A Hero Who Sang Through Sadness and Defeat
Florence Farle Coates writes of a heroic figure who sang despite sadness and kept his own sorrows. His optimism and spirit lifted others as he faced dark days and final disaster with a smile, transcending fate and defeat.
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Florence Farle Coates
A Day's Work on the Farm for David and Family
In a penniless farm morning, David, eleven, rises at three to plant corn while his mother Mrs. Watson bears nursing duties for ill husband and four children. He endures a long grind to town and back for supplies, meeting his uncle Abner who may help, as the family clings to hope under poverty.
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Hi’s
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Elja
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Abner
Sananid
Sinanbad
Fierson
George Watson
Abner Davis
Davis
Allen
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Davie
Old Village on the Hill and Fairy Belle Ballad Fragments
A se nymphic collage presents two poems and a children’s school anecdote. It contrasts a silent hill village with a lively Fairy Belle lyric and ends with a teacher’s pitying moment as a boy loses his birth certificate excuse.
To Be Exact The Quote On Salaries And A Political Deal
A terse quotation compares a husband’s good salary to the wife’s command of it and then shifts to a remark that in politics a deal carries more weight than an ideal. The Boston Transcript line signals the partisan mood of financial influence in public life.
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Boston Transcript
Missouri Man Sends Quarter for Sock Heel Help
A Missouri man sent a quarter several hundred miles to learn how to save his sock heels. The responder advised cutting out the heels with scissors and placing them in the top drawer.
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Missouri
Atlanta Constitution
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