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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1880
Page
3
Poem excerpt contemplates the coming year with hope and sorrow. A voice from Eben Everford in Chicago Advance extols memory, faith, and endurance as winter yields to summer and the years advance. The verse laments losses yet clings to renewed joy.
In Springfeld the Livingstone family moves from farm to town life near water works. John Goodwin the lawyer becomes a frequent visitor guarding Nellie Fenwick and Kate. a New Year’s Governors ball is planned. A late burglary attempt in the safe ends with pistol shots and a dramatic rescue before the ball, ending in a renewed romance and a grateful father.
Eight year old Dot Leonard plans a New Year feast inviting Grandma Baine Jane Hesler Molly and Kitty Flannigan a poor boy Tommy Dune and a blind mother. The party shows Dot's generosity echoing a Bible verse about inviting the lame and the blind. The day ends with joyful company and a promise to bless others.
A moral essay arguing character forms daily from youth. It links punctuality, duty, and kindness to future reliability and nobility, warning that neglect and cruelty corrode a boy into a lesser man. It emphasizes steady growth from age ten onward.
In Galveston News style, a tenant on Malveston Avenue argues a shanty lacks healthful height and comforts. Chrysler visits to collect rent as O'Dwyer quips about the doors and ceilings. The exchange ends with a remark about the rent being the only high thing. Queen Victoria at Balmoral is noted worshiping in a raised pew near the pulpit.
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