Where Have the Pins Gone to by Robert J Burdett
A reflective verse recalling fears and pains that fade with time. The speaker contrasts past worries with present changes in style and life, noting burdens yet to come and the inevitability of moving on from yesterday’s troubles. The poem explores memory, loss, and forward worry.
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Robert J. Burdett
Broken Hearts and Bets on Cupid in a City Firm
Ben Mallory forgives himself after learning his ward Kitty Kempster, beloved sister of his, suffers heartbreak from Jack Downs a fellow lawyer and former friend. Jack confesses love, torments Kitty, and Ben warns and schemingly counsels sabotage. Kitty reveals deep, conflicted feelings toward Jack. Ben realizes he has betrayed her trust and laments the harm caused.
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Jack
Ben
Lances Grayson
Tam
Ben Mallory
Cupid
Jack Downs
Kitty Kempster
Sam
Kitty
Kit
Hite Girl
Ice-Cutting Steamers Dominate Great Lakes Carriage
The ice crushing steamers on the lakes are huge ferries carrying trains and freight, linking terminals where bridges fail. Propelled by twin ends, they press through multi foot ice, at times costing over 350000 dollars, with crews enduring months aboard in extreme cold and isolation.
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Lakes
Straits of Mackinac
Detroit River
Lake Erie
Rose of hell flower found near Fuego volcano in Guatemala
E C Downey an attorney from Churu busco Indiana received a rare flower called the rose of hell from Guatemala. The plant grows near Antigua by the Fuego crater and is deadly when prepared as an extract. Universities may request specimens for botany demonstrations.
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Hell
E. C. Downey
Churubusco
Ind
Central America
Guatemala
Antigua
Volcano of
Fuego
Gift of Stationery to Soldiers From London Firm
A London firm sent 100000 packets of stationery as a gift to South African soldiers. The remark on the page notes a social observation about a man who begins as a social Hon and ends by waking a goose of Limeelf.
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London
Losses Decrease As Weapons Progress Through War History
A historical analysis asserts that battlefield casualties decline in percentage as weapon technology advances. Across conflicts from Louis XIV to Franco Prussian war, casualties dropped from about 26 percent to under 16 percent, with notable Civil War battles illustrating high losses at close range. The piece contrasts long range fire and artillery effectiveness with infantry assaults and discusses iconic engagements such as Fredericksburg Gettysburg and Franklin. It highlights the shift from smoothbore muskets to breechloading rifles and the enduring toll of assault warfare.
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Manila Bay
Santiago
Sickles
Napoleon III
Nelson A. Miles
Fredericksburg
New York (Steuben
New Hampshire
Fort Wagner
Hancock
Caldwell
Petersburg
Maine
Gettysburg
Bull Run
Duryee
Michigan
North Carolina
McPherson's
Michigans
North Carolinas
Pickett
Federal Works
Iron Hall
Franklin
Tenn
Russia
Turkey
Sudan
Lutzen
Gustavus Adolphus
Fontenoy
Waterloo
Bilau
Bunker Hill
Stone River
Murfreesboro
Marengo
Chickamauga
Antietam
Leipsic
Shiloh
Lundy's Lane
Mars-la-Tour
Woerth
Solferino
Sadona
Eilau !S
A Very Trifling Incident in a Marriage Ceremony
A clergyman conducts a wedding where the groom and bride reveal past marriages. The groom says no, the bride admits to one, but notes it ended with her husband’s death after a week, making the event seem trivial. The exchange appears in the San Francisco Wave.
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San Francisco
No heart trouble, but liver woes follow age
A reflective adage notes that as a man ages past heart troubles his liver may cause grief. It also comments that those who rise to fame and fortune by stepping on others end up looking down on the hatred they provoke.
Kaiser Lavish With Titles Raises New Prussian Princes
The article reports Emperor William II of Prussia expanding the nobility by creating a new dukedom and elevating three counts to princes. It notes discontent among mediatized families and contrasts this with earlier rulers who granted fewer princely titles. It highlights recent promotions including counts Münster Dohna Schlobitten Kaulenburg Knyphausen and Prince Slatzfeldt who became duchy holders, and comments on mobility distinctions between old mediatized houses and new princes.
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William II
Prussia
Napoleon I
France
Prince von Stolberg
William I
Bismarck
Frederick
William III
Duke of
Lauenburg
Munster
Holy Roman Empire
Eliss
Bentinck
Solms
Stolberg
Ebenburtig
Nightingale Song and Goats in Modern Life
The note discusses the nightingale’s song heard a mile away, German straw crafts, Denver’s capitol portraits, Bible circulation in 300 tongues, and a fashion bow history. It covers a Paris goat dairy project by M. J. Crepin, claiming goat milk is closer to human milk in composition and digestion and less prone to infections.
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Germany
Colorado
Denver
American Bible Society
Polar
M. J. Crepin
Paris
Trinity Church: Wealthiest American religious society
Trinity Church in New York City is described as the wealthiest religious society in America with credits surpassing ten million dollars. The Gothic spire stands 754 feet high, attracting sightseers who frequent the notable graveyard where Alexander Hamilton and other figures are buried. The first church on the site dated to 1096, and a land grant from Queen Anne in 1705 contributed to its vast revenue.
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Trinity Church
New York City
America
Broadway
Battery
Society
Manhattan Island
Alexander Hamilton
Trinity, Church