Wonder What Maud Will Say Love Letter Parody
Poem by Samuel Minturn Peck from Century reflects a suitor debating how to confess to Maud with rhymes roses and trees. He ponders gifts and wooing methods while referencing Shakespeare and opera figures, ending with the repeated line about Maud’s response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Maud
Macbeth
Mac
Teonder
Como
Claude
Booth
Irving
Signor Gatasatl
Leonore
Orpheus
Muel Minturn
The Crowsnest Ghost A Paris Ball and a Haunted Room
Nina Northcote recounts a life in which a cedar chamber at Crowsnest in Dashshire yields spectral visits. A beauty’s face, resembling her stepmother, appears between moonlight and gas, unsettling Nina until a wedding and later investigation reveal superstition rather than a real haunting.
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Paris
Rdian
Sir Charles C
Mademoiselle
Justine
Dashshire
Crowsnest
England
Charles
Agiage
Misini
Charles C
Mrrs. Stevens
Myelongings
Sha
Earth
Mme
Mr. Weston
George
Reat
Nina
Belgravia
Snow Slide On Washington Street Traps, Rescued
A heavy thaw caused a snow slide from a tall building to cascade onto a crowded sidewalk in Boston. A man buried by the avalanche was freed with help from bystanders, survived with injuries and recalled the peril of winter. He announced a subscription offer for a book on the Sino Long party before a second slide prompted retreat.
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Washington Street
Lifeeless
Atrancur
Pole
Boston Journal
Myths of Stones and the Guardian Angel Stone
Lore from Cornfield Magazine and the New York Sun recounts myths about a sacred stone said to originate from Paradise or to be the fallen guardian angel turned to stone. It notes German and French relics and odd tales of petrified figures tied to moral lessons, ending with a New York portico plank detail from the N Y Sun.
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Paradise
Gabriel
Jacinth
Adam
Germany
France
Cornfill Magazine
New York
N. Y
Personal and Literary Sketches From Various Papers
A compilation of remarks on Mrs Langtry’s mystery gift, Mark Twain and other literary figures at home in Hartford, a Boston preacher receiving a Zuni gift, Adams Jr privately printing notes, Miss Nellie Rossitey on silk culture, Quida’s social stance, Vermont official Hooker’s finances, Philadelphia’s oldest carrier John Cairns, and Haskell’s work ethic and rise from adversity to Congress.
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Langtry
Washington
Star
Samuel L.clements
Mark Twain
J. Hammond
Charles Dudley Warner
Stowe
Hartford
Conn
Hartford Post
Edward Everett Hale
Boston
Boston Globe
Charles Francis Adams, Jr
Boston Herald
Nellie Rossitey
Philadelphia
America
Philadelphia Record
James Fisk, Jr
Railand Herald
John Cairns
Phiiladelphia Press
Haskell
Kansas
Kensas
Congress
Chicago
Amusing Snippets and Quips Across 19th Century Press
A collage of humorous quotes from various papers includes jokes about wedding colors, house flies, mourning jewelry, supper table invitations, impersonators, polygamy, and a suitor’s failed courtship. The items showcase dated wit, regional voice, and light social satire.
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Pea
Aze
BURY
Raitor
Maillard’s
Jove
Recklius
Burlington
Herald
Chicago Times
Willam T. Sherman
Wks Smith
Norristown Herald
Raed Hoiseau
Beau Snéaus
Somervile Journal
Mr. Jones
World Congress
Mrs. Jones
Lachange
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