Marriage as purgatory and the fate of lifelong lovers
A lengthy reflection on marriage and love drawn from a Wise- Fatal Floods of Affection piece. The author argues betrothal can resemble purgatory, contrasting ideal unions with self seeking motives. It explores how love fades under selfish needs, while a true bond grows from mutual sacrifice, patience, and adapted habits.
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Heaven
Hell
Ye Joudet
Earth
Hartley
Cerpiu
Dalow
Ian
Litus
Tuman
Tom
Marriage destroys love by coarse male behavior
A reflective essay argues that male pursuit ends with marriage as romance fades after the wedding. It contrasts the idealized lover with a practical husband who abandons restraint, sharing coarse stories and vulgar talk, causing disillusionment and possible collapse of affection.
Venice Dream Poem of City’s Dusty Sky and Market Glow
The fragment evokes Venice with a dusky candescent sky and scented bells. It paints orange blossoms and myrtle near dark canals, crimson lights, and boats passing to a gay market. The scene centers on mingling beauty, fruit stalls, and the sea city’s swart splendor.
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Murn
Sea City
Beasie Gray
A Modern Elijah In a Dying Hotel Fire Rescue
A small black bellboy at a grand hotel forms a bond with a white five year old girl. When a devastating fire traps guests, he repeatedly rides the elevator to ferry passengers to safety, risking the collapsing building to save others. The scene contrasts his humble origin with heroic courage.
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St. Stephen
Darkey
Great Hotel
Jin
Tex
Filindaca
Heroic fire rescuer saves child from burning car
In a dramatic rescue, a lone man climbs a smoke filled shaft to reach a sleeping child in a burning building. He wraps her in blankets and drags her to safety, carrying her through flames as smoke and heat threaten his life. The grateful parents praise his courage. the hero dies soon after, presumed to have gone to heaven. Surrounding items include a horse liniment ad and a wedding mishap with a momentary humorous interruption.
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Ian
Richard Yorke
Boston
Mendelssohn
William
Frances
Clark's Lightning Liniment advertised as quick relief
An affordable remedy from Clark emival Co. of New York promises rapid relief for cramps colic diarrhea dyspepsia heartburn sour stomach and abdominal pains. The ad urges a bottle in every cupboard and notes fifty cents at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Saar Clark Chemical Co
New York
Clark Emival Co
Red River Rages Through Texas Floods Reported
Dispatches from along the Red river in Texas describe a rapid, unprecedented rise. Gainesville reports water above high mark while irrigation and towns near Burling and Belcher struggle as the river floods, cutting communication to the Indian Territory and washing away crops and livestock. Casualties include four drowned near Chillicothe.
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Red River
Texas
St. Louis
Gainesville
Indian Territory
Burling State
Doss
Missouri, Kansas ,and Texas
J. F. Harris
Belcher
Chillicothe
Tex
W. P. Lindsay
Smith Got Even in Plainfield Creates Local Funeral Mixup
James D. Smith staged a revenge plot by sending collect telegrams using his wife Lizzie Smith's name to relatives in Maryland Long Island and New York claiming her death and inviting them to a funeral. He watched from a rail fence as twenty mourners arrived at the planned gathering and overheard remarks about his wife before slipping away.
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Plainfield
N. J
James D. Smith
Lizzie
Maryland
Long Island
New York
Jim
Lizzie Smith
Tere
Robbed the Old Man Thrown Thayer’s Fortunes in Jeopardy
E D Thayer president of Brandon National Bank in Vermont, age 80, carried forty thousand dollars in notes and mortgages in a traveling satchel on the Rock Island route. He reported the loss after dining in the sleeper near Chicago. Police offered little encouragement. A separate note reports the Gulf House hotel in Thomasville, Georgia, burned down with unknown origin suspected incendiary.
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CuHicaco
E. D. Thayer
Brandon National
Bank of Brandon
Omaha
Rock Island
Chicago
Lightning Death At Imperial Grenadiers Drill
A vivid lightning flash struck Tempidhof during morning drill in the emperor's presence. Grenadiers were knocked to the ground and several men were injured or killed as guards and officers rushed to aid the stricken soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertin
Tempidhof
Release Ordered for Claretta Johnson After Habeas Corpus Case
United States District Judge Nelson ordered the discharge of Claretta Johnson on habeas corpus review after ruling the six month sentence without hard labor was illegal. Gen Butler had sought her release. an appeal was noted. Butler departed the courthouse following the decision in Boston on June 10.
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Boston
United States
Nelson
Gen. Butler
Claretta Johnson
Court House
Wild boar ten inches long found in Gur swamp
Detected in Gur swamp a wild boar ten inches long is on display at Eastman Georgia. Attame K son of Judge Wilson faces a life sentence for patricide in February. Captain J H Adams of Hatenton recalls years of neuralgia from indigestion and credits Dr Colt's Dyspeptic Elixir as relief. Drugstores stock the remedy.
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Gupurtent
ASA
Rie
Gur
Eastman
Wilson
J. H. Adams
Hatenton, Ga
Olt
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the Baseball World
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American Association
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Domsey and Son
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Little Dorrit
Pickwick Papers
Clits
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Two Cities
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Athens Publishing Co
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