17 Feb 1870
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Newspaper
Carlisle Herald
Location
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1870
Page
1
A reflective poem on life’s cycles and perseverance. The speaker emphasizes repeating efforts despite hardship, noting each small effort matters and growth comes through sustained work. Images include nature’s regular rhythms and the inexorable passage of time.
A poem about a bonnie bairn sitting by the fire and building castles in the air. The child’s rosy face glows as he watches the night, while thoughts of his future grow. parents fear the fragile dreams may fade with age.
Helena and Fritz tour the Breslau bell foundry and witness the molten metal’s life like a sentient sea. Reichert, the founder, orders discipline. Fritz defies him and summons the channel of fate with a fatal blow. Reichert is condemned, the bell rings, and the tale ends in a haunting judgment.
In a Jan 10 1870 slice from New York six Ward life Nasby quotes a long letters from Deacon Elkana Pogram describing a city in decline. He mocks temperance talk, notes traders and politicians faltering under abolitionist pressure, and laments church and party clashes. The piece blending satire and social commentary reflects postwar failures and moral panic across Bascoms and Pollocks.
A newspaper notes Erie Railroad circular promoting a world circulation ticket with routes and timings. It lists New York to Buffalo or Cleveland then Chicago Omaha San Francisco Yokohama Hong Kong Calcutta Bombay Cairo Alexandria Marseilles Havre Paris Rouen back to New York totaling 23 739 miles in seventy seven days and twenty one hours.
The article recounts Professor R Ogden Doremus lecturing on The History of the Creation for the YMCA. It describes demonstrations with oil in water to model planetary formation, oxygen pipes in rooms, a Munich chemist, a stair climbing horse, and a tutor prank involving misread notes, ending with assorted wandering passages.
The piece humorously advises women on selecting a spouse, with tips about judgment, appearance, and temperament. It uses Billings’s quippy examples about virtue, humor, and endurance, suggesting practical traits and warning against marrying for shallow reasons. The tone mimics a penny press column urging sensible, wary choices.
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