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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1894
Page
4
A lyric fragment describes a joyful homecoming. The sun shines bright and bees make honey sweeter as lilies lean the way. The south wind sings of her return, and sunshine blesses her at the doorway. The lines evoke warmth and welcome on a arriving figure.
Barton Grey presents a scene of farewell and fate as a bond breaks and a woman faces life without a beloved presence. The narrative hints at a fatal choice and a quiet, grave goodbye unseen by others.
A Jericho station master recounts ghostly railroad lore about the Fanny Ellster engine and a daring midnight theft by Gridley and a companion. They flee with the Fanny, face tramps and danger, and vanish into a gravel pit, prompting posthumous sightings of a specter at Pekin.
A mother presents half fare tickets for her two children, who are twins aged six. The railway clerk questions their ages and birthplaces, with the mother revealing one was born in New York and the other in Paris in a moment of unthinking honesty.
The article surveys theories on the term Yankee, noting philologists debate its origin for a century. It cites William Gordon's view that Yankee was a Cambridge slang by 1713 meaning merit, Aubury’s Cherokee source meaning coward or slave, and discusses early usage in New England towns and Virginia.
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