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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
2
Poem invoking humble service to others over grand celestial roles. The speaker asks to comfort the widow, share joy with the bereaved, bear burdens, and greet exiles. Inspired by Edward Everett Hale, the verse emphasizes practical charity as a holy duty rather than lofty celestial work.
A Boston dean confronts a rich father over a son’s marriage to a chorus girl. The scene shifts to a Yale setting where the couple, amid a campus-room intrigue, reveal a hidden engagement to Bet Burton as the elder Ferris faces threats of disinheritance. In the end Jim introduces Mrs James Ferrin, resolving the crisis with a surprise parental blessing.
The annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture notes farm product values for 1909 reaching 8.76 billion dollars, up from 1908 by 869 million. Cotton remains Maine’s top crop, with lint at 13.7 cents and seed around 250 per ton, and overall crops show record values, including wheat, potatoes, and tobacco, marking the year as the peak for several commodities.
A fragment from a New York Times piece notes how men miss essentials of success while chasing style. It cites a woman praising her husband’s grand dress suit as a symbol of status, illustrating vanity over substance.
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