A Lyric of Joy From the Century Verse
Fragmentary poem fragment speaks of people singing to lift hearts in sunshine. A wartime or hopeful tone appears as verse celebrates joy and communal song amid hardship.
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1895
Page
6
Fragmentary poem fragment speaks of people singing to lift hearts in sunshine. A wartime or hopeful tone appears as verse celebrates joy and communal song amid hardship.
Jack and Clete chase along lanes and a marble of romance as Creste fends off a rival, repairs a tire, and faces social pressures. A lively scene pairs bike travel with flirtatious tension, a clash of dignity, pride, and love amid rustic scenery and witty dialogue.
A garbled historical sketch weaves together Toorwaldsen and a sculptor, a bored clerk, and a despondent truth. It touches on Rachel the actress, critics dining, and Walter Raleigh, while tracing Catherine the Great, Potemkin, and a czar, revealing vanished destinies, jealousies, and a distant coronation shadow.
Paris illustration discusses church bells in Paris, their regulation by church and civic authorities, and limits on ringing times. It notes efforts to curb disturbances, mentions bells of Saint Sulplon and Danie Welghs, and contrasts with modern practice. Also touches on a bizarre aside about Napoleon era rumors and a suicide suggestion linked to public health fears.
A chaotic digest of overheard dialogue and mixed up text shows a shipping clerk, a cashier and a dangerous misread of a man described as the most diagnostic. A young graduate from a military academy, addressed by a school principal for carelessness, confronts discipline and a printed record of a novelist’s miswritten prose.
A garbled item from a Philadelphia paper hints at a misidentified figure and a protest or inquiry involving Utes and a large crowd, but the text is unclear and reads as broken OCR about a physician or protest event with names and places missing.
A sprawling critique chronicles timid men, anxiety, and moral tests, weaving through moral essays and Victorian-era reflections. It contrasts cowardice with quiet bravery, cites practical failures and moments of decisive action, and cites Household Words and Contemporary Review for illustrations.
A garbled, archaic-sounding fragment from a chronicle style page mentions a boy named Johnny and a dog scene with a terrier. The text is incomplete and reads like a stray quote from a playful, unnamed chronicle.
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