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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1897
Page
5
In a meditation on mortality and faith, the speaker imagines future perfection where earthly pains vanish and the resurrected join a celestial city. He envisions a world without funerals or tears, replaced by triumphant music and praise. Hallelujah fills the scene as the tomb’s shattered walls witness hope.
Reading aloud from a bygone era, the piece describes paper dolls cut from newspaper strips, grown from cheap cards to tinted figures with costumes. It recounts rainy day crafts, forming rings of dolls on the floor, hanging figures from ceilings, and children amused by dancing, stitched paper figures.
Children mastered a self made spitball craft to fling soft chewed balls that stuck to ceilings and danced when stirred. They climbed chairs to gain height and used fans, closet doors, and registers to provoke motion, turning the ceiling into a backdrop for playful performances.
A playful verse about four little blackbirds and a teasing Joe, followed by a feature on a Washington boy's two day kite flight in 1880 and the spread of kite science with prizes from the Boston Aeronautical Society, plus a vivid description of Ah Gan in traditional dress from St Nicolas.
The short notice from Youth's Company describes a scene where a canary finishes its bath and hops to a perch as Jennie calls, mentioning readiness for the sows. The vignette captures quaint domestic dialogue and rural humor.
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