Song Fragments Echo Farewell to Friends
A fragment reflects a farewell song for the old days as a knell tolled. It hints at friends once shared and a cheerful parting despite loss, with a lyric voice contemplating memory and reunion.
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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1934
Page
5
New Year Bell Plans Stir Small Village Curiosity
In Landers the town hall bell governs daily time. Janitor Foxton keeps railway time, with six at night and seven to begin the day. New Year’s Eve delays his long stay as youths dream of a townwide blackout for a day. A talk sparks plans for an odd town prank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landers
Old Foxton
When the Bell Fails at New Year in Sanders
In a small town, Old Foxton’s precise New Year bell fails to ring on time causing a clock misread. Residents discover railroad time, not docked midnight, and a prankster blinds Foxton before slipping away, leaving the town laughing at the joke for years.
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Old Foxton
Father Time
Sanders
Foxton
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