Waiting for a Story of Ante and Canes and Dangers
Fragmentary lines describe a poetic vow and questions about love and fate. The text references marriage, peril, and a request for a story to be written after departure, ending with a home and country motif. The passage reads like a lyrical meditation on loyalty and memory.
Collaboration ends in a husband and wife authorship scheme
A husband Jones and his wife plot to write a book together after a playful idea grows into a full collaboration. They renovate their home for writing, clash over craft, and finally publish. the wife reveals she did most of the work while the husband supplied the incentive.
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Boswell’s Life and Johnson’s Place in Literature
A London Standard leader honors Boswell on the centenary of his death while arguing his stature in literature. It contrasts Boswell with Goldsmith and notes Johnson’s biographers, asserting Boswell’s superiority over Lockhart’s Life of Scott and urging a proper biography.
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The Two Turkeys Fable With a Grim Thanksgiving Moral
The Buffalo Commercial recounts Mr. Lanigan's cynical tale of two turkeys in a granary. One turkey indulges while the other fasts and ponders life. At Thanksgiving the farmer slaughters both, placing a rock inside the prudent bird to make him weigh more. The moral warns to live by the way.
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Sharp dialogue on fish diet and brain benefit
Miss Sharpgirl asks about brain benefits from a fish diet. Canesucker replies he is no fish eater. She suggests there might be something in it.
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Stand Still in Jordan and Hear the Lord Speak
The lesson urges faithful daily obedience, noting Joshua’s honor as God’s chosen vessel and the ark’s role as God’s sign. It stresses that God speaks through prophets and Christ, guides step by step, and that His power divides Jordan to show His might and worldwide purposes.
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Stories of the Day and Notable Social Scenes
The column recalls a Bonn river initiation of Germany’s future emperor, Mrs. Potter Palmer admired on Bar Harbor beaches, and Senator Gorman’s political wit in a Laurel Md postmaster case. It notes Calvin S. Brice’s weariness with Ohio politics and Newport society, and mentions Coxey’s daughter joining Carl Browne to edit a People’s Party paper called Coarl's Cactus.
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Notable Chicago Merchant Netted 7 Million Profits
A New York banker cites Marshall Field of Chicago as the world’s top money maker in merchandise last year with net profits totaling 7 million dollars. The claim comes from Cor. Chicago Times-Herald and reflects harsh economic times.
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Carnivorous Calf Attacks Linked to Local Animal
Mrs. Isaac C. Grubb of State Road station Delaware reports a male animal in the past week attacked killed and partly eaten two young calves near Philadelphia Reconi notes.
A Mothers Duty
Special column notes a few doctors once believed uterus troubles afflicting young girls were impossible and that such disease only affected married women, challenging outdated medical wisdom.
Woe and Sorrow Question in Biblical Rhyme
A historic query asks who bears woe sorrow and wounds with a cause seeking perspective on suffering and its origins in a religious text fragment.
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