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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1885
Page
3
Celia Thatter in St. Nicholas for April marvels at spring birds returning after a long winter. The poem celebrates April dawns, warm breezes, and the vivid music of birds, praising their grace and beauty as gifts of God and urging a welcome for their cheerful song.
A bleak Wisconsin morning traps travelers at a country depot for hours. An elderly man speaks of lost purpose after his wife’s death, while a content old maid dreams of a humble, loving home filled with children and shared unselfish devotion.
In The Current, Alura Collins depicts a drifting life aboard a railway journey where a widower meets a cheerful, steady woman. They exchange views on life, fate, and possible new matches as they travel toward Chicago, and he offers a future on his farm, only to be gently declined by her as she recalls a past love, parting with a hopeful sadness.
Dongola Letter from the London Telegraph recounts a first camel ride to a camp. The rider describes a pronged saddle, a prone camel fitted with a nose ring rope, and brutal jerks as the beast stands, rises, and moves. A friend’s camel bucks forward, leaving the narrator seasick and battered. The piece ends with the rider still atop the camel and a companion tumbling to the ground.
Senor Zamacona, longtime Mexican minister to Washington, lies at the point of death at Pueblo after years of service. He is reported gravely ill with no clear prognosis. His career included diplomatic posts and active participation in regional affairs.
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