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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1900
Page
3
The poem recalls the prairie schooner as a weary, toil laden trail to the West. White canvas covers bulge with joy as builders of an empire seek new homes and greet arriving families. The Mayflower of the prairie lands stands as a faded wreck, its voyage overland to a settled frontier.
David Allen returns from the West with his wife Ellie to surprise his mother Mrs. Allen on the old farm. The reunion unfolds with warmth as Ellie greets the surprised mother and the family plans supper together on the rural homestead.
The article recounts rapid creation feats by composers including Sullivan who finished Contrabandista in sixteen days and the Yeomen of the Guard in twelve hours. It contrasts Mozart’s night effort for Don Giovanni and notes Rossini and Donizetti delivering operatic work in short spans.
A woman admires garden blooms as a mild lunatic offers free flowers and invites her in. She thanks him and enters, while the man wanders away, later greeting an angry gardener who recounts the local Jones child’s mischief.
The Russian ministry weighs altering the current system that allows land in Siberia to be acquired only by farmers and settlers. In the past two years many merchants engineers and manufacturers sought concessions to purchase land, prompting the review.
A playful exchange notes the best time to talk to a father is after dinner when he relaxes in a slippers and smoking jacket in the library. The witty line appears in the Philadelphia North American.
Chicago hosts a bird hospital the only one of its kind where sick and wounded birds are received and cared for. The piece notes thrift and industriousness as paths to wealth.
A preacher warns that cities shape virtue and vice, urging Christians to aid the poor, resist fraud, and embrace brotherhood. He cites New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other metropolises, urging honest trade, charitable action, and personal holiness amid urban temptations.
A collection of short moral maxims attributed to Dryden Joubert Swift Publius Syrus Bulwer and Cicero, advising silence charity caution and restraint. The sayings emphasize restraint self indulgence fairness and thoughtful behavior in social life.
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