The Deserted Poem and a Young Love Tale
Fragment from volume IL presents Marnie’s poetry filled with music and melancholy. Readings include evocative verses on lost love, memory, and devotion, with lines about a fountain, glowing memories, and a distant summer. A brief domestic scene follows where a young couple concedes a wavering attachment as he promises to be at home next Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuene
Marnie
Alma
Texas
Sahara
Galveston
Jane
Jake
China
Rob
Hartford
Ulrich Moll
Joseph R Hawley
Hermann Maerecklin
Mr. Moll
The Ailing Woman and Her Afflicted Household
A humorous portrait of Mrs Beeswax and her sprawling brood of sick relatives. The narrator meets a chronically ailing woman who laments endless headaches and cold drafts while blaming unruly servants, costly medicine, and a chaotic household for her misery. Her brood includes Betsy and a host of ailments from rheumatism to the scrofula, with family misfortunes piling up as pain and complaint fill the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job
Jeremiah
Bunny Beeswax
Betsy
Anid
Matin
Maria
Aunt Billy
George
Sam
Mary
Laura
Massy
Beeswax
Encounter with a lioness in South Africa tale
A vivid account of Gordon Cumming's hunt in South Africa, detailing the lioness encounter as he and his Hottentot crew pursue, fire, and finally kill the beast. The narrative blends peril, courage, and critique of colonial companions alongside a dramatic, warlike portrait of the hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Cumming
South Africa
Africa
Mr. Cumming
American Forest
Vencro
Colesberg
Stofolus
Dixon
Stofelus
Klenboy
Sioness
Lacera
Socrates In the Nursery and New York Banter
Punch prints a mock exam for nurse probationers with ironic questions on child discipline and guardianship. A Boston Couriers note from New York describes three well dressed horsemen parading with a whip to entertain a crowd amid speculation it was a bet, provoking laughter and curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston Couriers
John Street
Astor, House
Broadway
Boston
Five Year Sleep Disorder Case of Corelus Broomer
A report describes Corelus Broomer, a 37 year old man six foot two, who began a deep sleep in June 1948. He remains largely immobile for years with intermittent wakefulness. When waking, he eats voraciously and recalls nothing. Attempts to rouse him by physicians failed. The tale is paired with a story of Lorenzo Dow, a traveling preacher, whose antics amuse stagecoach riders and highlight evasive wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punch
Ita Obje
Thone
Egy
Godfrey
Bobberty Shooty
Life Guards
Corelus Broomer
Cleves and Herald
Mc. B
Aston
Lorenzo Dow
Famin
Bewitching Clock Fails to Stop Deacon and Courtship
A fragment from a late night tale recounts Joe Mayweed entering Deacon Barberry’s kitchen through a clock case to court Sally. The clock seemingly bewitched as five struck repeatedly causing alarm, fear, and a dash to the clock case. Joe escapes as the clock is smashed. the next day townsfolk debate the tale while Joe later wins Sally’s consent by repairing the clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waliama
Sally
Barberry
Joe
Father
Deacon
Ep Tee
Esidhe
Bacon
Joe Mayweed
Appleton
Deacon Barberry
Jon
Pico
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Fremont
Booth
Sandwaky County
Ohio
Pwo
Business Directory
Almont
Justine
F Journal Ing Office J
Crootian Lonon
Buckland
Pease & Roberts
Pease
PRICE
Finefrock & Price
Mock, Buckland & CO
Jonany
E.t Ont
G. W
Glick
W. Glick
Uckland & Everett
Chancery
BR. P. Bucerasy
Frones Evenett
Sannry Let
Cn Ter Rpgerton
Hiecharge
Bie
Countion
Fremonnt
Dusky County
Kessler
Coen
Necomo
R. Kessl
Greene & MU
Willian Ray
Algo Pie
LIFE
Clyde
Sandusky County
Heaton
Meaton & Ward
Attorneys At Law
Sharp
Bentiete
Beeting
Piyot
Gila
Menor
Portage County Mutual Fire Insurance Company
R.P. Buckland
Rick
Adja
Front Street
Deal
Mattie
Ginta
Holmes
Boston Post
William C. Eaton
Stofalis
Kirinboy
Theo Worthies
Cape
Beauty
Ifo
Socrates In the Nursery
Agnio Jar
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