Lost a Little Heart Near You Recalled in Roving Dialogue
In a quizzical exchange from a New York Tribune column, William T. Peters presents a humorous skit about misplaced affection and a cheeky offer to keep a donated heart, followed by a counteroffer of another heart to replace it. The piece playfully explores longing and exchange in romantic banter.
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William T. Peters
New York Tribune
New York
New World
Creater Hiarels
Lareer
Delaware Bay
The Bell in the North Peak
Dubarre travels through the St Hyacinth mountains drawn by a distant bell. He meets a mysterious hermit priest and learns a deadly tale of vengeance and forgiveness. In a perilous game with poisoned wine they duel for truth, and one dies as the bell rings again.
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Dubarre
Arctic Circle
St. Hyacinth Mountains
Heimgang
Saxony
Dingdong
Dubaarre
le Comte
Quebec
Citadel
Kingdom of God
M. le Comite
Thad
France
Williard
Tse
Villar
Villiard
Willard
Jesus
Duberre
Gilbert Parker
Making a Horse Jockey From Painful Training to Scaled Weight
A lengthy examination of jockey life details the extreme training, dieting, and weight management required to ride. It describes constant hunger, dehydration, and physical strain, noting how weight control dominates the sport and jeopardizes health across seasons and careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany Journal
True Story of Marco Polo and a Chinese Snake Tale
The article compiles Marco Polo's description of giant Yunnan snakes and their venoms and flesh, noting how huntsmen trap them with steel blades and sand. It also recounts Tocqueville recounting America and European matters with vivid detail, including opinions about Russia and Spanish marriages.
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Marco Polo
Yunnan
Woad Brooks
St. Nicholas
India
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Heavyeater
Bloomsbury Landlady
Straud Magazine
W,. J. Blackiston
Denton, MD
W.W. Tunis & Broten Lumbibn
Tunis’ Mills
Talbot County, Mo
North Carolina
Page
E.lhouse
W. F. Pennington
Acent
Hillsborough
Maryland
Atlanta, GA
Dor
Turner & Moore
General Southern
St. Paul St
Baltimore, MD
Washington, D.C
Richmond, VA
J. O. Tayler
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T. H. Evans & Company, Fruit and Produce Commission
Baltimore
Julius Hines& Son
Wheeler Transportation Line
Great Choptank
Trappe and Tuckahoe Rivers
Oxford
Trappe
Cambridge
Chancellor’s
Secretary
Clark’s
Choptank
Lloyd's
Dover Bridge
Kingston
McCarty’s
Ganex's
Todd's
Downes
Towers
Williston
Tuckahoe Bridge
Reese's
Coward’s
Covey’s
Thllshora
Queen Anne
Delaware & Chesapeake TK. BR
Cambridge & Seaford R. R
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Covey's
Coward's
St. Williston
Ganey’s
McCartys
Medford
Clark's
Iillsboro
Medford’s
E. E. Wheeler
Pier
Light St
Northwest
P. Fl. McShane & Son
Denton, Ma
F W. Redden
W. F. Murphy
Denton, Maryland
Murphy
NEW Pountain Hotel
COR
Pratt & Calvertsts
Bernard Reilly
Wmi. Deweese
Fred R. Owens
Attorneys-at-Law
Court House
Wa. I. Dewriss
Caroline County
James Swann
China
Academie Francaise
M. de Tocqueville
America
Europe
Russia
M. Nicolas
Lord Palmerston
England
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