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Newspaper
Joliet Daily Sun
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1875
Page
1
A poem recounts a boy leaving an English home in May and dying abroad. His mother mourns across the Atlantic as she imagines his grave under a sycamore. The verse laments his absence, teeming with longing and loss.
The piece notes ministers swapping pulpits among west side Presbyterians and Baptists, a Methodist concert at the Roling Mills chapel, lawn sociables, and school picnics. It mentions Bishop Foley visiting Chicago and confirmations across Catholic churches, plus church meetings and Sunday School shifts.
A Springfield dispatch reports Colonel John M. Southworth and Major R. W. McClaughry handling a dispute between the penitentiary and stone contractor Richardson. The quarrel centers on a demanded new bond and acceptance of a previously rejected stone lot by State House Commissioners, with no settlement yet.
The first port of the order of the Knights of seventy-six was organized last Saturday night at Ottawa by Grand Commander Bliss. Norman L. Freeman has been re appointed Reporter for the Illinois Supreme Court. Mr. Fitzpatrick in La Salle found two large human skeletons in a cellar. Faye of the Aurora Daily News is out again. He is in feeble condition and will probably never fully recover from his inflammation.
The piece extols American heroism as a national heritage to inspire peace and imagination. It cites Concord, Ethan Allen and Ticonderoga, Philip Sidney, and a dying soldier’s water, arguing America is classic ground and vibrant in its historic romance. A second anecdote recalls a celebrated lawyer transfusion and a stock-breeder tale, ending with a train scene where a basket is seen as a source of change and emotion.
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