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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1883
Page
3
The poem recalls June 9 1855 at Oak Hill Cemetery Washington D C and honors soldiers of the Civil War with repeated refrains of Home Sweet Home. It blends scenes of Union and Confederate camps and mournful sentries while praising music and memory across zones and ages. Benjamin FY Taylor.
Harvey Vance fills in as a soap-cart driver for Deacon Chatter and wins the attention of Miss Lila Cavender at the Eyrie hotel. Misadventures with a balky pony, a rainstorm, and a rescued kiss propel a budding romance amid family matchmaking and a soap business in early June.
A compilation notes authors’ earnings in literature with Patti in Lucia earning vast sums per day and per word, Langtry’s life in a Welsh village with weekly remittance, and Phillips planning Amsterdam song services. It also mentions Prof Donaldson’s son seeking education via House of Refuge, Perkins’ diamond anniversary, Dr Holland’s New Orleans rectorate, Rebecca McLean’s marriage to a printer, ex Governor Rice’s ill fates in love, and General Crook’s enduring vigor and a three day bark diet on campaign.
A noon scene near Woodward Avenue shows idlers as a man offers a bank porter job at 3500 a year, testing the applicant by suggesting a lower wage than the prior post. The man refuses, declaring the bank should hire if worth the former salary, while bystanders recall a box of cigars and a wager in the exchange.
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