The Last Monitor Commander Admiral Worden on Pennsylvania Avenue
A Washington Letter profile recalls Admiral Worden, once commander of the Monitor at Hampton Roads. The scarred veteran, now quiet on K Street, bears blue powder marks from the Mer rimac battle and avoids reminders of his wartime service.
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Tiny Gazelles Spark Grand Sentiments in Paris Enclosure
A Jardin des Plantes exhibit features diminutive gazelles whose fragile, alert presence moves observers. Edward Delille muses that their delicate size and large eyes symbolize a rare inner state, while a separate supplier describes a metal cleaning soap recipe using cocoanut butter and mineral additives. A frightful court appearance by Charles Carr is noted as he testified in Strahan versus Watson, nearly overwhelmed by the courthouse ordeal.
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Fortnightly Review
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Oldest English epitaph from Oxfordshire churchyard
The Cornhill Magazine notes a 1370 English epitaph found in an Oxfordshire churchyard. Its antique typography and obsolete language render the lines nearly unreadable, with a modern reading showing a stark meditation on death and poverty.
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Oxfordshire
Cornhill Magazine
American horses shipped abroad and racing deals noted
Architectural Note. Judge What trade do you follow Vagrant I am a builder. Castles in the air. St Florian praised as fast and finish. Frank Work of New York bought the fast gelding Orange Blossom for personal driving. Balsora Wilkes to be revived for a campaign by L Graben statter a Buffalo butcher. American horses being shipped to Aberdeen Scotland for coach and driving. local dealer opens stable for American bred horses.
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St. Florian
Frank Work
New York
Balsora Wilkes
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Lovers Walk and Other Tales From City Columns
A reflection on Lovers Walk with wind and June woods, a humorous anecdote about oysters for ten cents in Philadelphia, and a sharp look at women and age from Detroit Free. The pieces mix poetry, humor, and social quirks from city life.
Smoke blossoms from a smoke ring phenomenon
An old smoker describes how a smoke ring in still air forms a central revolved ring that blooms into smaller loops as it floats away. He notes the recurring appearance of these “queer blossoms” and admits he cannot explain the phenomenon.
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New York Sun
Vegetable crafted roses charm at drugstore display
An old man enters a Sixth Avenue drug store, buys perfume, and sprinkles it on a vegetable bouquet he carries. He offers a five cent bunch, but the bouquet includes a white rose carved from a turnip, a yellow rose from a carrot, and a red rose from a beet, with convincing perfumed fragrance.
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Sixth Avenue
New York Herald
Waterspout narrowly misses sea vessel in dramatic chase
A vessel at sea fled a colossal waterspout that roared toward it. The waterspout lifted the ship several yards on the wave as it passed, then receded leaving the crew shaken but safe.
Curious Local Tales and World Animal Facts
A Cordele resident traps a rabbit wearing a gold watch chain. Estimates say Newfoundland codfish harvests reach trillions annually. Hutchinson Countys lake holds corn fed bullheads. Seven acres of unharvested corn were left in a field. Roe deer are the smallest of Germanys three deer species, noted for beauty and venison. Ostrich stride when feeding is 20 to 22 inches, walking 2% inches, and when frightened up to 14 feet at about 25 mph.
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Hutchinson County
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Germany
The Boston Courter’s Giant Man Meets Fateful Task
A poem about a Herculean man famed for immense strength He uproots oaks and lifts hippos yet dies after overconfidence leads him to a dangerous quest He and his wife travel to a perilous task in Boston Courter style remains the central figure
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Boston Courter
Gessler in Theatrical Debate Cited by Texas Siftings
A dialogue excerpt cited by Texas Siftings contrasts a tyrant figure with a life insurance agent. Mrs and her husband discuss seeking documentary evidence to support statements, highlighting theatrical logic and credibility.
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Gessler
William
Texas Siftings
Whimsical Exchange in a Boston Courier Fragment
A playful dialogue depicts a sunlit mood and flippant courtship. The maid eyes a sly glance as a nibbling joke on appearances surfaces. The piece shifts to a humorous exchange about hard work and an impression learned through labor in a Boston Courier clipping.
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Boston Courier
Definition and Droll Exchange from a Grammar Pupils
A clothier anecdote mocks manly attire forcing a sash on a man and a woman who needs help to wear it. An exchange then mocks ear learners in a grammar school with a comic definition of topaz referencing canal boat men.
Dreams and Knighthood in a Household Scene
A woman sits dreaming of knights and maidens while her mother works at the washtub. She longs for a bold lover and wealth to shield her fragile form, set in a New York Herald style vignette.
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Washtub
New York Herald
Couldn’t Help Herself Proposal Sparks Family Feud
In a Boston Herald vignette Dumley admits he proposed to Watts's sister after she refused him. He explains his anger at being rejected and his plan to win claims by marrying into the family while Watts comments on the sisterly bond.
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Watts
Dumley
Boston Herald
A Father's Soliloquy in Bald Happiness
A father contemplates the baby’s likeness and his own bald head, noting the only shared trait is their hairlessness as observed in a reflective New York Press voice.
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New York Press
Just Like Those Brothers
In a humorous aside from Smith, Gray & Co.'s Monthly, a character claims to borrow a walking stick collar and Eton cap to look masculine and dote on a masculine cut, while another brother quips the appearance is not ladylike.
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Jack
Comically Dated Riddles and Self Help Quips From Papers
A playful collage notes Robert Reed Revised vowing no tobacco and refusing low priced cigars while claiming to prefer boiled cabbage. The Washington Post features Under a Stained Glass Window with a maiden fretting in her pen trying a sunbeam to redden her face in red white and blue.
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Robert Reed
Washington Post
New York Herald
Unanimous Exemption for Rheumatism Quip
An office boy requests to be excused this afternoon due to rheumatism. A colleague agrees to wait a few minutes and accompany him, noting they have not yet watched a ball game this year.
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Harper’s Bazar
Not a Quiet Trimming
A wry comment on Miss Dasher the flirt contrasts quiet dress style with her bold accordion skirt making a lively fashion aside.
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Miss Dasher
New York Press
Thirteen in the Audience Brings Bad Luck Sayings
A slowly rising young tragedian tells a bystander he is superstitious and has learned from experience that thirteen in the audience inevitably means bad luck. The remark appears in the Somerville Journal with a tone of caution about stage superstition.
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Somerville Journal
Modern comforts replace mythic charms with tiny pests
In a playful Renaissance critique, the speaker contrasts ancient nymphs and Pan with modern distractions found in cool retreats. The focus shifts to minute irritants like gnats, mosquitoes, and bacilli rather than mythic wonders.
Theater manager ponders real props for new play
In Harper’s Bazaar a theater manager outlines plans for a stage production featuring a tank of real water a real fire engine and a real patrol wagon seeking ideas. Tomdik suggests adding real actors to heighten realism.
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Tomdik
Harper’s Bazar
Mortemer the aged stallion euthanized after old age decline
A historical notice recalls the aging stallion Mortemer, famed sire of Exile, being shot to end suffering from infirmities. It notes Pierre Lorillard paid Count Lagrange $25,000 for Mortemer in 1878, and mentions Mortemer’s racing record of forty eight wins from a long career.
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Exile
Pierre Lorillard
Count Lagrange
John 1 29 42 Commentary and Observations
The passage discusses John the Baptist's testimony about Jesus as the Lamb of God, the Spirit descending as a dove, and the call of the first disciples, including Andrew and Simon Peter, leading them to Jesus and the Messiah. It reflects on Messianic expectations, the distinction between Jesus as Son of God and Savior, and the call to witness.
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