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Newspaper
Mount Pleasant Times
Location
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1926
Page
9
In a Mt Pleasant Women’s Club contest Mrs E C Warriner won first for Trinity and second for On the Train. Elizabeth Brook earned third for The Gypsy Fairy. Irene Cole McArthur received honorable mention. The poems reflect religious and classical themes with reflections on life.
A fragment from a 1926 newspaper notes a date line reading June 17, 1926. Details about location or event are unreadable. The item preserves the date and era context.
An old merchant ad touts Shakespeare Fishing Tackle and Mat's Quality Products offering an auto polish, a hard dry finish for varnish or Duco finishes, guaranteed satisfaction or money back, a one dollar bottle for 69 cents, top recover and back curtain for Fords with binding and tacks, and a high grade waterproof warranty priced at 4.55.
A lyrical travel of a fairy roaming the world from sunrise to south seas. The speaker soars over woods and meadows, kisses flowers, rides winds, and hears mermaids as she leaves the isles to northern seas. The voyage spans oceans and seasons with timeless freedom.
The speaker venerates a rock on the shore, noting its endurance against storms and time. They compare waves and tempests to threats to human life and praise the rock as steadfast and pure. The poem ends with a reflection on mortality and a wish for the speaker’s soul to join the rock’s enduring state.
The Michigan Education Association will direct selection and distribution of reading circle books in schools across the state. An expert reading circle board will oversee the effort including the state superintendent of public instruction, the state librarian, the association’s president and executive secretary, plus three outside members.
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