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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1935
Page
29
Cartoonist Coffman presents Hoptoad and Spendthrift urging readers that kindness endures beyond life. A toad warms by a steel rail as a warning hum sounds from behind, illustrating a quiet, moral point in a period piece.
A satirical captioned vignette warns that the toad and spendthrift ignore warnings about prudence and savings. It emphasizes Franklin’s caution to save, the consequences of folly, and the aging poverty that awaits those who reject self discipline. The piece urges sending the pictured warning to others.
A discussion of Samuel Taylor Coleridge as a lifelong opium sufferer, detailing his descent from genius to slave of laudanum. The piece notes how opium spread among friends, the futile struggles against addiction, and references De Quincey and Traill for fuller biographical context.
An overview of Coleridge’s struggle with opium dependence and its toll on his health, noting his late nineteenth century readers and critics. It recounts his habits in 1814, the intervention of physician J. Gillman, and highlights his major poems including Christabel Kubla Khan and the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The piece also reflects on the poet’s influence and the enduring interest in his visionary lines and dream poems.
A fragmentary public note highlights Coleridge’s verses as a living force through time. It frames the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner as a powerful legacy, urging readers to value poetry’s ability to spark imagination across ages. Arthur Brisbane signs the piece.
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