Sweet Alice and Ben Bolt remembered in verse and tale
A long prose poem tells of Ben Bolt and Alice May from childhood frolics to a wartime voyage and return. Ben carries Alice through snow to her home, they share a quiet vow, then wind to fate, marriage hopes, and an afterlife memory in a churchyard.
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Alice
Ben Bolt
Kate Ashley
Jennie Marvin
Kate
Sophia Dale
Elizabeth
Bess
England
Alice May
Snow
Ben
Gil
Mrs. May
Ben Bolte
Captain Shirly
Sycamore
Appleton
Ocean
Charlie Allen
Bel Acher
Girl Hood
Sweet Alice
Paradise
Alice May Y
Newark
M. J. 1843
I Am Weary of Dreaming Poem Excerpt
A repeated refrain voices weariness with dreams and false pleasures. The speaker reflects on years of sorrow and fading joy, likening bright cups to tears and choosing wakefulness over illusion. The verse contrasts desire and pride with disillusionment.
Man Falls From Height in Comical Accident
A man slipping from a height of folly while oiling his moustaches caused a fatal mishap that destroyed an eye glass box hair dye and the seat of striped trousers in a humorous yet deadly incident reported from the scene.
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Greece
Last Hope Gone For Franklin Expedition Say Arctic Experts
The Lon Times reports Arctic dignitaries believe Sir John Franklin’s expedition left winter quarters to reach Behring’s Straits, with Erebus and Terror possibly frozen or lost. If McClure found no trace between Behrin Straits and his dispatch point, hope for discovery ends and the public should expect no more Arctic expeditions.
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McClure
John Franklin
Sir John Franklin
Admiralty
Milville Island
Behring
Erebus
Beechy Island
Behrin
John Barrow
Times
Return to Nature and the farmer's memory at Indiana State Fair
The excerpt tracks Greely's Indiana State Fair address, reflecting on aging, farm life, and a shift toward rural solace. It contrasts the farmer's serene vocation with urban labor, contrasting childhood memory with later toil and the lure of land, labor, science, and plenty. The piece ends noting the dangers of reckless choices as wild oats become a grim harvest.
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Wright
Washington
Rushville
D.C
Jacksonian
State Sentinel
Dr. Newland
Indiana
Land Office
Indianapolis
General Land Office
Funa
Cummins
Greely
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Gan Bont
Amanda Minne Douglass
C. Donald Macleod
Sam
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