Turn of the Oad Dreaming of Past Love and Loss
A nostalgic meditation on memory and longing for a vanished life. The speaker laments a past love and distant city, recalling warm touches and sacrifices, while choosing to move forward as time flows. Donahoe's Magazine offers the verse fragment reflecting sorrow, memory, and the pull of yesterday.
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Dramatic voyage plots weave through peril at sea
On a steamer bound for the Pacific, Enrique and Halstead plot a risky voyage while a Spanish senorita confides secrets about a priest and a wary padre. Tension rises as a machinery failure triggers a shipboard crisis and the trio faces possible capture or mutiny amid chesslike strategizing and bluffing.
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Departing guests and the art of a graceful leave
A Chicago Chronicle note surveys clever goodbyes from literary figures and schoolmasters. It recalls an Ohio host using a breakfast prayer to bless a guest leaving on the ten oclock train, and Howells family style farewells. It also mentions Harrow headmaster Dr Waughs and a swapped departure line about staying or going.
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William Deas Howells
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Chicago Chronicle
The Professor's Treus A Highland Inn Tale
A shepherd in a Highland inn recalls a tale of a famed English professor collecting specimens. He carries a heavy bag along a shortcut to the inn, only to find the bag empty when checked, then fills it from a nearby cairn and pays well, a curious exchange in Spare Moments.
Dwarf Pear Tree Grows One Fruit and Tops Its Roots
A true tale from a garden scene describes a dwarf pear tree bearing a single pear that continued to grow until the fruit uprooted the entire tree. The speaker laughs at the idea of oversized pears and recalls a neighbor’s remark.
Edinburgh professor named royal literary physician prank
Prof Wilson of Edinburgh University announced on the blackboard that he had been appointed literary physician to the queen. A student altered the line to read God save the queen, creating a humorous misreading during the morning.
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Edinburgh University
Coaling Record Held by Majestic Flagship
The Majestic flagship of the Channel squadron holds the world coaling record. It recently coal ed 850 tons at Portland, consuming coal at 183 tons per hour, over three tons a minute. The next best is 186 tons per hour by a British battleship.
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Generals and Senators Endorse Peruna In Catarrh Cure
Major General Joseph Wheeler praises Peruna as an excellent tonic and cure for catarrh, joining Senators Sullivan Roach and McEnery in strong endorsements. McEnery, from New Orleans, calls it all you claim. Sullivan from Oxford, Miss says it gives relief. Roach of Larimore, N D says it boosts strength and appetite. A free book on catarrh is offered by The Peruna Drug Mfg Co of Columbus Ohio.
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