{"id":9242,"date":"2023-03-29T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9242"},"modified":"2023-03-29T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T05:00:00","slug":"unappreciated-advantages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/unappreciated-advantages\/","title":{"rendered":"Unappreciated Advantages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn83045462\/1915-03-29\/ed-1\/seq-6\/\">Evening Star, March 29, 1915<\/a>. By Philander Johnson.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we\u2019ve got electric lights<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An\u2019 trolley cars an\u2019 such;<br\/>An\u2019 movies an\u2019 a lot o\u2019 sights<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That interest us much;<br\/>Now that we\u2019ve built the buildin\u2019s tall,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An\u2019 streets in fine condition;<br\/>We sit an\u2019 dream an\u2019 after all<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jes\u2019 want to go a-fishin\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Though mightily we are improved<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By many a new invention;<br\/>By old-time impulses we\u2019re moved<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To shun the world\u2019s dissension.<br\/>Amid the rattle and the glare<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We find ourselves a-wishin\u2019<br\/>To seek a lonesome spot somewhere<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An\u2019 simply go a-fishin\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Evening Star, March 29, 1915. By Philander Johnson. Now that we\u2019ve got electric lights&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An\u2019 trolley cars an\u2019 such;An\u2019 movies an\u2019 a lot o\u2019 sights&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That interest us much;Now that we\u2019ve built the buildin\u2019s tall,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An\u2019 streets in fine condition;We sit an\u2019 dream an\u2019 after all&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jes\u2019 want to go a-fishin\u2019. Though mightily we are improved&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,3],"tags":[248],"class_list":["post-9242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evening-star","category-newspapers","tag-philander-johnson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}