My Daughter Louise in the Moonlit Water’s Edge
The speaker recalls walking with Louise along the moonlit shore as waves glow. A girl named Louise steps into a boat and vanishes toward a mythical City of Rest and City of Love. The narrator waits, fearing death, hoping for Louise’s return in a somber ode.
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The Woppleton Sketches No 3 A Night Burglary Tale
In a comic memoir tone Timothy Woppleton recalls a late night attempted robbery turned farce. He recruits Moses to hide in the closet and the plan collapses as his wife delays. A bumbling burglar demands money, the narrator negotiates with wit yielding a silly address scrawl that leads to a safe escape.
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Last words of saints and martyrs in prayer to Christ
A historical meditation on the recurring dying prayer Into Thy hands I commit my spirit as uttered by saints martyrs and rulers across ages from Polycarp to Margaret Wilson and Tenry Gray, highlighting its solemn resonance amid executions and faith. A humorous aside about a newspaper ad remark closes the piece.
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Columbus
Silvio Pelice
Knox
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Tenry Gray
Duke of Suffolk
Lady Gray
Debates in the first Congress on judicial power and salaries
At the first session, members attacked the proposed nationwide court system and pay. Livermore warned it would create a government within a government, while Gerry and Ames pressed for a Chief Justice salary around 1500 to 4000 dollars. The final figure settled at 4000 dollars, with earlier debates reflecting fears of discord and expense.
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Burke
South Carolina
Livermore
New Hampshire
United States
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Ames
New England
Rise and thrive a chain of early hours proverb
A humorous chain of proverbs links rising times to thriving. It begins with five and escalates to four three two and finally noon, suggesting the person who thrives best would never go to bed at all.
Peninsula Brass Bands Urged to Form Siege Unit
Kent and Delaware papers debate local military organization with calls for an artillery unit in Kent County and a united Peninsula brass bands phalanx to march on Middletown transcript. The piece blends humor and regional rivalry amid Army preparedness talk and a mock campaign against a Middletown editor.
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Very kind drug clerk to little girl exchange
A humorous dialogue shows a drug clerk advising a girl to tell her father to follow bottle directions to avoid overdose. The girl repeats her mother’s assurance that he never had any brain, implying a misunderstanding of medical risk.
Wife of Jesse James and kinship tied to outlaws
The wife, also his cousin, of Jesse James, born near Kansas City, joined him after an 1869 courtship lasting five years. They honeymooned in Sherman Texas after a small robbery share, and later used the name Jackson in Kansas City while sheltering participants in the Blue Cut crime.
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Kansas City Exposition
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Noah and Mrs N Consult as Noah Predicts Deluge
Noah sits by the fire with his clay pipe as he and Mrs N discuss an approaching storm. He notes a central storm shifting from the Tartary region toward the Nile Valley with showery weather. He plans to jettison some of the cargo to preserve supplies while animals moan and weep.
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Boston Transcript
German lime wash makes water resistant stone like finish
Mes encieck of Munich describes a wash recipe mixing silicions rock quartz marble sandstone porcelain clay and lime to form a dense ground color. The finish dries hard resists washing and becomes waterproof yet remains porous and brushable. The same method suits fresco surfaces and ordinary painting. Also noted is a fashion trend of skin tight pants pasted at the ankles with mucilage to deter ants during dances.
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