Wreckless railroading and oddities in this issue
A miscellany of bold claims and sharp jabs follows. Pittsburg is called a dark spot as Mars observers gaze upon it while railroading safety debates rise. The piece mentions rail wrecks, child labor opinions, a New York alderman case, and a bright mosaic of political and social quips.
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Mars
Pittsburg
America
Europe
Success Magazine
St. Peter
hAmericana
Georgia
Boston
New York
Old Favorites and Poems From a Flemish Inn
A mosaic of verse and prose excerpts narrates a humorous foreign travel scene in a Flemish inn with a ruddy stout man, followed by romantic lines by Ralph Waldo Emerson and a brief note on operating a motor boat with hand generator ringing in Popular Mechanics.
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Harmas
Popular Mechanica
Lampy’s Aviary Adds Notable Stuffed Birds in Parody List
Harvard Lampoon catalogs a whimsical collection of stuffed birds. Highlights include The Red-Beaked Pit!-a rare specimen not found in Cambridge, The Receipted Pade-Bill extremely rare, and The Heartless Decne, a large imposing bird. Also listed are The Crimson Heelah likely to be extinct under Public Nuisance law and The White-Winged Brooks-Sparrow, a bird of bray. The Craftey Foxbird, a bird of prey, and The Green Frawsh, a small harmless bird, round out the spoof catalog.
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Lampy
Cambridge
Bray
Harvard Lampoon
Good for Evil and the Young Hearts That Never Grow Cold
A reflective meditation on resilience and defiance against aging. It extols youths who resist time, embodying kindness that laughs at the world’s cruelties. The passage suggests gods favor these young souls, yet they die young for never growing cold.
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