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Newspaper
Geneva Express
Location
Geneva, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1856
Page
6
A Saturday morning issue from Geneva Wisconsin announces a subscription notice for a local literary piece. The text extols seasonal sorrow and memory, weaving poetry about spring, summer, autumn, and winter as well as brief reflections on life, death, and hope.
An exhortation likens kind words and smiles to pearls and diamonds, notes that actions toward orphans and friends brighten others and bring lasting happiness. It contrasts temporary jewels with enduring inner joy that grows with time and blessing.
A reader quotes a contemplative excerpt blending mystic praise for those who die in faith with personal musings on beauty and sorrow. The fragment frames death as a blessed, lovesick release and contrasts eternal longing with earthly despair in Brent Hours and Groomy and a Longfellow aside.
A reflective piece recounts a bright ten year old named Charlie and his devout bedtime prayer. It contrasts true piety with hypocritical churchgoers and follows the family’s sorrow as Charlie falls ill and dies, ending with meditations on eternity and comforting prayers.
A discussion extols the Aeolian harp as a delicate wind tuned instrument with simple pine construction and window display. The piece notes a grand variant called the Giant's Harp and recounts a court sentence in Sing Sing for Georges W. Hayden who pleaded guilty to diamond theft. A sensational fragment follows about a distraught man wielding pistols, seeking self destruction after unrequited love.
Washington news indicates the House committee on territories will report in favor of admitting Kansas with its free state constitution. It is also reported the President will offer the position of Commissioner of Pensions to D. T. Disney of Cincinnati, Ohio.
A chatty Boston store report recounts a traveler boasting of nightly Astor House routines, a quip by a Jonath an about western expansion, plus reflections on social judgment and virtue. Other items include Arctic voyage praise, naval medal plans, and a printer’s daily journey.
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