Fragments of a Love Letter in Century Magazine
A damaged excerpted poem narrative reflects a lover s reminiscence of a correspondence with lines about autographs and postscriptums. The speaker recalls shared verses and fragments, noting a final note that says the relationship can never be. The piece references authors and editors in a reflective literary frame.
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Ee Dempster Sherman
Century Magasing
A Chance Word Changes a Life in Miss Sydney's Parlor
Myra Sydney helps Cary, a Snow & Asher's worker, rethink dress and values on a rainy evening. Cary learns frugality and self-respect, changing her look and outlook. Weeks later Cary returns with Mark, now engaged, remarking that honesty and guidance shaped his decision.
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Myra Sydney
Miss Sydney
Myra
Sydney
Esther
Anya
Noody
Cary
Mark
Snow
Asher
Snow & Asher’s
Florida
Ork
Gilmanton
Susan Coolidge
Congregationalist
Widow Rejoices as Missing Husband Returns Alive in Arkansas Flood
Mr Thomas Evans of Louisville once believed dead after the 1882 Arkansas floods reappears in Louisville on crutches to reunite with his wife and children. His wife, long told he was drowned, is stunned to see him walk to their door. the family embraces in tears and joy after months of uncertainty.
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Cary
Myra
Mark
Gilmanton
Sydney
Thomas Evans
Louisville
Arkansas
Evans
Jin
Journal
Burlington Free
Press
Poot
Kentucky Journal
Jim
Notable Social Snippets and Ancestral Notes Across Regions
A collage of quirky anecdotes mentions Miss Mollis Garfield and Miss Fanny Hayes at a Cleveland school, Mrs Isabella Weeden’s nurslings, and two Alabama neighbors from before 1819. It recalls Thurlow Weed’s cigar tally, Tom Thumb’s true name, and a Bridgeport monument to Stratton. Also notes Mrs Halsey’s death, Lafayette’s 1824 New York greeting, William E Curtis’s ballads, and San Francisco marriage to Baronet Wolseley amid a famed Murphy clan.
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Newbern
Ala
Alabama
Thurlow Weed
Tom Thumb
Charles Sherwood Stratton
Heywood
Mountain Grove
Bridgeport
Elizabeth
N. J
Halsey
Lafayette
New York
Castle Garden
N. ¥. Times
William E. Curtis
Inter Ocean
Jennie
Chicago News
Mias Murphy
San Francisco
Baronet Wolseley
Paps
Dan Murphy
Cork
Holy Roman Empire
St. Gregory
Murphy
Silly scraps and city notices in print
A collage of humorous snippets, child mischief, trivial quarrels, and stray notices. The collection includes jokes about a grandma, a crying baby, a private accusation against noted financiers, quirky editorials, and oddball exchanges at social events.
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Busdie
Lervers
Love
Sean
Howells
Dobson
Locker
Tennyson
Kainst
Sydne
Cary Omas
Farewell Street
Jing
Gay
Ray
Mollis Garfield
Isabella Weeden
Colusa
Col
Chicago Times
Little Fommy
Eli Perkins
Delrott
Boston Post
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Jay Gould
Cyrus W. Field
Russell Sage
Boston Commercial Bulletin