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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1898
Page
6
An excerpted, fragmented verse riff on Valentine lore and mythic imagery. The text blends archaic style with garbled phrases about bells, temperaments, and a shy celestial figure, ending with a quoted line about a cragman’s haunt and a nameless speaker’s smile.
The article revisits Cupid amid Valentine lore, tracing ancient gods from Greek and Roman tales to Eastern and Western depictions. It notes playful reimaginings in culture, parrot figures, and playful pains of love while warning against overcommercialized whimsy in modern times. Cupid remains potent across ages and places, from Ganges banks to New England wares, embodying enduring romance and folly.
The Landon Telegraph reports Dr. Schwartz of Verlla concludes marriage strongly links to longevity. In ages forty, sixty, seventy, and ninety the marriage to single ratios shift, with married individuals greatly outnumbering single among centenarians, though all observed elders were widowed or widows.
A fragmentary verse by Lelzh Hunt describes a playful scene with a Valentine and a queenly feast. Characters weave between dream and mischief as a "desperate elf" and a winged figure are invoked in a courtly, comic-baroque tone.
A young woman on Valentine’s Day faces pressure to marry from her mother and suitors. She weighs Will Wilson, a steady but dull fiancé, against George Farmer, a shy, honest suitor who has won her heart after a snowbound sleigh ride and a candid exchange amidst wedding talk. She ultimately confesses she loves George, defies wedding expectations, and finds happiness with him as her mother offers tempered but hopeful support.
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