Curfew and Night Hymn of Restful Year End
A reflective verse recalling curfew lights and the year’s tasks completed. It speaks of resting after a hard life’s fight, trusting in God’s care as days and nights pass.
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1898
Page
3
A reflective verse recalling curfew lights and the year’s tasks completed. It speaks of resting after a hard life’s fight, trusting in God’s care as days and nights pass.
A stout Englishman and a beardless Dane form a nightly bond at Cooper Union. The Dane recounts a sad tale of lost Swedish love in Copenhagen and New York. The Englishman secretly advertisements seek the woman. Christmas dinner leads to their union in Copenhagen.
A New York Times report describes F. H. Stafford’s 1892 memorial in Oak Grove Cemetery Fall River Mass a three story stone miniature cotton mill with six windows per tier and a central front door drilled keyholes to mirror real factories. From its hilltop spur it overlooks dozens of city mills and chimneys including the Stafford Mills.
Paper panes mimic milky glass and intercept light while letting heat rays pass. Inventors claim the improvised glass is cheap and long lasting, suitable for greenhouse glazing.
Orville H. Stewart relays a Civil War tale from the Chicago Times Herald about a quarrelsome, disobedient soldier in the Army of the Potomac who ends up under the captain's private counsel. The captain offers trust and friendship, and the man vows to reform, becoming a model soldier through compassion and guidance. The narrative links mercy in war to Christian forgiveness.
The piece recounts Moody in Cincinnati telling of a condemned Civil War soldier saved by a country girl who appealed to President Lincoln. It also presents Horace Porter's anecdote of Grant era riding, comparing horses and a comic swap on a Petersburg march, highlighting General Grant’s riding skill.
Missouri readers resume tales from the Nashville reunion with Frank James sharing new war stories. A survivor recounts Mrs. McGavock at Franklin, her hospital, and a daring order for a live Yankee, contrasted with a lecture on camphor tree cultivation and distillation methods from Formosa to California.
In Lebensch near Cologne a battalion of Scotch rescue dogs is trained for ambulance service. Each dog bears a saddle with first aid supplies and brandy, wears a red cross mark, and carries a lantern for night calls. The trainer plans a full pack for this year following past usefulness in maneuvers.
A peculiar factory near London Bridge turns eel skins into pliable leather like material used for whip lashes and harness laces. Workers transform the gelatinous skins through complex processes into durable covers for handles and other leather goods.
A Gloucester village clergyman cannot preach as he must officiate elsewhere. The clerk rings the bell and the congregation learns the minister has gone fishing with another parson. An Indianapolis note adds the odd tale as a joke about earning cash in Korea.
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