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Newspaper
Van Buren News Eagle
Location
Van Buren, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
8
The Denver Republican reports a bedraggled stay in a cow camp during heavy rain and flood. A sick narrator laments isolation with no nearby help while fellow cow hands return, bringing a cheer and a bunkhouse greeting.
A child offers a morning prayer thanking God for rest and daily opportunities to fulfill will, to love and pray. The verse asks for protection for the family and guidance to know a mother’s love and father’s care throughout the day. Roland Rathbone cites Tippincott's.
A reflective poem notes that people envy others who appear to enjoy life while ignoring the hidden troubles those others face. It argues neither side is free from care and that we rarely know the full picture of another's happiness.
A collection of quips on faith, courage, wealth, and morality. The speaker critiques empty grandiosity, warns against vanity, notes the lure of small sins, and underscores the influence of a mother’s songs and sincere faith over outward appearances.
The poem recounts Hiram Hicks bragging of catching a large eel near Lizard Creek in 1863, claiming it weighed eleven or twelve pounds but slipping back. Herm Stokes and neighbors react with humor as the eel tale grows and Hicks vows to try again ten years later, ending with a boast of catching an even larger eel. The excerpt appears in Joe Cone's New York Sun piece.
Fifty one summers after a beach finding near Nova Scotia, the enigmatic Gerome who spoke only once in Italian and claimed Trieste, dies. Doctors visiting Evangeline country deemed him mute from fear or trauma after years of care by the Comeau family and local settlers.
A poem from the Baltimore Sun extols The Game of Joy as a bright pastime guiding hearts through life. It contrasts shared play with those unable to partake and hints at dreams beyond the vision, noting dust and bloom drifting back to those never free to play.
Poem fragment from Kathleen Kavanagh with reflections on inner loneliness and unseen burdens. Refrains compare human struggle to nature’s quiet trees and rivers, ending with Louis Untermeyer’s Smart Set attribution.
In 1351 Sir Wilfrid Lawson spoke to Carlisle constituents amid Irish policy tension. He warned a disaffected nation harms the governing state and used a housemaid metaphor to urge calm, contrasting strength with weakness under rule.
London Mail quotes the late Mr Grossmith once fooling crowds by asking if they waited to see him. The gag backfired when Sir Henry Irving appeared and the crowd cheered, prompting Irving to joke that he paid people to come nightly.
A Cincinnati workman visiting Charlie Taft’s home examined a private gallery. He singled out a Van Dyck and, after learning its value at $35,000, mused that his own painting might be worth framing.
A humorous exchange centers on a bride who tolerates baseball games but asks her husband to call when the team reaches extra innings so she can plan supper. The light jest contrasts domestic duties with sport obsession. The dialogue portrays a caring, practical wife and anticipating husband.
A student is described as homesick in a light exchange about nostalgia versus longing. The dialogue frames homesickness as common and mild rather than severe.
Auction at Lef's Harness & Buggy Store in Van Buren Indiana on Saturday June 29 1912 at 2 pm offers 25 new buggies including rubber and steel tire models built of hickory and yellow poplar. Also one second hand extension top carriage two storm buggies harness boots stock food and more. One good work horse one year old gelding and a mare with foal. Terms: cash under 35 freight, over 5 credit six months with bankable note, 6 percent interest, cash discount. No removal until terms met.
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