Reminiscences of Village Games and Childs Play
A veteran recalls regional pastimes from boyhood in a village, detailing games such as sheep guard down, blank a lile, prisoner's base, pom-pom pullaway, mumbletypeg, and shinney. He contrasts rougher sports with early football, lacrosse, and the social setting around the Green, maples, and schoolyard.
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Vhs
Northern Pacific
Oringe
Towad
Dye
Jove
Dorusé
Prson
Judi Priest
Johnnie Reel
Vilage Teastees
Anu Tingeer
Hye
A Portrait of Fireland and Its Charmed Edges
A vivid, imperfect travelogue describes a dramatic landscape with glaciers, cliff shores, and a snowbound summit Mount Varwin. The piece blends natural wonders with notes on ancient orders, fashion chatter, and quirky technical vignettes, framing a late 19th century curiosity cabinet of scenes and ideas.
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Altosgether
Hebeseh
Dam Pernadex
Australia
Mount Varwin
Fragments on temperance and society from period writings
A collage of quotations and observations discuss laziness cultivation, tribal rites, American identity, public schooling, apparel, and a New Haven health board, interlaced with poems and prose on literature, beer drinkers, and temperance. It blends editorial voice with clipped snippets, railing against alcohol and praising reform efforts while noting cultural tensions in early American life.
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Adilison
Boston
Montana
Weihling
Joseph Cook
Gasar
Cosar
Boston Post
Light Housekeeping
F. Ladlepene
New Haven Board of Health
Burlington Hawk Rye
Yaterin Medier
Barlie
New England
Wilk
Stoughton
Benjamin Rush
Great Britain
United States
Great
Aod
New York City
Westminster Review
The
Independent
Revey
London
Toledo
France
Bright
Germany
America
A Valentine Poem Fragment of Mixed Imagery
A fragmented handwritten verse mixes vows, temptations, and reverent longing. It speaks of love, truth, and healing through spiritual imagery, with lines hinting at devotion, protection, and inner struggle. The piece evokes religious and romantic themes in a pressed, prayerful tone.
The White Elephant Car Opens With Rich Oriental Craft
The New Haven Register describes a lavish showroom car built for the sacred white elephant, sixty feet long and fourteen feet wide, with palatial interior design. Workers emphasize strength and elegance, featuring stained glass, gold accents, and Siamese art, plus bulging boudoirs for Buddha priests.
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Witter Eivous
Jumbo
Egypt
Thebes
Babylon
Nineveh
New Haven Register
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B. T. Hobbs
Base Walle
Central Africa
Orders of Chivalry
Tittle Republic
San Marino
Grand Counc
Cepublics
South Americs
Abun
St. Joan of Jerusalem
Hospital of St. John
Jerusalen
Pascal
Congregation O Hospitallers
Raymond de Puy
Calixtus
Knights of
Conaul
Rowe
Init
Jerusalem
Spain
Calatrava
Castille
Sanche Iiii
Alcantara
St. Julien
Capaldveree
Alexander III
Alphonso I
Portugal
St. Benoit
Dame de’ Montesa
James III
Arrazon
Denis
John XIII
Order of the Temple
Order of the Garter
Edward Tih
Wis
Henry IV
Ben
James V
Lanebrog
Waldemar I
Order of the Sword
Gustavus Vasa
Sweden
Peter
Russia
Legion of Honor
Bonaparte
Monaco
Order of St. Charles
Montenegro
China
Japan
Persia
Kingdom of Jawal
Reidlemption
Liberia
Austria
Eleonora Gonzaga
Ferdinaddy
Bavaria
Theresa
Ini
Victoria
Louise
Prussa
Rusia
Peter L
Saxony
Order of Olga
Wurnemburg
Maximilian
Charlotte
Mexico
Phubutelphia Trnns
New York
Philadelphia
Indianapolis Journal
Suirmue and Industry
Funni Te Ber
Campus Resliy
Jul Press
Auermat
Shi
Wells
Lave
Hari
Hestam
Chem
Tecuderaga No Y
Stoel Wells
Refigerator
Chicago Times
Canada
Eltricity
Daventer
Dunn Rive
Detroit Post
Temperance
Sten
Anil
Hebrebornse
Hinish
Alconolas
Valentine
Iran
White Elephant
Brookhaven Zeader
Adventiremeants
Ras Thien
Uribe
Ben Marriner
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