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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1892
Page
1
A French family at Montmartre faces a hospital ward of grief as seven year old Francois, dying of illness, longs for the circus clown Boum Boum. The clown visits, revives the boy with song and magic, and the family rejoices as the child laughs and drinks medicine, his spirit saved by the performance.
The seven year old Francois lies dying in a small room on a clear morning in the Abeosers street. His feverish eyes fix on an unseen beyond as his parents Jacques and Madeleine Leerand cling to hope. The doctor urges the parents to revive him with memories, toys, and earthly recollections to rouse his fading spirit.
Charlishire shoemaker Martin Feels vindicated as a vision visits him after a long day of sewing. A spectral procession of those he aided appears, fading away with each blessing. The Bible passage he reads confirms the visit and his inspired feeling.
A minister recalls a sermon on heaven and a test of faith. A wealthy member buys five dollars worth of provisions for a sick parishioner in need, reads the Twenty third Psalm, and prays. The donor reports he felt heaven during the act of mercy.
A quip from Dr Talentye in the Christian Herald extols health as the grandest gift, arguing wellness outvalues luxury and palace decadence. It contrasts simple meals and a straw mattress with partridge dinners and grandeur, noting even Napoleon’s glory would be meaningless without health.
A jumbled OCR passage presents brief religious musings from various sources. It quotes lines about following God, deeds and sacrifice, truth, and Christian faith, interspersed with stray phrases and scattered references to a melon clue and Wisden. The collection reads like a collage of sermonettes and aphorisms rather than a single article.
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