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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1890
Page
6
Poem meditates on life as a fleeting bubble and echo then shifts to a belief life is a river leading to God and eternity. The speaker contrasts sorrow and oblivion with a hopeful arc toward divine eternity as guide through time. Attributed to Larry Chittenden via Mail and Express.
A sixteen year old narrator, locked on a roof after a attic accident, endures cold and danger to alarm neighbors and police. Misinterpretations of the peril scare her family, but the ordeal yields a life changing offer to study abroad from Aunt Durgin, altering her future forever.
A collage of jokes and quips from periodicals. Q&A exchanges about money and luck mix with social jests and puns. Cartoonish lines reference figures like Krupp and Besmarck, plus playful classroom arithmetic. Entertaining, era-typical snatches of wit.
A collage of humorous exchanges and brief sketches from newspapers and periodicals. Jests range from a furniture buyer seeking a perfect chair to a watch dog gag and a flirtation with a flannel shirt. The items mix dialogue, cartoons, and quick quips.
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