd he could not join, and the endurance required to pass through threescore years and ten, accepting fate with quiet resolve.
In London, a Scottish nobleman's former valet Sharp engineers an extraordinary Waterloo banquet visit. A jaded witness, posing as a guest, witnesses a secret entrance, then meets Wellington, the king, and an elite gathering. Sharp supplies feather mementoes, and the tale ends with a lavish supper and a guarded exit.
The Philadelphia Record argues that modern humor shows a low ebb with rehashed jokes in papers and burlesques. It notes Lamb and Dickens as contrasts and laments humorists misunderstanding their subjects' minds, but sees possible redemption ahead.
A New York Recorder fragment describes a young bride weeping as her husband, in a black frock coat and white necktie, plans to leave after a six day marriage. They meet at the Ebbitt house reception area while she clings to him and pleads. He cites the seventh day as resting on God.
A lively House of Representatives debate features lawmakers trading vivid metaphors. One speaker likened a colleague to a mousing owl and another warned of the iron heel of stern necessity. A dramatic question asks whether to stamp out the last embers of a life fast ebbing away.
New York Letter reports bicycle incidents including collisions with carts and carriages, wheelmen runaways, and a case where a pupil sues her bicycle school teacher for 5000 damages after breaking her leg during lessons. The piece notes the danger of losing control on steep grades.
The speaker argues for humane treatment and advancement of horses, contrasts horse power with gambling at races, and condemns betting as theft against virtue. He cites biblical and literary imagery of horses, praises equine stewardship, and urges Christians to support honest racing while opposing prize gambling and cruelty.
An excerpt reflects on death and immortality, stating the soul remains free beyond worldly unrest and loss. Through measured lines the speaker gently mourns while affirming the enduring inner essence that death cannot touch.
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