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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1896
Page
6
Ninette M. Lowater narrates a dramatic parable from the New York Sun where August Deole, a publisher, hears a commanding voice urging a poet and a mother to abandon all to leave or weave a verse addressing mankind. The mother clings to her children while the poet seeks fame before death, and the tale ends with the voice proclaiming that all must obey death.
In a tale from Oak Lodge, Enderby and I spin a tall yarn about Mysterious William to fool boastful Willikens. The plan backfires when Willikens buys the horse with a five hundred dollar check, and the trio leave town for a southern trip while Willikens’ trust is tested.
A cynical bachelor recalls youth’s doomed loves and a youth’s tattooed devotion. He reflects that tastes and affections change with age and that long engagements often fail, noting the vanity of early attraction and the lasting regret of a stained memory. The piece ends with weather notes and a brief Tribune citation.
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George W. Latimer of Lynn, the first fugitive hunted on Massachusetts soil in 1842, died at his Lynn home. His arrest stirred abolitionist action, with public meetings and legal wrangling over his return to Virginia, before Latimer moved to Lynn and lived respectedly until his death at age 75.
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