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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1872
Page
5
A poem about a plain, modest girl called nobody's darling but mine. It contrasts lack of wealth, fashion, and high social polish with inner grace, sweetness, and steadfast affection that outshine all else. The speaker cherishes her calm, pale beauty and calm demeanor as the essence of charm.
The narrator recalls a cruel master Mulbery Bangs and the harsh discipline of his time. He contrasts Bangs with Alexander Kinmont, a strict yet noble teacher, recounts a student-led barring out of the school by Bill Henning and Bob Strong, and reflects on fear, discipline, and the making of men.
A vivid 19th century reminiscence recounts boys seizing control of a schoolhouse during a mock siege. They block doors, fire a cannon of wood, trap the master, and finally push him into a well before a blaze consumes the building. The master survives, and the boys recall themselves as heroes.
A man stabbed in August was hospitalized and released as cured. Soon after a streetcar eject caused a fall that reopened the chest wound and caused his death. The coroner's jury discharged the conductor and committed the original assailant for trial.
The Rev Peter Cartwright, famed preacher of the Gospel and long-time presiding elder, died at Pleasant Plains Illinois aged 87. Born 1785 in Amherst County Virginia his youth in Kentucky rough frontier life shaped a forceful, missionary career across the West. He joined Methodism around Cane Ridge era and rose to leadership, recalling fiery encounters including a Nashville Conference clash with General Andrew Jackson. He left a lasting impact on American revivalism and the Methodist church.
A Harper's Weekly notes that benedictions are the supreme honors paid to a memory, highlighting reverent tributes and lasting respect.
The fragment presents two poem fragments with strict vowel constraints. The first, THE FALL OF EVE, depicts Eve in Eden with the serpent and her fall, using only the vowel e. The second, APPROACH OF EVENING, hints at a twilight scene where birds circle, winds sigh, and Night’s Virgin Pilgrim rises in light, using only the vowel i.
A vivid anecdote about Dr Caldwell formerly of the University of North Carolina who defends himself in a campus fight with a burly freshman. The clash ends with Caldwell declaring that for present purposes consider me Smith, leaving Bolus humbled and never confusing identities again.
A rumor claims Father Hyacinthe’s marriage increased his financial standing with a bride worth $75,000. The note frames the match as a worldly gain and mentions the groom’s religious status.
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