For Them Sweet Kids Poem Snippet From Atlanta Constitution
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution portrays affectionate poetry about children. The speaker croons to “them sweet kids” and wishes joy and daily mercy for their tender, pattering feet.
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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1900
Page
1
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution portrays affectionate poetry about children. The speaker croons to “them sweet kids” and wishes joy and daily mercy for their tender, pattering feet.
Joy travels through factories and slums to bring hope to workers and children. Sorrow confronts Death and chooses life so Joy can continue her world changing work. The tale emphasizes the inseparable bond of Joy and Sorrow and their mutual influence.
A narrator recalls Joy and Sorrow as sisters who promise to share every future, with Joy pledging to accompany sorrow in her work. They depart together, sunlight on their faces, indistinguishable in appearance as they move forward, symbolizing enduring companionship.
In the gloom of a coal mine workers toil to fill the dinner pail while critics mock greed for wealth. The poem laments harsh labor under unfair rules with strong images of toil, dust, and sacrifice in Alphin Virginia.
Philadelphia man John Oliver tells how severe illness left him yellow and weak until three weeks of Electric Bitters revived him. He says the remedy restored his health and saved him from the grave, urging others to try the tonic. Sold at drag stores for 50 cents guaranteed.
The passage contrasts vanity and envy with gratitude and friendship, noting ill deeds from desire for admiration. It condemns illusion and extols divine comfort, while advertising a South American Nervine as a universal stomach cure sold by B. H. Gorrell in Lexington Virginia.
An ad touts Dercoon’s Anti Diverrte as a cure for bedding moisture during sleep. It claims benefits for all ages and offers a $1 price. Sold by B. H. Gorrell, a local druggist.
Royal Baking Powder Co. of New York at 100 William Street poses a consumer reassurance query about alum content in baking powders.
Winchester Star reports farm economist Edward Lupton detailing the labor and costs of wheat. A Frederick County Farmers' Mutual Club meeting analyzed days needed to grow an 80 acre crop, with 69 days on fallow and 20 days deducted for corn ground. The total cost to plant raise harvest and thresh a 30 acre crop was $216.50.
The Blood Balm Co advertises Bo tanic Blood Balm as a universal blood purifier. It claims to cure ulcers scrofula boils pimples skin eruptions and even cancer and offers free treatment by mail from Atlanta Georgia with prepaid shipping and medical advice until cured.
A patent remedy advertised by LB. U. Gorrell, a Lexington Virginia druggist, promises quick relief from kidney and bladder distress in six hours. The ad asserts prompt relief of pain, backache, and urinary retention for both men and women.
A Pittsburg case details George S. Edgar of Allegheny who received a 200000 dollar annuity from his father. His wife seeks control of the funds alleging incapacity and drunkenness, while he accuses her of intemperance. Court read house rule notices claiming the husband is master and dictates money, servants, purchases, discipline, and social exclusions.
Excursion tickets go on sale December 29 to 25 and December 30 to January 1 for return passage January 4, 1901. W B Bevill General Passenger Agent announces the Norfolk and Western Railway holiday special.
A report notes a larger sale of the first number of The Worlds Work to back a new 25 cent magazine, marking fourteen years since Scribners began issuing the title.
The January issue of The World's Work presents a detailed account of the first rosey ascent of Africa from south to north by young English explorer Ewart Scott Grogan.
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