Dawn Breaks Across the Rugged Shore Poem
A reflective poem describes a desolate shore and dark mountains giving way to dawn. The speaker seeks hope as the sun rises, God’s light brightens the valley, and a white sail carries a hopeful future. The piece ends with renewed life and anticipation of love.
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Ellis Gray
Harper's Magazine
A Disease of the Heart The young attorney’s exile tale
The narrator recounts leaving his village for city practice after a dubious start, then facing a serious heart condition. He visits a new female doctor, Dr. Todd, who diagnoses nervous exhaustion and amuses herself by questioning his smoking and late tendencies, revealing his fragile health and dependence on cigars.
The Little Doctor Becomes My Heart’s Partner
A narrator recounts relying on a cheerful female doctor to restore his health. Her visits spark a romance and a plan for a life partnership with a clergyman, as they ponder how to engrave wedding cards and blend professional titles with marriage.
Water for the Eyes in Frazer’s Magazine
A Frazer’s Magazine writer argues for cold pure water to treat eye irritation and inflammation. Warm water with milk may help very inflamed eyes, but most cases benefit from cold baths before bed and on waking. Artisans in wool and cotton trades should wash eyes with cold water to counteract dust and swelling.
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Frazer's
Various Quirks and Reflections From a Bygone Era
A collage of dated notes and squibs covers diverse topics from Siberian wedding dinners to New Mexico’s distant mountain, Kate Field’s praise of American men, Venice fishers roaming cellars after 10 PM, questions about Arctic naming, Louisiana orange production, a Napa sack sewing machine, Romilly on women, Japan-US import growth, a creditor dodge, sneezes at home, Brook lyn bridge dig finds, to a Chinese love tale Ah Goo and Too Hay with a playful verse on marriage.
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Siberia
New Mexico
Kate Field
Venice
Arctic
Louisiana
Napa
Cal
Romilly
New York
United States
Japan
Cincinnati
Brooklyn Bridge
England
Chinese Farmers and Peasants in Harmony and Work
The article describes Chinese farmers as content and industrious, living in small hereditary farms with three generations. Women enjoy more liberty than higher classes, often working visibly in verandah courtyards while visitors are welcomed politely.
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