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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1885
Page
6
The poem contemplates aging and fading joy as life moves from night toward distant stars. It contrasts sorrow with hidden hope, noting how grief and longing yield to perception of brighter vistas beyond shadow, ending with a beacon of light guiding weary hearts.
A poem recalling the moment of spotting the first gray hair and the aging of the speaker. The speaker reflects on time, memory, and change from May daylight to sunset, noting Old Time as the gradual adjuster of life.
Fragmented verse about six roses offered to a lifeless bier and a sacred queen of song. Images of beauty fading in a ballroom, a bud laid upon an altar stall, and roses representing varied fates. The poem contemplates enduring loveliness amid chance and human fate.
Fragmentary verse by Margaret Eytings reflecting apathy and detachment. The speaker notes that nobody cares and urges silence about personal woes while a cold world pursues pleasure and indifference. The poem laments sorrow and boredom, contrasting human emotion with societal numbness.
A Boston Transcript excerpt ponders faith and endurance in love and loss. It speaks of resting heartache, facing time, and leaving the rest to a higher hope, with a quiet, devotional tone and imagined future tears.
Fragmentary romantic verse by Ella Wheeler Wilcox portrays a woman facing a desolate landscape, cold air, and a broken heart. The speaker laments a barren view and the approaching end of life, invoking death as a final, somber blow to joy.
Fragmentary poem imagery about a muff and chin, with garbled lines and obscure phrases. Repeats desire and envy themes, mentioning Paris and a delicate gesture, but overall unclear narrative.
Doris Bracondale, at Baden Baden with Felix Wyatt, selects a white leather photo case for her beloved. A jewel thief posing as a governess robs Mrs. Ripon, but a mistaken arrest leads to Doris’s capture and public shame before Felix rescues them. The real thief remains elusive as Doris forgives Felix.
A fragmented reminiscence from Putnam County Georgia 1858 titled Oh July Long Time recounts tales of Mr Coon Mr Rabbit Mr Fox and Mr Mink in a rustic dialect. The snippet credits Joel Chandler Harris in Century.
A Baltimore tailor says he adeptly darns small fabric flaws using strands from his wife's hair. He notes repairing cuts in belts or coats by inserting hair stitched with a fine needle, ensuring the nap matches so the mend is undetectable.
Ealt Lake special to Globe-Democrat reports Brigham Young’s daughter Miss Della Young wed Dr. Harrison of New York City in Utah. The tale links a family plan to keep lovers apart with a surprising romance ending in marriage. The couple departed to New York this morning after a Denver and Rio Grande sendoff by the Young family.
Norristown Herald reports Dr. Carver finished hitting sixty thousand balls in six days using a rifle rather than a club or brick. The feat has not yet affected business perceptions, and the anecdote notes he might have completed it in a day with a different tool, leaving five days free for chores.
Colombier and Bernhardt told entertaining stories of their journeys in America while not matching Alice’s experiences. A French companion had to slog through muddy conditions when a railroad bridge in Kentucky failed, losing her slippers and forcing a difficult trek on foot.
In a field swept by a blizzard, travelers built a trunk house and lit a central fire after placing a Frenchwoman inside. She defied fate by singing Un Mari Sage from La Belle Helene, her stockings pale blue visible as the ordeal continued.
A verse lament of the poetly road halted by lack of a middle name, bidding farewell to lofty ambitions and classical muses. The speaker reflects on culture, inspiration, and identity as frustration with talent surfaces in a playful, bittersweet tone.
Newspaper quips and cartoons from Chicago Herald Judge and St. Louis Post-Dispatch reflect social satire on race, plumbing jests, and sleighing weather. The piece notes expensive sleigh rides costing two dollars to watch a fourteen carat jeweled sleigh pass by, illustrating witty takes on winter life.
A fragment from the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph reflects domestic banter about marriage duration and curfew. A wife jokes about staying home, suggesting a playful tension between six weeks of marriage and six years, with a husband named Smith under obvious, lighthearted pressure.
A Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph fragment presents a quarrel between a married couple with sharp retorts about propriety and appearance, ending in raised voices and a profane outburst. The dialogue highlights gender and social norms of the period.
Newspaper note records a brief exchange on Miss Simpson's singing after returning from Europe. The conversation notes she has improved significantly, though she sings less often than before. The fragment highlights a local star and audience reactions.
Dialogue from Mrs Nip and Mr Tuck explores a humorous mystery of why more women appear on muddy rainy streets. The exchange hints at social observations and everyday city life in Chicago.
A Yonkers Statesman snippet recalls a Canadian neighbor asking about a husband’s work. The wife evasively notes he “made all his money by writing,” while a caller interrupts, hinting his writings concealed forging employer’s checks.
A tourist at a way station on the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe encounters an aborigine seated on a stone wrapped in a dirty blanket. The man, in moccasins with a scalp lock, is playfully taunted by the tourist who asks about a wigwam and humorously questions if the other is drunk. The exchange includes a mock tomahawk gesture and a shouted “Killum heap.”
A San Francisco scene centers on Jennie and Henry Jobson with chatter about his money and future riches as he plans a lottery ticket for steady income. The Boston Post piece contrasts with a humorous portrayal of a woman playing whist, depicting playful mishaps and the partner bearing the ridicule after a bad hand.
A Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph item recounts a Chicago social gathering where a woman questions Mrs Smith about her former life as Mrs Jenks. The exchange covers alleged past rent payments and a jab about marital history. The dialogue shifts to business and social mores, ending with a quip about altering old practices.
Seacoast of California records several bird varieties not previously seen leaving the mountains this season. While it has been believed a severe winter is coming, science suggests the immigration results from a general seed scarcity in the mountains this season.
A fragment from a larger discussion notes that despite efforts to manage the situation, the people suffer from widespread indigestion. The quoted line humorously likens the nation to someone who cannot digest its own excess.
A child laments the cruelty of fur and bird on mother own hat and asks how shoppers can end the practice. The speaker notes a dead bird on a hat and accuses a friend May Perkins of a kitten’s head on a hat. The poem questions cruelty in fashion and urges stopping purchases to halt supply.
In a New York hospital ward, Maria Denelli a frail Italian girl prays to live till Christmas. As nurses and fellow patients sing of going home to Jesus she asks for a white dress with ribbon to meet Him. She dies peacefully saying she will join Jesus and the angels on Christmas Day.
A rough Civil War group harassed a pale recruit who prayed by his camp tent. After weeks of ridicule he fought bravely near Richmond, was presumed dead, and a fellow soldier buried him with a carved board declaring him a Christian soldier who stood by his flag.
Paris Gauois describes a new apparatus that makes rail travel safer by showing the exact positions of trains on a glass sheet. Horizontal rings mark rails and vertical lines mark stations with numbered indicators, while moving electric train arrows signal danger to prevent collisions.
Emery Storrs, Chicago lawyer and politician, says two speeches from the last presidential campaign were equally ablest. He recalls his addresses at the Trebont Temple in Boston and at Cleveland, praising both for doctrinal strength and for eloquence.
The article contrasts crude dental methods with a harsh metaphor about pain and violence. It notes the thumb and forefinger used in pulling teeth can evoke as much suffering as strong steel jaws. The piece frames medical procedures in stark, sensational terms.
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