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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1895
Page
6
The piece envisions Dreamland's Isle with tranquil bays mermaid harps and celestial landscapes. The speaker longs for rest from toil and gazes toward cerulean waters sunlit isles and enduring nature where angels converse with God.
Max, a Harvard student, clashes with Nix over women at Punkwasset from a rowboat outing. Heat, sunstroke, and a quick medical aid by Vassar girls lead to rescue and growing affection. Jessie, Betty, and Max form bonds as Max recovers and proposes. a later voyage ends with Jessie and Max united and Betty and Nix happy with their partners.
The poem depicts Indian Summer as a regal ruler whose changing colors drape the valley and woods. It describes her purple robes and gold banners as she touches maples dogwood and sumac, then fades as the royal hues dissolve with diminishing light and fading mist. The piece ends with the queen departing.
Matthew Scott recalls his 18 years with Jumbo at Regent's Park and later Barnum's show. He describes their bond, Jumbo's gentleness, antics in the car, his care during dangers, and Jumbo’s death on the railway. The article traces Jumbo's life, the sale to Barnum, and fate of his remains.
Dick Sellers recalls a Denver interview about a May 1880 trip from South Arkansas to Gunnison City. He and the Doctor slept in a tent that melted into a snowbound top branch as a thaw dropped them forty feet above ground. They freed themselves, chopped down the tree, and pressed on without further snow incidents.
A Florida correspondent describes a local plant called the Grant rose growing in western Jefferson County. The bush bears pale green leaves and inward curved crimson petals with a pungent odor and pinkish dew. Story ties its origin to the 1834 murder of John Grant, Nellie Lory, and their baby by Seminoles, and notes slips once moved to settlements failed to propagate elsewhere. The rose reportedly remains within a five mile area surrounding the tragedy site.
A bashful 16 year old delivers a money order to a village postmaster who laughs reading the margin note I send you 83 and a dozen kisses. The postmaster hands her the money and the kisses. The girl returns home praising the post office as a great new feature outperforming special delivery.
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