Roses Bloom Over the Door in a New Home
A cottage newly furnished welcomes a young couple on the first day of May. They plant a rose over the door, tend it as love grows, and endure poverty with steadfast affection until they reach sunlight again. The poem urges builders of homes to plant roses while springtime lasts.
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Caie
Dasher
Big Brother
Tom
Tom White
Joe Brewster
Papa
Joe
Ima
Mr. Brewer
Nannie
Butter and Romance in a May Town Market
A bustling rural tale follows a farmer’s daughter as a stubborn churn and a romancing suitor test patience on a sunlit May day. Butter mishaps, village meddling, and a storefront reunion culminate in a stoic courtship moment amid town gossip and Sunday plans.
Salt Mines of Nevada Could Supply Domestic Markets
The San Francisco Bulletin notes Nevada salt deposits in Lincoln County along the Rio Virgin stretch two miles by half a mile with canyons sixty feet deep and a depth unknown. Sand Springs in Churchill County yields salt fourteen feet deep. Humboldt field runs fifteen by six miles. Borax and other minerals exist nearby. railroads may open markets. The piece ends with a reflection on the word for sister in language.
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Nevada
San Francisco Bulletin
Lincoln County
Sand Springs
Churchill County
Humboldt
Carson & Colorado Railroad
What Struck You Most During Your Trip
A witty exchange frames travel as less about scenery than about relationships. Lacy asks a married friend what stood out, and the friend replies with a humorous jab: her husband. The snippet highlights social irony in a light, anecdotal voice.
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Lacy
Good mornin Benny ends mine workers’ dispute
A fourteen year old boy challenged a two week notice law for coal mine dismissals in Ohio. After repeated refusals to pay, the foreman Benny Wootton faced court and was ordered to pay two weeks wages plus costs, ending the dispute as the law then began to be observed.
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Ohio
Benny Wootton
Benny
Wedding Breakfast Dialogue Sparks Curiosity About Hook
A comic exchange at the wedding breakfast features the bridegroom and the bride’s little brother discussing a punchline about being “hooked.” The moment ends with the boy removed from the table while the groom grows pensive.
Horseback Philosophy Quote on Gambling Cautions
A Judge aphorism warns that wealth influences outcomes in betting while cautioning against trust in bettors who claim to always pick winners. It laments the gambler’s scarce funds and the bookmaker’s profit from the poor. It suggests hope for losers and distrust of perpetual prognosticators.
The Victory Over City Sin Promised by Gospel Hope
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage envisions a future where crime in cities is erased through the Gospel. He praises New York and other cities, denounces indecent amusements, and argues that missions, churches, and philanthropy will reform urban life, ending vice and poverty. He cites biblical imagery of salvation and urges sustained Christian effort.
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Chicago
Joe
Peden
Nannie
Nan
T. DeWitt Talmage
Zachariah
Son
God
Cesar
Rome
Virgil
Mantua
Lycurgus
Sparta
Demosthenes
Athens
Archimedes
Syracuse
Paul
Argos
Rhodes
Smyrna
Homer
Boston
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Mint
Girard College
New York
Spuyten Duyvil Creek
Gowanus
Hudson
East River
Mfaney
Moses
Nile
Miriam
Romulus
New England
William Penn
Philaadelphia
Damascus
Beyrout
Madras
Christ
Heaven
Hell
God Lioes
Brooklyn
United States
Church of Christ
Chiliren
Hozanna
Besler
England
Hitheto
Son of God
Brooklie
Church of God
Moscow
Red Sea
Israel
The Rich New Yorker's Villa
George Alfred Townsend reflects on Hudson River villas and wealthy life. He argues wealth breeds monotony, constant business strain, and hollow pleasures as financiers retreat to country houses like others, while remaining tethered to city ambitions and public scrutiny.
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Hudson
Europe
George Alfred Townsend
A Hint for Atlanta Eggs as Whisky Stuffed Eggs
A Philadelphia Press item notes a curious practice where inns serve whisky filled eggs to guests barred from asking for drinks by law. The egg shell is sealed after replacing meat with whisky, creating a portable dram. It cites Scottish affection for eggs and evokes Parliament restrictions.
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Philadelphia
A Dream House Sours If You Live In It
A reflective saying on the gap between ideal visions of grandeur and practical living. The quotation suggests lofty plans feel simple in imagination but hard in daily reality.
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F. E. Valetta
Nancy Bryan
Trap Hill
N. C
David Yates
Sally
Adalaide
Wilkesboro
Mulberry
Samuel Banguss
Joseph Hollinsworth
Mt. Airy
Baptist Church
Toledo Blade
Edward Gannett
Bride
L. B
Johnnie
Sis
Boston Courier
Atlanta
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