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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1965
Page
3
An anecdote from 1917 recounts a rural schoolteacher who cleans a dirty boy, Sam, with soap and brushing. Sam vows change, later becomes a respected factory foreman and family man, prompting the lesson that no child is a hopeless case. The note from his mother defends country life, and the piece ends with a moral about doing one’s best.
This poem by Max Foltz aged 18, written during World War 2 while serving on Okinawa, reflects nostalgia for youth and hymn filled Christmas Eves. It contrasts a childlike reverence with a soldiers view of No Man's Land and enduring faith.
A speaker recalls a radiant stair shaped cloud seen after the grandfather Charles Humes died. The cloud rising from ground to heaven was a dream of the loved one walking it, as wind sweeps the vision into immortality above.
Poem fragment praises a singular figure who guides, blesses, teaches prayer, and brings rain and day. Repeats roles of leadership, blessing, and revelation, emphasizing a guiding presence across weather, spiritual life, and daily events.
A collection of aphorisms and literary quotes from various sources including Proverbs Emerson Solomon Kennedy and Henley. The items reflect on wisdom beauty happiness fate and self determination in short reflective lines.
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