Easter by the Sea at Briarcombe Hill
A retired Philadelphia narrator recalls Briarcombe Devonshire Easter at a hill seat above a sea bay. He watches a young Chichester Lee reveal a family tragedy of debt flight and exile, then reflects on Easter’s redemptive promise amid bells and coastland beauty.
Deacons and Modern Choir Feuds Amid Easter Music
A comic fragment from a 19th or early 20th century paper depicts a stern deacon resisting modern church singing and paid soloists. The piece shifts to Easter reflections by Alice E. Coates with a family mention, ending with a humorous aside about a surgeon in a sleigh.
Condensed Happenings Of The Week In Brief
Secretary Blaine has the gout. St. Louis reports small pox cases while Arkansas treasurer is short 369000 dollars. Four thousand la grippe cases in Pittsburgh. Victor mourns Walace Fulkerson. Omaha reports 300 gamblers arrested. New York six day walk falters. Utopia disaster victims buried in one trench. Franco Russian treaty concluded. Wyoming senator says free coinage scare is exaggerated. Queen Victoria travels to Grasse and hotels are rented. McKinley act brings English lace plants to America. Theodore Thomas may direct World's Fair music. Cork mob injures Timothy Healy. A New York cellar tramp identified as Daniel Dougherty’s brother. New Orleans mob ties active in New York. A Pennsylvania scientist notes white primeval color. Springfield panic calmed by hymn. Nebraska man innocent after 14 years. Michigan farmers hold legislative power in balance. Carter Harrison supporters bolt Chicago Democratic convention. War Secretary Proc tor may resign to supervise quarries and a senate run. Miller’s hanging delayed to November. Two men killed on Montana railroad line. Balmaceda Chile position grows precarious. Diamond Jo dies. will worth 8-10 million signed before death. Paris Boulangists’ raids yield arrests and seized papers. U S warns on sealing waters jurisdiction. Nettie the Bum shoots Joe Putra. arrestee jailed. Keystone National Bank closed over reserve shortfall. Oxford defeats Cambridge in close Thames race. Jackson Park prepared for World’s Fair. South American republics show keen interest in the exposition.
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Michigan
Jimmy Sullivan
Diamond City
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Stuart
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