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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1891
Page
3
Fragmented OCR style verse compares distant youths and lovers with themes of time, nature and aging. The lines reference pale spring, fading life, and emotional distance, portraying unrequited affection and the burden of time on love. The piece appears to be an archaic style lyric with broken phrases and misplaced words.
A narrator recalls waking before dawn to watch a small girl in a nightdress across the street in a crowded urban block. The girl writes notes from her window, drops them to the street, and a curious observer retrieves one addressed to “Tomy Papa Gilmore” before pondering the missing father.
The narrator recalls a neighbor girl named Elsie and a bald headed man in a street tale from Washington Star. He watches from his window as Elsie talks of her papa mover and a sequence of events ends with the man leaving and Elsie never returning. The narrator muses on writing letters to a missing father.
A Rochester theatre scene described a loud cry of fire causing panic. A tall gentleman warned he would shoot the culprit and offered 54 dollars to identify the fire raiser, then stayed composed and resumed his seat as order returned. The account credits prudent patrons and the orchestra for maintaining calm.
A 19th century report describes harsh German enforcement requiring every resident to carry papers and be verifiable by a village post board listing army unit. Strangers face arrest and return to their district while traveling workers must carry tools and funds to avoid state charges.
A poem excerpt contrasts fickle hearts with steadfast hearts. The speaker recalls two types: those easily swayed by every breeze and those firm as oak, enduring love through summers and winters. The rustic Arkansas Traveler voice frames enduring affection against changeable passion.
A survey of dies atri and dies albi marking bad and good days, with dated lists of unlucky days from Grafton and Burleigh. The piece contrasts superstition with Americanism urging recognition of native wonders and indigenous skills within the United States.
Inventor Josz exhibited a universal process for direct lithographic printing on metal. The metal is abraded with fine sand, cleaned in alkaline solutions, and heated after printing to force ink into pores, yielding a durable, enamel-like finish.
Rattlesnake Pete kept a trick coon that freed his cage bolts and visited the Exchange Hotel frightening visitors. The animal caused chaos in the dining room and was slain after nearly thirty minutes of pursuit. its body weighed twenty seven pounds and the hide will be stuffed. Andrew Johnson stood on foreign soil as president during the Niagara Falls swing around the circle in 1866. Senator Voorhees triggers trouble with cigars, and a moral quip notes women may stoop to concur when attracted. A Columbus Post barb about bank cashiers closes the fragment.
Fannie B Ward describes Patagonian channels resembling fjords with narrow passages and deep tides near Cockburn Channel. Mount Sarmiento towers above blue Pacific, glaciers spill from peaks, and the region’s harsh weather shapes a gloomy, windswept coast.
An excerpt discusses Emer son s bumblebee colonies with autumn queen survival, hibernation spots, and spring eggs. It notes workers and drones die, hives vanish each autumn, small honey stores, and disordered honey from the combs. The piece ponders bees as philosophers and laments bad cooks ruining meals.
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