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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1875
Page
3
The piece presents a devotional poem by an Athens lady, clipped from The Trinity Portfolio January issue edited by Rev. David H. Moore. It extols Jesus as beloved and mine, expressing morning praise and evening prayer with refrain that the soul finds peace and bliss in God.
A former sub-reporter Timkins, famed for vanity and romantic anecdotes, becomes the target of a prank involving a forged love letter. The scheme backfires as Timkins courts and marries the writer, a woman of modest fortune, leading to a comfortable life and lasting humor with the jokers.
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