All Women Weep in Boston Globe Vigil Poem
A poem from the Boston Globe speaks of firelight fear and sleepless nights. The speaker joins unknown sisters mothers and friends in a vigil amid prayers for protection and guidance against death and loss.
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Newspaper
New Albany Weekly Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1901
Page
3
A poem from the Boston Globe speaks of firelight fear and sleepless nights. The speaker joins unknown sisters mothers and friends in a vigil amid prayers for protection and guidance against death and loss.
A gray colt pulls a cart with a man and a woman toward a smithy as a tense bond builds between the girl and Owney Joyce. After a perilous escape, Owney pursues the pair across Ireland, aging as he searches, until he returns to the west and confronts a haunting reunion at a graveyard where the faded woman hints at shared pasts and futures.
A young Philadelphian, born and raised in the Fourth ward, saves enough for a six month European trip. Returning in steerage, he is mistaken for a foreigner by immigration staff. When asked in multiple languages if he speaks Polish Russian Yiddish French German or Italian he shakes his head at every turn. He finally reveals he speaks nothing but English and the interpreter bursts into laughter.
In a Life of Richard Wagner excerpt, a Latin tutor mocked his piano talent and warned him away. Wagner recalls he never learned to play properly, later favoring overtures for personal amusement while fearing scales and runs despite continued practice.
An overview of the revival of coaching in America led by New York society. Describes routes in Westchester and along Long Island Sound, Manhattan parades, Astor’s planned inn, and a Europe bound coaching network enabling six month advance reservations for cross continental trips.
Frederick Innes Allen, Auburn New York patent attorney and son in law of William H. Seward, is chosen to succeed Duell as Commissioner of Patents. A Yale Sheffield graduate of 1879 he practiced law from 1882 and built a career in patent practice. He is a student of naval ordnance and mineralogy and noted for strength and breadth of view.
Ira D Reckard of Duncombe Iowa says his three week old scald on his son's leg nearly healed with Banner Salve. He urges families to keep Banner Salve on hand as a sure remedy for scalds and sores. All druggists carry it.
Features on the prohibition of women on the Chinese stage by the empress in 1736, noting Hong Kong talent and a San Francisco exception, followed by an ad-like piece on Foley's Kidney Cure and a British colliery disaster with high fatality estimates. Includes names such as Emperor Yung Tsching and Empress Dowager.
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