Harbor Life of a Little Boat Poem
A fragment-poem by Helen Hay Whitney speaks of a small vessel in a bay. It contrasts quiet harbor days with the distant, restless ocean. The speaker longs to roam while the little boat remains hidden at home.
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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1906
Page
5
A fragment-poem by Helen Hay Whitney speaks of a small vessel in a bay. It contrasts quiet harbor days with the distant, restless ocean. The speaker longs to roam while the little boat remains hidden at home.
In a Missouri town flashback reunion unfolds as Judge Blashford revisits his youth and discovers Miss Bettie Cairborne still remembers his long-ago letter. Across memories of loss and age they glimpse a shared future, choosing to walk the rest of life together.
The article recounts Doligny's reminiscence of Dumas arranging a share clause for a novel drawing. Dumas, short of money, learns the account shows no payout unless earnings exceed 5000 francs. He returns later, urges a recount, and the total rises to 4000 francs, then 500 francs, revealing a wily negotiation.
The Chicago Record-Herald opines that France may elect a president with chin whiskers as a turnabout to emulate Uncle Sam, noting the difference between witty repartee and insult depends on who makes the remark.
The article condemns annual bonfires as useless and criminal, arguing they destroy property and endanger lives across the United States and Canada. It denounces the practice as a widespread hazardous waste that sacrifices many lives annually and urges cessation.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat reflects on a century old Parisian era, noting how Alexander I in 1801 rode in a St. Petersburg procession after the assassins of his grandfather and father, amid surrounding guards, and contrasts it with modern times.
The London Book Monthly notes women writers face tougher manuscript standards than men. The Baldwin locomotive works aim to raise output from one every 3.5 hours to one every 2.5 hours amid high rail traffic. Historians probe hats and apples, while museums face iconoclasts, with Furtwangler condemning Chicago Art Institute treasures and Smithsonian exhibits.
Dr Kamil G Hirsch criticizes modern philosophy and natural ism as undermining morality at a Hull House Women's Club address. He asserts timeless human passions persist and jokes about do what you want but don't get caught. Government trade data show 1905 imports exceed past records, with December projections lifting total imports to 1 176 billion and exports to 1 557 billion. Atlantic ports exports up 52 percent, iron Gulf ports 100 percent, Mexican border ports 270 percent, Puerto ports 204 percent, northern border and lake ports 287 percent.
Heinrich Conried announces a plan tofound an endowed theatre devoted to interpreting the best plays from around the world. Despite early doubts about raising sufficient capital, his proven success at the Metropolitan Opera House and Irving Place Theatre suggests he may secure the necessary funds.
A northeast Baltimore young man captivates children with eye language and a wink on a Preston Street trolley ride with his girlfriend. After flashing a kiss and a “Boo,” the infant cries “dada” as neighbors watch. the man vows never to flirt with children on cars again.
The Minneapolis Journal reports Japanese Buddhist priest Kentok Hori attacking Mahometans in Chicago. He claims they respond to questions with surface lies, then shares a parable about a boy and a globe to illustrate disbelief and the reasoning that causes people to doubt.
The London Telegraph reports the eleven year old Prince Edward of Wales discusses Henry VI era topics with dry wit. When asked who Perkin Warbeck was he answered that Warbeck pretended to be a king’s son, but he wasn’t, he was the son of respectable parents.
A observant boy named Charles answers a visitor, explaining his mother is away. The caller presents a card, a tissue slips from her case, and Charles neatly returns a cigarette paper noted as dropped, displaying quiet civility in a brief home encounter.
A short verse contrasts the busy bee with a lazy bard. The bee in a black and yellow jacket gathers honey and stores it for people, while the bard, mocked as a drone, also gathers honey despite lazy demeanor. Clinton Scollard features the New York Sun attribution.
A collage of witty quotes and banter from early newspapers. Jokes about love, finances, and society pair with snatches of dialogue on proposals, money, lawyers, and court cases, spanning Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Washington, and Chicago.
Ushers at the Metropolitan Opera House affix boxholder names to brass frames for each performance. After shows they note current buyers and place the name tags in brass frames for the next event. On Sundays and Saturdays many frames lack names as subscription holders rarely have off nights.
Ox bones yield notable value as bone dust feeds cattle, while fat and oil come from the feet and thigh bones. Boiled bone water becomes glue and fore leg bones supply collar buttons and parasol handles. Conger eels prey on octopus and feed on scraps.
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