No, I cannot. The river's sighs betray my love
A lyrical fragment speaks of lost love torn by a bramble that seized a cherished rose, prompting the speaker to flee toward the sea and endure solitary voyage.
18 Nov 1873
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1873
Page
1
A lyrical fragment speaks of lost love torn by a bramble that seized a cherished rose, prompting the speaker to flee toward the sea and endure solitary voyage.
Estelle Earle rebukes her finery envy as her husband Harry borrows his strength for a drenched carriage ride through a spring shower. Rich guest Mrs Duff flaunts wealth, provoking Estelle's jealousy until illness strikes Harry and the couple confront vanity, forgiveness, and true worth. The crisis ends with Estelle renouncing vanity and embracing love, as Harry recovers and earns lasting wealth in character.
In a Tennessee trip Fred Douglass recounts being told to move from a white car to a color-only coach on a Baltimore and Ohio Railway. He stayed in his seat after resisting the order, noting the indignity and asserting his citizenship and equal rights as an American. The episode highlights racial segregation and Douglass's defiant stance, ending with his reflection “Hail Columbia.”
A Northumberland County correspondent describes Lize Schuler, a 72 year old woman living alone near Shamokin who dresses in pants, keeps cattle, trains her pet dogs, and possesses a remarkable blunt tongue. The piece blends travelogue with a moral urging for self-improvement and industrial resolve, recounting a surreal tale of stripping back finery and revealing dentures in a dramatic bedside scene.
True Blue winner of the four mile heat race leaves Baltimore for San Francisco in a special stock palace car. Bar dee rides the horse, with Chamberlin's agent and Jim accompanying. The car bears a bold placard asking not to detain them. If True Blue wins the November 15 race against Thad Stevens and Joe Daniels, he may never race again.
A wealthy citizen gave five cents to a seedy applicant who asked for aid. The giver said the ears were open to distress, to which the recipient quipped that he had never seen such a large ear opening for so small a sum.
The panic tale follows a young woman who, with tears in her eyes and $50 in the bank, pleads a director for her money to prepare for marriage. He finally parts with his own purse after she explains her fiancé has no money for the minister and has only one leg. A second vignette features Ike the slave praying nightly for guidance, and a master who pretends the angel of death has come, only to reveal Ike’s absence for weeks.
A troupe advertised a charity concert for the poor with tickets at ten cents. The hall filled, then a poor committee pressed the treasurer for the net proceeds. The treasurer claimed the price was ten cents to help the poor, while the committee disappeared in surprise.
A country youth tried smoking while milking. He lowered his head to touch the cow with the cigar and the animal pressed his weight onto the milker, pinning him under the cow’s hind leg. He later stated farming is the hardest work one can do.
A dental-like sampler of quips and cartoons from a 19th century page. It lists a six fingered child buried at Allentown, a Nimble Pick Quick club in Tidioute, jokes about clouds and beaten children, and local anecdotes. Notable lines include jokes about farmers and whisky, a witness box remark, and a Paris bound Buchabuster Helmbold. A boy jailed for berry theft pleads to be released so his father can pay and discipline him.
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