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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1895
Page
2
A Mount Vernon inscription by Rev. William Day extols Washington as a humane leader, soldier for a righteous cause, and statesman who offered sound counsel. It lauds his humility, virtue, and unflaunting glory, contrasting with power-seeking chiefs, and lauds his enduring national fatherhood.
In a medieval tale Bathilde, a proud countess, loves Foulques the Fair, who is captured by enemies. Desperate to ransom him she begs alms in public on Palm Sunday, and as she pleads her debt is paid in gold. A radiant halo crowns her, and she becomes a saint-like savior to the people.
The article praises Patti's voice as moderately strong among today’s sopranos yet highlights an extraordinary compass reaching to F in alt and brilliant polished execution. Her charm lies in the sympathetic quality of notes, especially in familiar songs like Home Sweet Home and Comin Through the Rye, underpinning a career with over 80 operas but fame from two or three well known tunes. she debuted in New York in 1859.
A fragment from Ida Whipple Benham in Independent portrays a morning scene with a lovers pledge and a cautious elder invoking consent. The old man remarks the time is not right for courtship as a maiden moon and starry sky frame a quiet, intimate moment.
In London Tit-Bits a tale follows Rev James Bourn of Balliol College Oxford, formerly jail chaplain at Smithley, as he wins the vacant vicarage of a northern town after a secret shared motive. No. 285, a prisoner he once aided, is revealed as the mayor who cast the decisive vote.
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a country grocery scene where a rude customer urges the grocer to wind a clock and set it going. The grocer responds with a sign, prompting the man to read and depart.
Fragmentary verse in old style images highlands country life and quiet emotion. References to maidens eyes silence music and dreamlike wandering amid flowers and night winds with life and death motifs.
A New York Journal item recalls a tale of a sailor named Tom Delargy who saved $600 and bought a private car trip across the country before reenlisting. A naval officer praises Jack as the most picturesque man on land or sea, likening Kipling to his adventure and noting the influence of railroad magnates on leisure.
In a humorous exchange from the Chicago Tribune a customer weighs the price of a table d hote dinner with wine at 75 cents and asks for a wine free option. The server offers the dinner without wine for 70 cents, noting the reduced price.
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