Just a Dream and a Summer Garden Tragedy
A lyrical tale set in Mayfield follows Ethie West a seventeen year old girl who falls for painter Earnest Seymour during a summer of sketches at her cottage. Their romance deepens until his abrupt departure ends in Ethie’s heartbreak and eventual death after a farewell letter. A reflective fragment on flowers cadence closes the piece.
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Mayfield
Hebe
Aphrodite
Plutarch
Ethie West
Ethie
Asculapius
Glenford Manor
Lavater
Zephyr
Miss West
Seymour
Mr. West
Earnest Seymour
Ethié
Ophelia
Evanline
Louis de la Valliere
Diane of
Oictiers
Ewaded
Magdalene
London
Papa
Earnest
St. Mary's
Alice
John Wynter
Orton Hall
Lincolnshire
MISCELLANY A SoltemthouGeat Observation
It notes that each morning brings a new day with an unknown future full of possible thoughts hopes and actions whose consequences may last beyond the present life. The reflection emphasizes significance and lasting impact of daily beginnings.
Digger boy herds eight hundred sheep in Monterey County
A fourteen year old Indian boy on a California sheep ranch tends about eight hundred sheep, knows each by sight, and brings them in at night. He mimics predators, avoids meals unless called, and once fired a pistol at a wildcat, ending his gun use. The overseer notes his timorous, gentle nature.
Cleanliness and Public Health Lesson From Buenos Ayres
A harsh critique of Buenos Ayres poor sanitation cites decades of filth and stagnation. It links foul drainage to deadly disease in Corrientes and urges hygienic reform, clean water, and proper waste removal as essential for health and prosperity.
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Buenos Ayres
Nacion
Corrientes
Greenland Noted As Island Group, Not Continent
Lieut Paper of Alpine geology fame discusses findings from a late German Greenland expedition. He highlights a deep inlet named Emperor Francis Josephs fiord extending into the interior, suggesting Greenland may be a mosaic of islands with maritime links across the land.
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Greenland
Alps
Francis Joseph
Baffin’s Bay
What Domestic Economy Means
Domestic economy means saving every value item and using it for household service. It covers how farmers feed stock, preserve buildings, recycle plant nutrients into manure, and store old iron, cloth, bottles, and scraps for future use. It also covers composting wastes, protecting excrement for field use, and maintaining carts, wagons, and tools.
Goldsmith praised for universality and clear thought
The article extols Oliver Goldsmith as versatile and influential in essay poetry and fiction, praising his clear thoughts, simple images, and humane humor. It contrasts his imagination with Shelley and Keats, noting his appeal lies in reality over grand mysticism.
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Oliver Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Addison
Robinson Crusoe
Spencer
Pope
Shelley
Keats
Civil Service Gazette
Mummies may be bodies held in suspended life say Swedish chemist
A Swedish chemist Dr Grusselbach claims Egyptian mummies are living persons whose life was momentarily suspended. He cites experiments with a snake revived after years of simulated death and proposes trying a condemned man with hopes of restoring him in two years. Government reaction unknown.
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Ancient
Egypt
Grusselbach
The Merchant Who Does Not Advertise
A satirical profile of the frugal distrustful merchant who shuns advertising. It portrays a gloomy, unwelcoming store with poor lighting, mixed goods, and ritual neglect of public causes. The piece condemns his ignorance and social withdrawal, ending with little lament at death.
Longevity Without Essentials And First Aid Advice
A historical essay argues that survival without air sleep water or food is limited by constitution and luck. It cites a Boston whaler wreck where eight days without water or food left sailors near collapse but recovery followed cautious refeeding. Advice favors small sips of hot drinks and soft foods, with cooling soaked clothing to ease thirst.
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Boston
The Farmer and the Thistle Lesson
A farmer explains to a walker that bad weeds from a neighbor’s field threaten his own. He jumps fences to pull a threatening thistle, arguing self-defense. He notes that uprooting neighbor weeds prevents seeds from spreading to his land.
A Man’s True Wealth: The Good He Makes in This World
A moral reflection on wealth in life comparing material property with the good deeds left behind. The text asks what legacy remains when one dies and the judgment by angels weighing deeds done for others.
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Phenix
Trape Street
Co. A. Greene
T Town
Bristol
Ann E. Coggeshall
An Coggeshall
Peter Gladding
Robate Court
Phebe Handy
Robert Kinnicutt
Bristol Phenix S
Robate
Harriet E. Townsend
Alexander Manchester
Bristol Phenix
Lillian W. Thornton
Emma W. Pierce
Ward
Hotels
M. W. Newton
R. I
GLOBE
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Prince of Caterers
Alfred B Davis
Cole’s Hotel
Baker Street
Globe Hotel
Warren, R. 1
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Gmos
Blatchley
Mark
Awell
Chas. G. Blatchley
Filbert Street
Philadelphia
Sinan
Manioca Co
Washington St
New York
EL Richmond
Exchange Place
Providence
NY Tlton
Bear
William J. Tilley
Sandlake, N. Y
Iil
J. R. Lowell
Leigh Hunt
Sheik Saadi
Saadi
Harper's Agazine
Wisconsin
Moses
Breacher
Mister Breacher
Taniel
Jonah
Yash
Shast
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