Days Brightly Came and Went as Guest
A reflective poem fragment notes cheerful days spent in a guest’s company and the value of rest on the seventh day. The speaker longs for one more golden hour before time resumes.
28 Dec 1889
Page 1
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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1889
Page
1
A reflective poem fragment notes cheerful days spent in a guest’s company and the value of rest on the seventh day. The speaker longs for one more golden hour before time resumes.
In Bubble Nebraska old Rafferty arranges his son William to marry Hanna Rafferty to unite rival families. A letter reveals romance with Sarah Sheehy, and the plan shifts when the truth emerges. The wedding proceeds, old tensions soften, and the Raffertys celebrate.
A Sunday Herald tale follows Rev. Wobbles who meets a burglar at night, who, charmed by Pentecost’s doctrine, helps himself to valuables while the parson gently dialogues about covetousness. The burglar departs with a smile, and the next day the parson rewrites his sermon, only to be interrupted by a meek visitor returning something.
A burglar, reforming himself and offering to surrender, turned himself to police. He was tried and convicted, then sentenced to life imprisonment under the habitual criminal act. This chapter notes the moral of the tale and hints at its omission.
Tommy reports a teacher sent by the principal to order a severe whipping. The student recounts being told to remove his jacket before the punishment.
The article traces how each weekday name derives from ancient gods and saints. Sunday honors the sun, Monday the moon, Tuesday Tuisco, Wednesday Woden, Thursday Thor, Friday Friga, and Saturday Seater, with brief descriptions of their iconography and roles.
In a humorous domestic tale, Mr Bixby offers to handle chores to prove his dishwashing prowess. Mrs Bixby warns him, but he persists until chaos erupts. She discovers misused utensils and dirty dishes, prompting a runaway exit as the scene ends in comic disaster.
A comic vignette from period humor columns features a Comtesses and a Boston heiress, with a jeweler's quip about scales and gold. Other snippets include barber shop banter and a race track remark, reflecting light social gossip in playful banter.
Berlin correspondent notes German newspapers spread myths about American women kissing as a social norm. He asserts German readers believe all American girls kiss and flirt, citing stories of diamonds and kissing schools. He argues such tales distort American manners and influence German youths.
A survey of early steamships recounts Fulton's Clermont of 1807, Molson's Accommodation (1809), the Fronte nac (1815) on Lake Ontario, and the Royal William's 1820-31 Atlantic crossings. It adds varied industrial and scientific snippets from metallurgy to medicine and natural science.
A traveling man laments monotony and social loss from constant movement. He recalls a college friend who rejected a $300 start to a patent venture, later becoming wealthy while he continued traveling. The piece also touches on cigar manufacturing risks and tuberculosis concerns among smokers.
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