Silent Reflection on a Passing Image
The verse warns that beauty and envy fade as quickly as sunlight. It urges contemplation of morality and the swift shift from brightness to shadow, noting the fragile nature of appearances in a brief homily.
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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1879
Page
7
Rag trade ruse ends with clever switch in trains
In a Boston area sketch a rag dealer named X- hatches a ploy after a telegram warns of rag decline. He feigns departure, uses another hat and bag to delay a rival, ships rags to a second mill, then returns to New York. The rival mill owner discovers he was outsmarted when reports of falling rag prices arrive.
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New York
Boston
Springfield
Sante H
Peddler Preaches Cure All as Crowd Grows From One
A street vendor on Campus M rtis pitches a panacea in tiny bottles to a single listener, a 25 year old man with a double chin, who buys multiple bottles amid grand claims. The scene shifts to other ailments as the duo exchanges quips and buys continue, reflecting mock sensationalism of fake cures.
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Bean
Ben
How Villagers Support Themselves In Connecticut Town
A Troy Zimrs correspondent visits a Connecticut town of 1500 people with well kept lawns and painted fences and asks how they sustain themselves. The editor and a statesman offer uncertain, humorous answers while a separate anecdote praises Hop Bitters for curing a woman's illness and restoring family happiness.
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Troy Zimrs
Connecticut
Solomon
The
Statesman
Bacon
Tramp Spooked by Guarded Yard as Dog Barricades Entry
An improvised intruder, described as a tramp, attempts entry into a yard on Winder Street. A large guard dog at the gate blocks him while the resident calls for police and taunts him, the scene unfolding with tension as the man pleads to be let in and waits near the door.
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DT Hart Jretan Dearmond
Work Furnoquing CO
Troudvay
Winder
Tin Bay
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