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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1892
Page
6
A reflective poem recalls a rural school by a stream, childhood games, a spellbound class, and the aging of classmates. The speaker wanders back to the hillside school, notes changes, and inspires a future climb toward a higher place with old mates.
A neighbor recounts Jared Sparks visiting with his wife Mehiéable, noting his peculiar habits, voracious reading, and distrust of printed material. He arrives in his best suit, quiet tension hints at a personal matter possibly linked to a divorce.
Jared and Mehitable Sparks quarrel over straw tick woes and Jared’s new reading habits. The narrator notes Jared’s plans to plant strawberries next spring while Mehitable rails about rivals and gardens. The tension hints at divorce as Jared contemplates leaving for the west.
A twelve year old girl wrote an essay about boys for a girls exam. She notes boys speak loudly and dive into deep water while girls stay silent until spoken to. She adds that grown boys become husbands who stay out at night, while a grown girl becomes a widow who weeps at home.
The piece contrasts Democratic splits over tariff policy with Republican prosperity under McKinley. It notes factions favor immediate action to repeal or modify the McKinley tariff, while others seek delaying strategies. It cites press perspectives and calls for an extra session after Cleveland’s inauguration, highlighting party, industry, and regional divides.
The piece depicts dissatisfaction within the Democratic ranks over free trade pledges. It implicates Messrs Whitney Barrity Gorman and other Cleveland advisers as backing a policy now seen as uncontrollable. The text notes voters who supported free trade expect fulfillment of promises amid party leadership unease.
The report on President Harrison's last annual address highlights his direct approach on tariff revision and the extra session issue. It notes his frank take on the nation's prosperity and the sugar tax removal by a Republican Congress, with Democrats wary of his fiscal critique and the coming policy battle.
The piece juxtaposes political squabbles in the nation with a moral tale of Tom, a boy who feigns lameness. After family intervention and a doctor's care, Tom admits the truth, learns responsibility, and finds forgiveness as his bandage is removed.
In a playful verse from Our Little One, Sammy Black imagines being a brave soldier with a wooden sword and red blue banner. He encounters turkeys outside the gate, who scatter when present danger arrives, and his mother helps restore order with a broom. He laments the hollow bravado after being overpowered.
A children's vignette recounts a day from dawn to night with a child narrator and his mother. It contrasts morning routines, meals, play, naps, and a bedtime ritual, with a playful, homely tone reflecting family life and affection.
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