The Little Wooden Ark Poem by Aloysius Coll
The speaker longingly recalls animals from a wooden ark and a farmyard, contrasting past pets with the present quiet. Nostalgia centers on Noahs Ark toys and mothering animal figures, ending with a quiet tribute to caregiver affection.
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Aloysius ‘Coll
Miss Martins Legacy Sparks Selfless Choice in Camden
In Camden Miss Anna Martin, a frugal widow, receives a thousand dollars and plans a parlor and fine goods. When the Dillings face separation for their children, she impulsively offers to take eleven year old Fred. She resolves to use the legacy to help the orphans, choosing compassion over personal comfort and adopting Fred with hope and faith.
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Camden
Dilling
Charles Dillng
Yaa Mise Martin
Gether
Tlan
Fred
Burnham
Bessie
Mr. Burnham
Mr. Randall
Miss Martin
Ray
Zion
Ty Ray
Dilling House
Misa Martin
Remarkable horse graft tale shocks Rutland readers
A Vermont Farmer Purdy uses a live rabbit graft to heal a roan colt’s barbed wire wound. The method, said to be novel for animals, involved etherizing a rabbit, grafting skin over the wound, and binding the hare to the horse while the colt healed.
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Jimer Purdy
New York World
Purdy
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Rutland County
Bunny
Two Women Authors and a War Veteran in Brief
Storied women Mary Johnston and Amelia Rives are profiled for health and youth in Virginia amid literary notes from Warm Springs. A Manchester Union piece recounts a New Hampshire law-and-street encounter with a wary mayor. Washington Star quips on debt collection and rhetoric.
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Mary Johnston
Washington
Warm Springs
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Amelia Rives
Princess Troubetskoy
Virginia
Selene
New Hampshire
Manchester Union
The Grumbler and Nature’s Plan
The Grumbler grumbles about human fate and gender, wishing to escape humanity. He dislikes becoming a man or a woman and fears becoming a beast. He mutters in the listener’s ear about a shriveled soul and longing for death, while noting the world would continue.
Blanche Follett Weds Guy Archfield After Duty Earned
Blanche Follett, comforted by the sick old man in a hotel, accepts Guy Archfield's proposal after his father returns from Europe. The wedding gift is a parure of diamonds, provided by the wealthy father-in-law. Meanwhile a minister recounts a tale of a beggar seeking help, reflecting on aid and its misuses.
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Theresa Middleton
Blanche Yollett
Biance
Sophie Dean
Guy
Europe
Sophie
Theresa
Blanche
Miss Dean
Blanche Follett
Guy Archfield
Archfield
Ariadne
Ianapolis Sun
Deep Diving Feats and Pressures Underwater
A Pall Mall Gazette report reviews extreme diving feats reaching 244 feet, including James Cooper and Alexander Lambert. It notes divers endured up to thirty fathoms of water and 80 plus PSI pressures, with safety tips on descent and ascent and potential health benefits of breathing compressed air.
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James Cooper
Cape Horn
Pichidunque
South America
Alexander Lambert
Point Gando
Grang Canary
Severn Tunnel
Angel Hrostarbe
Skyro
Cape Finisterre
Pall Mall Gazette
Anxious Crowd Aids Fallen City Horse Near Madison and Fifth
A horse fell on Madison Street and Fifth Avenue attracting a crowd of onlookers offering advice and帮助 to the driver. People helped unbuckle the harness as bystanders compared American aid to the indifference observed in London.
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Madison Street
Fifth Avenue
London
England
America
Chicago
Intey Organ
Mendicants and Clergymen Face More Than Expected Scrutiny
An uptown minister became the latest target in a wave of cases where professional mendicants trick or exploit public figures. The report notes clergy often suffer as victims compared with other public men, highlighting a pattern in recent inquiries.
Family Tree Mystery in Sunday Reading
Philadelphia Press notes a light exchange about someone researching his family tree. The dialogue hints at a troubling find a hangman s noose on a branch and the challenge of removing it. The item references Sunday reading and a playful mystery tone.
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Woodby
Philadelphia Press
Horatius at the Bridge and the Roman Stand
The fragment retells Horatius at the Bridge with the consul urging the fall of the bridge and Horatius holding the line with Lartius and Herminius. Porsena and Sextus mock the defense as Rome’s fate hangs on the river crossing and Horatius leaps into the Tiber after the bridge collapses, praised by Rome.
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Spucius Lartius
Herminius
Vittan
Horatius
Romana
Rome
Lartius
Spurius Lartius
Aee
Lars
Porsena
Sextus
Palatinus
Flapper tainted money in canned goods business noted
In Tom Watson's Magazine a flapper jokes about tainted money in the canned goods business and a giddy old man contrasted with an elderly woman, implying vanity and foolishness while reflecting era slang and satire.
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