Mt Shasta Crossfire of a Man’s Duty
Pink McNally toils at a lonely California Bend as Elsa a city girl arrives with dreams of the mountains. Their bond grows amid hard labor and aching questions of honor, gentleness, and a life he cannot escape. Elsa departs as a train’s cry signals change, and Pink confronts his fate beneath Mount Shasta.
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Marion Hill
Sierras
McNally
Canon
Pink
Pinkney
Araminty
Shasta
Elsa
Coyote
Barntown
Yreka
McNallys
Earth
Sky
Mount Shasta
Tomorow
Mrs. McNally
Mr. McNally
Mr. Satan
R. McNally
Heaven
Hyar
Mt. Shasta
National Magazine
Keelhauling and a Holy Land Railroad Debate
An 19th century-style discussion recounts keelhauling as a brutal Dutch Navy punishment with vivid, graphic details. It then shifts to Railroading in the Holy Land, weighing a Jaffa to Jerusalem Bethlehem line as a business venture critique, urging religious adaptability to modern progress and the impact on sacred sites.
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van Thromp
Marryat
Harper’ S Weekly
Holy Land
Jaffa
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Jehosaphat
Moab
Palestine
Maryland
Gethsemane
Mount of Olives
Calvary
Damascus Gate
Jordan
Dead Sea
Sodom
Gomorrah
Bethany
Jericho
Gilgil
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Unappreciative Quips From Old Poems and Jokes
A collection of brief quips from various papers. A young writer asks about poetry schools while an old man favors homeopathic doses. A rent collector claims payment and a back and forth about humble origin follows.
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Washington Post
Sparrow Tribulations in Harlem Life Humorous Quip
An English sparrow chats about not minding gunfire but resents being labeled a reed bird. The quip frames the bias and mockery faced in urban life through a wry Harlem Life tone, delivering a brief, anthropomorphic joke.
His Grief Funeral Director and Mourner Encounter
A funeral director greets a gentleman at the door as the mourner reveals the deceased owed him $500. The exchange appears in the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
An Apartment House by the Pond for the Mill
A tall solitary house near the pond fed the mill stands alone with each floor housing a single family. An old withered tree bleached white by sun and storms remains lifeless yet hosts many birds nesting within. The scene describes a fifty story tall flat-like city of birds atop a silent, lifeless trunk.
Cigarette Taxes Rise as Consumption Grows Across Year
The commissioner of internal revenue collected taxes totaling 2,151,515,300 last year, up 388,780,260 from the prior year, with 3,867,385,640 cigars taxed, gaining 22,658,990 as cigarette use increases faster than cigars. An amusing caption notes an accomplished musician asking a Mr. Smith about organ play, with Smith replying he will if the hurdle is not broken.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
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Mnally's Bend
The
Satan
Smith’s Creek
Sis
Hannah
Boston
Chicago Journal
Josephine Pollard
Independent
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