What Might Have Been A Child’s Quiet Repose
Poem excerpt reflecting on a child’s death and imagined possibilities. The speaker weighs what might have been, then finds comfort in divine will. Attributed to Susan Coolidge in Congregationalist.
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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1883
Page
3
Poem excerpt reflecting on a child’s death and imagined possibilities. The speaker weighs what might have been, then finds comfort in divine will. Attributed to Susan Coolidge in Congregationalist.
A Luxembourg born shoemaker recalls thrifty, honest lessons from his father. He travels to Paris then the United States, builds wealth as a master cobbler in San Francisco, and funds his father and later a family while preserving tradition. He returns to honor his father in a final reunion.
A Bahamas hurricane at Nassau on Sept 8 wrecked harbor property and many ships. About seventy lives were lost as vessels such as Peerless Milisa Trask Mary Jane Elizabeth and others were destroyed. Relief efforts began and the Government dispatched aid ships to assist mariners.
The Illinois Methodist Episcopal Conference in Danville announced appointments across districts including Atlanta, Bloomington, Le Roy, Mason City, Jacksonville, and Quincy. Clergy named presiding elders, supply pastors, and university officials for multiple circuits and stations.
W P Winter a Buena Vista Indiana agricultural implement dealer stayed at the Sherman in Indianapolis. After retiring his gas jet blew out instead of turning off and asphyxiation followed within minutes. His body was not found until late last evening.
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