House of Too Much Trouble and Other Oddities
A fragmented 19th century page mixes a children's tale about a lonely boy in the House of Too Much Trouble with stray notes on travel, markets, and exotic scenes. The text blends moralizing verses and garbled descriptions of places, people, and objects with an apparent travelogue voice and scattered cultural references.
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Albert Bigelow Paine
Plant Gift Tied With Note Sparks Curious Post-Christmas Talk
A bright colored plant tied with a note confuses readers as it mentions loving care and a strange line about orange tree thorns and a mysterious phrase. After Christmas the children ponder a cryptic message and a reference to Misa Perkins and unkind words as thorns.
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Misa Perkins
Queer Little Fellow Tommy Dick Charms Grandma and Town
A heartwarming sketch portrays Tommy Dick as an unselfish, cheerful boy who shares all he has and brightens every home he visits. The piece contrasts his kindness with a bustling family life and a longer reflection on Eskimo children and cultural tales.
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Tommy
Lois
Kun
Aunt Lois
Pittsburg
Certamienres
Land of the blessed spot where woman reigns and home blooms
Poem extols a utopian land with virtue beauty and valor. It praises maternal feminine virtue and domestic bliss as national ideal. The speaker asks the reader to seek this land and make it their homeland.
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Frontier skirmish near San Miguel claims two leaders
James Harrington of the Oregons and ten others led twelve men against the enemy line about nine hundred fifty yards distant. The volley split the line, the defenders broke, and reinforcements drove the foe from San Miguel. Harrington and Young were shot while shouting and urging the charge.
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Grand Army of the Republic Fades as Members Die Off
A New York World report notes the Grand Army of the Republic is shrinking rapidly with aging veterans dying yearly. It cites a 1888-1889 death surge and a looming end to the once mighty organization, highlighting founder ties and the impact on civic memory.
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Grand Army of the Republic
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Benjamin P Stephenson
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Gieneral Dagan
Our Budget of Fun and the Bachelor’s Dilemma
A humorous poem on a bachelor’s nerve wracking chase for love. The speaker laments courage failing around women while imagining a wife and home, dwelling on hopes, nerves, and social faltering in love.
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