No Tender Star of Love Found in Evening Skies
A fragmented verse passage speaks of a red star and noble feelings as thoughts rise while viewing the distant evening skies. It contrasts skepticism with romantic imagery and inner earnestness.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1882
Page
4
Real Sweet Story Ends In Marmalade And Matchmaking
Letty Lounsberry and Rick Creighton's quarrel over trust leads to separation then reunion when Aunt Emory exposes a hidden charm in a peach marmalade jar. Rick sends back his ring, Letty fumbles with the marmalade, and Rick returns with the charm to win her again. Brougham Brown shifts from fiancé to supportive suitor as Aunt Emory smiles at the chaotic romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick
Letty
Lena Varian
Letty Lounsey
Aunt Emory
Baby
Lounsberry
Mrs. Lounsberry
Brougham Brown
Richard Creighton
Stephen Ford
Letitia
Grandmamma
Brougham
Emory
Norah
Letty Lounsberry
Aueawue
Harper's Weekly
Glee Club Fragments Expose Pleasant Foolishness and Fear
In a Detroit Free Press excerpt Brother Gardner of the Lime-Kiln Club mocks a fearful, sorrowful world and its wary characters. Turner worries over a stolen wallet, the widow Plumsell laments deceit and hardship, and Deacon Striper recalls a fractured marriages and failed fortunes as he forecasts storms and strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Gardner
Glee Club
Sarah Jane
Origin of Some of Longfellow's Poems
James T Fields notes how Longfellow created poems across years and places. Psalm of Life emerged in Cambridge in July 1838 from inner struggle, The Reaper Death formed naturally, The Light of the Stars on a calm summer evening, Hesperus after a storm, Skeleton in Armor from a beach ride in 1849, Excelsior sparked by an autumn newspaper line, Evangeline traced to Hawthorne and Longfellow through a romance idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James ‘T. Fields
Longfellow
Cambridge
Charles Sumner
Hawthorne
Editorial Change at Texas Torchlight Scootville
Bill Snort takes editorial charge of the Texas Torchlight in Scootville after his previous roles at the Crosby County Clarion and Farmers' Vindicator. The paper plans to publish quotes from the Texas Torchlight and features Texas Siflings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Bill Snort
Crosby County Clarion and Farmers’ Vindicator
Texas Torchlight
Scootville
Texas Siflings
The French Census Reveals Slow Growth and Urban Shift
The French census shows a birth rate of 26 per thousand and an overall population of 37 million, with emigration and low natural increase. It notes a rapid move from rural areas to cities, Paris absorbing most of the growth while Britain, Germany, and Austria-Hungary outpace France in total population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Germany
Europe
America
Australia
Great Britain
Austria-Hungary
London
Paris
Lille
Lyons
Marseilles
Havre
Rouen
Seine
United States
New York
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Hoboken
Long
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Constantinople
Philadelphia
Calcutta
Bombay
Pekin
V.V. Y. Sun
Cholera Arrives at Sacred Allahabad Pilgrimage Site
The cholera strain is traced to Allahabad where the Ganges and Jumna join. Pilgrims camp on a sandbank amid sacred rites, turning the area into foul land and polluted rivers. Authorities hope to curb outbreaks, noting cholera recurs roughly every seventeen years and may reappear in the U.S. by 1883 per Demorest's Monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganges
Asia
Allahabad
United States
Demorest
Perilous Florida Canoe Escape of NY Club Member
Mr C K Munroe of the New York Canoe Club embarked from Fish Eating Creek into Lake Okeechobee with his canoe Psyche last fall. The marsh closed behind him, leaving no landmark. He drifted four days and nights, searched for the Kissimmee and Fish Eating Creek outlets, then walked ashore with help, found a guide, recovered his canoe, and reached Bassinger via the Kissimmee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. K. Munroe
New York Canoe Club
Munroe
Florida
Kissimmee
Fort Bassinger
Bassinger
N. Y. Sun
Boston Woman Reports German Speech in English Shorthand
A Boston woman is praised for translating a speech by E. Schurz spoken in German into English and then writing it in shorthand. The feat is described as remarkable and noteworthy for its linguistic skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ae Schurz
The Moon Change Foretold by Scientists and Lamb
The essay muses on a moonward shift in the sky and its effects on perception and society. German and English astronomers note lunar caverns and volcanic activity, with spectroscopic evidence hinting at planetary energy. Possible links to solar system changes remain speculative, per the London Spectator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Lam
Toto
Lamb
Ball
Heilbronn
Bonn
Huggins
London Spectator
Not That Kind of a Doctor Shop in Texas
In a Texas suburb a grocer, Bill McGammon, uses abbreviated labels on his shelves. A feeble visitor asks for Dr Prunes and other doctors, prompting a sharp exchange about the confusing signs like Dr Prunes and Dr Cherries. The tale ends with McGammon noticing the dried labels read as doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill McGammon
Austin
Texas
Doctor Prunes
Old McGammon
Doctor Codfish
Private Lunatic Asylum Reported Near Wayne Station
Report alleges a private lunatic asylum near Wayne Station, Philadelphia area where patients are admitted for money. A nurse testified about brutal treatment of a wealthy young woman placed there by relatives over family troubles, described as driving her to insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Station
Philadelphia
W. F Press
Inconsistent with strict veracity quoted in England
A comment notes that British press or officials prefer the phrase inconsistent with strict veracity to avoid direct accusations of lying. The remark discusses linguistic choice in England and its relation to rhetoric and truth telling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Appletons Sell 46 Million Webster Spellers in Forty Years
The Appletons have sold 46,000,000 Webster spellers over the last forty years, marking a lasting leadership in educational tools. This milestone highlights sustained demand and the company’s dominant market position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appletons
Hop Bitters Claim Cure for Various Ailments
The notice asserts Hop Bitters cures diabetes Brights disease kidney urinary or liver complaints and warns against ineffective remedies. It urges readers to use Hop Bitters as the only medicine that will positively cure these conditions.
Missouri Judge Denies Divorce After Forty-Nine Years
A Missouri judge refused a divorce in a long marriage of forty-nine years, stating it is not right to spoil a golden wedding. The ruling highlights the weight of a lengthy partnership and the courts' reluctance to sever such ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Massive NT revision sales rival Swayne's Ointment
The article reports over two million copies of the revised New Testament sold on launch day, a figure likened to the widespread use of Swayne's Ointment for itching piles. It mocks pestering readers about ongoing rectal itching and suggests the measure of sales would take a lifetime to calculate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swayne
Ingersoll Refuses Heaven If Calvin Is There
The philosopher expresses to friends that he would not wish to enter heaven if Calvin were present, challenging beliefs about the afterlife. The note recalls that Robert previously indicated doubt about an afterlife, highlighting a contrast in their views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingersoll
Heaven
Calvin
Robert
Quick Cure Ad for Urinary Ailments by Park & Sons
An Ohio Depot advertisement promotes Buchupaiba a four day remedy for urinary affections smarting frequent or difficult urination and kidney diseases priced at $1 its supplier is D PARK & SONS Cincinnati Ohio listed as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchupaiba
Ohio Depot
Park & Sons
Cincinnati
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Earth
Red
Mars
Cpemaesres
de Widder Plumsell
Lake Erie
Deacon Striper
Swaynes
Dr. Swayne & Son
Phila
Benson
Banson
Seabury & Johnson
Echo of
Read
Allcock
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