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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1889
Page
6
The poem centers on Johnny Jump-Up as the earliest riser and the loudest singer from dawn to night. It contrasts the lark with Johnny who wakes mates and rules the nursery with a bright laugh and playful mischief. The speaker teases the child’s power in a playful, affectionate tone.
In this tale Elsie frets about peers at school and candy skirting rules while vowing to study harder. Her aunt Laura visits and witnesses her unprepared recitation revealing fault lines in discipline, prompting a pledge to reform and hopes for cousin Helen's future schooling.
The speaker argues men fear death less than the noble impulse to face it. He cites Philip in the Antietam night as a model of readiness to meet death at dawn. Religion and philosophy fail to deter the heroic resolve, which transcends mortal life as a mere accident. The essay praises battlefields' tonic air as a balm for courage.
The tale centers on Silas Greenleaf a Harvard Law professor and his charming daughter. A suitor Barrell remarks he saw in Deering’s woods a green leaf and she replies from her window she saw an empty barrel. The exchange ends with the line about an empty barrel reflecting the social encounter.
A stranger lady called to cash a check and asked to be served. The paying teller declined and asked for an introduction. She replied with a cold retort that she did not wish to know him.
A special correspondence depicts Long Branch as a summer playground with glamour and vice. It notes shifting station names from West End to Hollywood, Sunday mail debates, and Phil Daly’s Pennsylvania Club alongside Long Branch Club. Gambling pervades race courses and clubs, with women betting openly and dignified dancers, including a famed elderly dancer, drawing attention.
A dime museum manager is sold a plain postal card that reads please send me a sample copy of your paper. The seller claims it is rare and notes the writer does not promise a club or subscribers. The exchange highlights newspaper business quirks and satire from Arkansaw Traveler.
A colored woman of notoriously bad character was arrested in a Southern town and taken to the lock-up. While escorted by a white policeman a colored man leaning on a post warned that Sam Johnsing has been paying attention to her and that he saw her walking arm in arm with a white man.
An inquisitive old man asks a man on the cars about his business. The man replies he is a painter but is traveling to work as a bartender. The exchange ends with the quip Sam, sir of noses.
Dr Van Dounrina reports a case where TB transmitted by a girl's ear-rings caused an ulcer with tubercle bacilli on another girl’s ear. After wearing the earrings, the second girl developed pulmonary consumption.
A brief note suggests that The Women of Shakspeare is a book feature about stories concerning William, with a claim they are true. The fragment hints at literary discussion and authorial connection without further details.
A Rochester resident keeps a very slow horse he nicknamed Poor Toke to poke fun at slow pace and light humor. The story notes the owner’s fondness for the unconventional pet and its peculiar name.
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