Falling Leaves Poem Fragment
Fragment of a reflective verse describing leaves falling in sun and shade until the ground is covered. Images traverse from bright noon to quiet moonlight showing decay and the end of foliage in nature.
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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1877
Page
3
Fragmentary verse on fading leaves and weary hearts
A fragmentary poem reflects on fading hearts and dying leaves in bright and night light, with phrases about weariness and sorrow. The text imitates an archaic lament style, though parts are garbled. The mood centers on fading vitality and lingering memory as autumn imagery persists.
The Shaft Rescue of Newman Highorn in a 300 Foot Mine Shaft
Newman Highorn fell into a deserted 300 foot mine shaft in Bottsford Mountain after an unsuccessful drift. He survived the night with bread in his pocket and a dream of an English chimney story guiding a plan. A swallow spurred him to improvise a thread rope from his clothing to aid escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alleghany and Bottsford
Bottsford Mountain
Newman Highorn
Highorn
England
Newman
The Swallow Carries a Call for Help From Bottsford Mountain
A boy tied a note to a swallow and sent it from a shaft on Bottsford Mountain. The bird clung to the thread as a search party traced the string and found Newman Hickorn below, pleading for rescue as his companions promised assistance at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bottaford Mountain
Newman Hazen
Highorn
Bam Higborn
Newman
Fitts
Sam
Birdie
Bottsford Mountain
Newman Hickorn
Night descent ends in miraculous rescue above Newman Highorn
A man suspended hundreds of feet above ground clung to a rope and a candle line. After a tense ascent and descent driven by a hopeful shout, he reached the earth alive. The tale credits a single bird for the narrow survival amid the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman Highorn
A Physician's Eccentric Will to Harvard College
The will of Martyn Paine M D LL D late University of New York professor is offered for probate. He bequeaths all property to the President and Fellows of Harvard College to fund prizes in the name of his deceased son Robert Troupe Paine once annual income reaches eight thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martyn Paine
University of New York
Robert Troupe Paine
Harvard College
Pilgrimage to Arabia from Jeddah report
British consul at Jeddah reports on the pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina via that port this year. Arrivals reached 38,779 with shifts among Malays North Africans Egyptians Arabs while Indians and Persians declined. Eid el Akbar crowd over 200,000. Smallpox appeared among those boarding at Jeddah. The Jarad steamer was lost off Leet January with 4 hundred aboard. only a few survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
Jeddah
Mecca
Medina
Red Sea
Persia
Persian Gulf
Shela
Leet
Diphtheria in New England Explained by Origins
The Boston Post cites new facts about the spread of diphtheria noting New Haven papers claim the disease arrived about twenty five years ago through exhumed remains. Exposed individuals died despite efforts, and foul air from drains is linked to transmission, underscoring ventilation importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
New Haven
Monster Serpent Found With Fawn in Tres Pinos Country
A California hunter described killing a huge non venomous boa like serpent coiled around a fawn. After firing twenty shots the head was severed and the creature stretched twenty feet long with a nest of about 120 tiny snakes nearby. The tale notes such oversized boas are rare and may interest naturalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Tres Pinos
Education of Presidents table in Syracuse Herald
The Syracuse University Herald compiles a list of U S presidents with their educations. It notes Washington's good English education, Adams Harvard, Jefferson William and Mary, Madison Princeton, Monroe William and Mary, Jackson limited education, Van Buren academic, Harrison Hampden Sidney, Taylor William and Mary, Polk UNC, Fillmore not liberal, Pierce Bowdoin, Buchanan Dickinson, Lincoln limited, Johnson self educated, Grant West Point. It adds that Monroe and Harrison did not graduate, Monroe left college to join the army, Harrison’s finances cut his full course, Polk oldest at graduation twenty three, Tyler youngest at seventeen, most graduates at twenty, Jefferson most liberal, West Point drill equaled or surpassed college course, two thirds of presidents have been college men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
University Herald
Washington
Adams
Harvard
Jefferson
William and Mary
Madison
Princeton
Monroe
J. Q
Jackson
van Buren
Harrison—Hampden Sidney College
Taylor— William and Mary
Polk
University of North Carolina
Taylor
Fillmore
Pierce
Bowdoin
Buchanan
Dickinson
Lincoln
Johnson
Grant
West Point
Harrison
Tyler
Burke
Fox Chase on Long Island Delights Hunters
A lively fox chase on Long Island ends with the fox darting into a farmhouse and curling up by the hearth as hunters close in. The episode showcases a playful, suspenseful pursuit through rural fields and farmsteads, drawing smiles from spectators.
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Long Island
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Bown “the
Sam Hrasorn
New England
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