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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1872
Page
5
A poem from the Boston Daily Advertiser depicts a city under threat of horse disease. The speaker laments dying mounts as riders urge on their thoroughbreds while cautious asks arise about remedies and care. The piece evokes panic and tenderness toward afflicted animals.
ASSUAGING SUORKOW editor Brimmer launches an obituary poetry department at the Morning Glory. Poet Remington Ott is hired to craft verses for death notices as families seek consolation, with Brimmer urging a bright, uplifting tone to accompany the mourning process.
Ott's sentimental verse provokes a mob scene as readers storm the Morning Glory office for copies. Brimmer defends his paper against furious critics including McGlue and Mrs Smith, while exasperated Saloon-like confrontations lead to a climactic brawl. The affair ends with the editor's departure and Ott vowing to quit obituary poetry.
A collage of quips and anecdotes covers moralizing adages from Franklin to farm humor. Jokes poke at fashion, arithmetic antics, and everyday follies, with sketches of neighbors and a comic toast to future wives. The tone echoes a penny press miscellany.
A reflective verse by Eliza Cook extols hope in hardship. The poem urges readers to seek good amid autumnal decay and social fault, finding virtue in roots, mercy in guilt, and faith beyond death. It weaves praise for divine presence, resilience, and the unknown future as solace.
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