Pledge Pulpit Plea Against Liquor
A speaker pleads with a young man to sign the pledge and refuse the deadly draught. The poem warns that ten thousand poisonings come from alcohol and urges steadfast sobriety to protect spirit and brain.
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1870
Page
8
Ann Hath a Way to Sing in Love’s Sweet Notes
Poem fragment praising Ann Hathaway for a clear song that moves hearts. The lines celebrate her singing way to charm nature and lift sorrow into joy with a graceful, enchanting voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Hathaway
Ann
Haydn’s Struggle with Poverty Moves Porpora to Aid
Joseph Haydn, beset by poverty and doubts about his genius, laments unpaid work and fatigue after grueling hours. The arrival of the composer Porpora reveals a turning point as the elder reveals concern and readiness to help the struggling artist in Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brothers de la Merci
de Haugwitz
Joseph Haydn
Haydn
Germany
Perpora
Vienna
Composer
Porpora
Haydn’s Odyssey From Envy to Global Fame
Porpora recalls Haydn’s rise from poverty to fame across Venice Vienna and London. Esterhazy patrons elevate him, and a triumphant Creation performance exposes his aging reverence as he weeps and proclaims glory to God. He dies amid royal homage and memorials in Eisenstadt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haydn
Katerhazy
Nicholas
Antonine
Europe
Vienna
Gumpendorf
Esterhazy
Manuel
Prince Esterhazy
Esterhazy Castle
England
Manual
Mandel
Tayda
Eisenstadt
Hungary
The Two Scrosanses and a Roving Tale
In memory of John H. Chisholm a former Philadelphia bank teller, a comic anecdote titled The Two Scrogginses is recounted. An Irishman recalls five companions on a fishing trip, repeatedly naming the group to prove there were five, yet cannot identify the missing fourth or fifth man, ending with comic confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrosanses
John H. Chisholm
Philadelphia
Farmers’ and Mechanical Bank
South Carolina
Scrogginses
Terry
Jim Kasin
Terry Tools
Terry ‘Tools
Myself
Scorgginses
Jim ‘Kasin
Terry Toole
Lippincott's Magazine
Remarkable Escape From Illinois Hospital Roof
An insane patient escaped confinement at the Illinois Hospital for the Insane in Jacksonville. She climbed to the roof, walked a narrow cornice for fifteen minutes, swung and leaped to a lower ledge, then dropped to a bed area and was rescued unconscious but uninjured. Witnesses described a dangerous ascent and a dramatic rescue by staff and bystanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Illinois Hospital For
Secrets of Masonry and a joke about appetite
A tale recounts Old Zach Wheeler misled into joining Masonry by Aaron Remera, with a mock oath and a cynical view of masons cheating others and themselves. It ends with a schoolyard joke about the word appetite, told by a Newcastle boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zach Wheeler
Aaron Remera
Romiment Magon
Zach
Aaron
Wallsend
Newcastle
England
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