Dawn to dusk in meadows and shifting daffodils
A poet observes changing spring scenes with daisies and daffodils, birdsong, and sunlight, then laments gloom and a lover’s late arrival, ending in a confessional note about frustration and longing. The tone shifts from bright pastoral imagery to subdued doubt and regret.
Happy Dick and the Arkansas Trackside Wanderer
A narrator meets a cheerful light skinned Black boy named Dick on a railroad track in the Ozark Mountains. Dick travels with him to a cabin, helps heat and run errands, and gains a hammock as his sole possession. He later hawks boot polish and small goods in New Orleans, earning money and radiating happiness while pursuing a simple dream of wealth. The tale ends with Dick thriving financially on the journey south, proving thrift and cheer can outpace hardship.
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Malvern
Ozark Mountains
Arkansas
Hot Springs
Waco
Texas
Arkinsas Mountains
West Indie
Greenland
Happy Dick
Pop
Col. Crawford
Boas
Little Rock
West Indias
New Orleans
Key West
Shreveport
Red River
New York
Moist
Col. Crawford Wuld
Slarper
The Pushcart Peddler and the Tyranny of Beauty
A sultry afternoon scene in Columbia features a pushcart bivalve vendor with a bowing reply after a woman complains about the clamor. The exchange highlights humor and dignity in a small street moment, echoing a quote about the tyranny to create beauty.
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Districk
Columbia
Washington Star
The Picturesque Cowboy Fades From Wyoming’s Range Era
The rapid decline of Wyoming’s range cattle began six years ago as prices sank, fences multiplied, and water access shrank. The once romantic cowboy, from Texas and beyond, faded into history as foremen and rustlers reshaped the industry. New farming expands while the old range system buckles under costs and risks, signaling the end of the range cattle era in Wyoming.
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Wyoming
Texas
Julian Ralph
Harper's Magazine
California
Earch
Luin
Mourning Ring Linked to Col. Thaxter Funeral History
Samuel T. Crosby of Hingham Massachusetts owns a mourning ring inscribed S Thaxter Oct 23 Nov 1740. The ring, coin shaped with a visible burial model, was a token from Col Samuel Thaxter who led the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company over 150 years ago and was grandfather to Maj Gen Benjamin Lincoln.
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Samuel T. Crosby
Hingham
Mass
S. Thaxter
Samuel Thaxter
Maj
Benjamin Lincoln
Ancients
A Toads Supper Revealed In Back Yard Encounter
A narrator recalls observing a garden toad hunt and catch prey along a path by flashlight. The creature uses sudden flattening and rapid tongue strikes to snag insects, then hops away unseen. The tale ends with a wary rapport forming between man and wily garden toad.
Photographs in Colors Exhibition at Maris
Photographs in Colors showcased eight color images including a bouquet with red violet green and blue tones a park corner with blue sky and gravel paths a cottage amid shrubbery bright placards and a Japanese screen Each print is unique though proofing on paper remains elusive and a half hour posing tests the patience of any sitter captions note the poetical remark about peaches and cream complexions and jaundice
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Maris