27 Mar 1872
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1872
Page
1
A poetic reflection contrasts winter and summer days. The speaker notes short winter days and long tights of cold, yet recalls warmth from past sunshine. Summer days are long and bring enduring song, while winter lingers in cycles and dreams.
A narrator recounts Mr Duncan Wandle’s comic misadventure aboard a Boston to Worcester train. Wandle hides from his wife, recounting a tale of multiple marriages, a fortune, and a dramatic reunion with the wife in disguise, ending with the narrator guiding Wandle to a seat in the smoking car.
Dr Wallace A Little a longtime Joliet physician and Elizabeth pioneer died at 67 after a yearlong illness marked by paralysis and blindness. Born 1814 in Vermont he practiced medicine in Joliet and Elizabeth, married Charlotte Gibbs in 1849, served in the Illinois General Assembly, and as sutler with the 96th Illinois Infantry. He was a Republican leader, church benefactor, and valued neighbor leaving a wife two daughters and an adopted son. Funeral at Elizabeth Methodist Church drew nearly 800 attendees. interment at local cemetery followed. The Illinois Senate adjourned in his memory.
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