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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1871
Page
3
In Pecatonica on October 27, Mary E. Griswold tells of a blind beggar among a dusty crowd seeking mercy. Jesus pauses to heal, offering faith and charity as a model for the living to shed worldliness and follow with renewed devotion.
In Skyeberg, Anastasia Brande, a timid forty year old widow, endures social scorn yet quietly helps others. After Dicky Bolton’s threats, she investigates a blocked railroad and, using lever and fire, clears logs and torn rails to warn a returning train. Exhausted, she collapses but is carried home. recovery follows as the town honors her courage.
The Louisville Courier-Journal on October 21 1871 mocks Mrs Leary for denying her cow kicked over the lamp that burned Chicago. It argues the cow’s action is historic and suggests she stay silent, noting if she were a Chicago citizen she would have allowed photographs of the cow.
A mournful meditation on loved ones fading like stars and a mother's guiding light. The speaker recalls a father's quick support a sister's gentleness a brother's quiet presence and a friend’s steadfastness. The piece ends with a resolve to teach children singing reading writing and sketching for a stable life everywhere.
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