The Grapevine Swing Poem by Samuel M Peck
A nostalgic poem recounts a boyhood grapevine swing by the bayou and a longing to escape modern life. The speaker reflects on youth, nature, and a weary heart seeking simple joy away from fame and pride.
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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1889
Page
8
The Cat Stirs Laughter in Morning Devotions
Wilbur Grant recalls teaching in Black Jack and boarding with a pious family. During a devotions session a cat leaps onto his back, triggering uncontrollable laughter from him and Jim while the old man prays unperturbed. Grant explains the moment shaped his caution in future worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Grant
John Collins
Black Jack
Grant
Collins
Higgins
Tom
Jim
Brother Collins
Sharp Criticism of Massachusetts Supreme Court by Henry W Paine
The Boston Bar leader Henry W Paine voiced sharp contempt for the state’s high court in anecdotes gathered by the Green Bag. He joked about light in a cave of bats and quipped that he was reading the last volume of the Massachusetts Reports rather than law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Paine
Boston
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Green Bag
Mr. Paine
Cambridge
The Way to Keep Cool
A Louisville Post column quotes a prominent physician offering practical heat relief tips. He recommends light meals, avoiding coffee and alcohol, sleeping in cool clothes after a cold bath, and daytime light eating. He also advocates light attire and carrying an umbrella to minimize heat effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louwisville
Sweet Sally Succumbed and Simeon Sykes Sells Silver
A Detroit Free Press item recounts Simeon Sykes, a silver seller, wooing Sally Slater and facing suspicion of theft as Sally ultimately succumbs to him. The tale covers Simeon's steady trade in silver items and a generational note with seven sons who later prevail in conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imeon Sykes
Simeon
Sally Slater
Sally
Solis
Sawyer
Sim
Detroit Free Press
Clergyman's Vacation Joke Cited by Texas Siftings
A humorous exchange quotes two clergymen debating vacation lengths abroad. The first asks how long, the second suggests one month, then wonders about a two month trip. The punchline notes the salary difference: the other cleric earns twice as much.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Siftings
Tragedy at Waterloo as cuirassiers fall into sunken road
In a vivid World of Adventure account the French cuirassiers charging the English at Waterloo plunge into the Obain sunken road ravine. Horses fall and riders are crushed in a fatal crushing moment as the column collapses, leaving almost a third of Dubois brigade lost in the pit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubois
Flashes of Fun and Quips from the Daily Page
A collage of joke lines and light banter featuring a hen, a doomed gardener, a dismayed Boston heiress, and various characters trading quips on love, Sunday papers, trains, and social scenes. The snippets hint at wit, rural humor, and parlor punchlines from a bygone humor page.
Business as Birds and Wings of Flight
A meditation compares business to birds that hop with folded wings until they spread for flight. The imagery highlights hidden beauty in potential and the reveal of brilliance and flaws when effort expands.
Gray hairs and honor in aging minds
An aphoristic line notes that gray hair alone does not confer honor, and many elderly men carry nothing honorable beyond their aging hair. The remark offers a skeptical view of virtue tied to age.
The Modern Babel in Chicago Construction Talk
Observers in Chicago describe the rising skyline and the chatter around it to illustrate a modern Babel. The scene captures voices and opinions amid the city’s swift architectural growth.
A Child's Remedy for a Mother's Grief
A two and a half year old girl comforts her mother in sorrow by offering a soothing remedy, saying Mamma, suck oo fum after witnessing her tears as a husband leaves for a three month voyage.
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Samuel M. Peck
George Washington Winthrop
Bret Harte
Simeon Sykes’ Story
Waterloo
George Francis
Gardener
McCorkle
George
Mabel
Talkwell
Burrato Biw
Paris
Col
Cody
Merritt
Johnnie
Iris
Babel
Chicago
Chicago Ledger
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