The Poet's Column Stephen's Gride by Harriet Wood
A mother recalls her son Stephen's planned marriage while facing the pain of his departure. She hopes his bride will be true and his life blessed, even as the old home feels altered by their forthcoming union. The piece blends family memory with acceptance of change.
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Stephen
At Last by J. G. Whittier
Poet reflects on aging and faith seeking comfort from God. He desires strength and guidance as walls decay and heaven’s peace beckons. He foresees a humble, forgiving afterlife and longs to learn the eternal song under divine trees.
Ah Dear One We Were Young and Together
A nostalgic poem by D G Rossettil reflects on youth and aging. The speaker recalls springlike days shared with a beloved partner, laments the passage of time, and contemplates reunion beyond death. The verse questions if memory and love endure as years drift apart.
Cowslips and Primrose Dream in a Motherless Girl Tale
A motherless girl wanders from a green valley to harsh London life. The verses describe birds as brothers and cowslips as a symbol of comfort. She longs for a pale primrose and the angels’ gift, and is laid to rest with flowers in her bosom, hoping they bloom in heaven.
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London
Tommy Moore
New England
Old England
Kate Greenaway
Paris
Miss Cary
Galassi
Sweets to the sweet exchange in verse dialogue
A playful verse exchange unfolds as a suitor offers a flower and asks for a kiss in memory of the hour. The woman questions the proposal and, after a correction, declines saying she must not give it, though perhaps he may take it.
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Stephen
Compound Oxygen Treatment Cited For Wide Range Of Cures
A quarterly journal Health and Life touts cures attributed to the new Compound Oxygen Treatment across chronic diseases. The notice claims no medical school journals document similar results and previews a record of cures as evidence.
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School of Medicine
Health and Life
Treatise on Compound Oxygen Offered by Philadelphia Doctors
Correspondence with patients shows no new cures or relief for long standing pains. The doctors publish a Treatise on Compound Oxygen with extensive case reports and full information, sent free. Drs. Starkey and Pavex announce the offer from 1109 and 1111 Girard Street, Philadelphia.
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Drs. Starkey & Pavex
Girard Street
Philadelphia
Sweetbreads to Lobster and Rhubarb Delicacies
A long list of elaborate recipes from sweetbreads and lobster to rhubarb jelly and puddings. Includes instructions for blanching, caramel glazing, frying, and baking with sauces, jellies, and creams. Ends with a court suggestion linking to a nervous husband and Dr. Benson's Celery and Chamomile.
Floral Decor and Home Furnishings of the Late 19th Century
The article surveys elaborate floral decorations for meals, weddings, and funerals, plus framed art, matting, and home textiles. It details table arrangements, wedding motifs, funeral designs, and the rising use of monograms and floral shields, with guidance on picture frames, screens, and domestic crafts for decorative living spaces.
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Baroness Rothschild
Ladies' Bazaar Highlights Patented Household Inventions
The piece discusses two Kentucky women who patented a flat iron holder to simplify ironing and remarks on women inventors. It argues women's creativity spans home tasks and may grow with expanding duties, noting the value of practical devices over grand inventions and praising simplicity in fashion for graduates.
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Mary Gay Humphreys
Humphreys
Anderness
Kentucky
Fie
Patent Office
Walloon
Nur
Intricate crochet and knitting pattern text with patterns
A long instructional passage details crocheting and knitting patterns for braids, scallops, and tops, including stitches counts and sequence. It also mentions vintage garments, aprons, and patterns using Russian cross stitch and Brown's Iron Bitters advertisements.
Brown's Iron Barrens Advertised as Blood Purifier
An old advertisement extols Brown's Iron Barrens as a superior blood purifier, claiming it strengthens and fortifies the blood, drives disease from the system, and avoids teeth staining, headaches, or constipation unlike prior iron preparations. The copy stresses blood health as foundational to well being and warns against iron products that harm the teeth.
Saved his Child at 17 N Eutaw St Baltimore
A Baltimore reader credits Towns row Dirisns and Brown's Tron Bitters as a tonic and restorative curing a daughter believed wasting from consumption after one bottle. The witness notes three prior daughters lost to the disease and a fifth showing signs, with a physician advising tonics. The ad claims dyspepsia indigestion weakness relief and benefit to wasting diseases including consumption and kidney complaints.
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Eutaw St
Baltimore
Mareb
Ben
Mnown
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