Naughty Little Boy Sleeping Fragment
A poetic fragment recalls a torn leaves and tattered book bearing a boy's deep disgrace. The speaker stoops to kiss the inky face, noting the demure and calm outtake of the boy's blotched appearance.
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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1879
Page
2
A poetic fragment recalls a torn leaves and tattered book bearing a boy's deep disgrace. The speaker stoops to kiss the inky face, noting the demure and calm outtake of the boy's blotched appearance.
A woman reflects on a childhood romance with Elwyn Ashton, the rival of her love for him, and the painful unraveling as he is drawn to her aunt Eleanor. She ends the affair by lying that she no longer loves him, saving him from humiliation. he marries Eleanor, dies soon after, and Eleanor moves on with another fiancé.
The French government awarded the military medal to Mlle Dodu, a telegraph office worker in Pithivieres during 1870. She tapped German lines, relayed critical information, and aided a French retreat after discreetly sending a Prussian telegram to local authorities.
A column notes the arduous work of Brazilian women who carry babies on their hips while walking several miles to the mandioca plant. The piece criticizes their crude methods and repeats how the practice marks an ungraceful but enduring domestic custom. It also recounts a Sacramento court scene about juror beliefs on Chinese witnesses and a remark on Queen Victoria's sense of humor about snobbery.
Over one hundred varieties of Cast Stool Weed and Iron Boam Plows Breakers Shovels and Western Walking Cultivator are marketed as superior tools. The firm claims twelve years of public use with unmatched quality and finish and pledges no expense or effort spared to improve further.
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