Poetry and Trees Across Ages in Lit and Song
The essay traces trees as central symbols in Homer to modern poets and in sacred texts, noting plants’ influence on literature. It cites trees in Bible imagery, Greek myth, Shakespeare and Milton, then praises American poets Whittier, Bryant, Longfellow, and especially Holmes, Whitman, and Stoddard for woodland passion. It closes with an ad for the Rio Grande Western railway scenic route through major western cities.
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Homer
Holmes
Bashan
Lebanon
Zaccheus
Israel
Academeia
Athens
Socrates
Plato
Agamemnon
Delphos
Xerxes
Greece
Empedocles
Philemon
Baucis
Myrrha
Tanemahbauta
Odin
Adam
Spenser
Faerie Queene
Oake
Forresta
Steves
Ben Jonson
Milton
Thomson
Bowery
Cowper
Shelley
Stummer
Tennyson
Wordsworth
Whittier
Longfellow
Bryant
Whitman
Stoddard
Evangeline
Nature
Rio Grande Western Railway
America
Montana
Salt Lake City
Glenwood Springs
Leadville
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Denver
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Louis
Chicago
Boston
W. C. McBride
Reneral
Lievik Ai Ant Broadgan
City Tree Planting Work Fosters Urban Beauty in New York
Andrew Downs argues for widespread street tree planting in New York and other cities, led by the New York Tree Planting Association. He details tree types, benefits to aesthetics and health, and practical challenges like water supply gas piping and pollution, citing elm and maple varieties as especially suited to urban life.
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New York
Tropics
FMEA
Goni
Salt Lake City
Denver
New England
Andrew Downs
Doctor's Pink Pills Cure Durango Man and Wife
A Durango Colorado man recounts twenty years of stomach catarrh and misery. After trying many remedies he used Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, found relief, and his wife also improved. He endorses the pills and urges others to try them, noting pleasant taste and no laxative effect. The ad copy promotes Dr Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady NY.
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Herat
George F. Reynolds
Durango
Colo
Jony Auttering
Mr. Reynolds
the Herald
Dr. Williams
Walla
Maine
Reynolds
Gro
Generals Flourish in Central American Army Legend
A New Orleans businessman recalls a San Salvador military review with 16 generals in attendance while a British veteran captain Fitzpatrick moves unseen among them. He notes the irony that the line between officers and generals is blurred by status, as Fitzpatrick secretly leads the army.
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Central America
Orleana
San Salvador
Fitzpatrick
Fitz
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Water quality complaints blur city governance
A dialogue contrasts foreign critique of American water quality with American insistence that city officials, elected by the people, are responsible. The exchange questions whether officials are choosing competent water judges and safeguarding the supply.
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New York Weekly
Puzzle Riddle About a Stray Cat’s Tail Color Reward
A puzzling riddle asks if the stray cat is a half Persian with a strand blow. It requests determining whether the head or tail half of the cat remains at home and the color of the half that stayed. The phrasing implies a wordplay puzzle built as a classic newspaper teaser.
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Tribune Pub. CO
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