Nightmare Song Recalls Ancestral Nightmares And Lore
A fragmented verse recounts a nightmare figure urged to flap and endure, with brisk, chaotic imagery and references to grandmothers and ancestors. The piece ends with a signature-like line and a tangled mix of names and eerie, dreamlike phrases.
From Door to Door A Mission Sparked by Failure
Mabel Mullen vows to sell tippets and capes for Louisa Blundell but faces rebuffs and hostility on the streets. After a failed sales day and a crisis at Mr Rockingham's study, she confesses envy and self doubt yet finds renewed faith in a potential life with the pastor.
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Mabel Mullen
Pug
Mabel
Zuleima
Africa
Riley
Mission School
Johnny Ruttkay
Heavenly Una
Betsy Blundell
Charcoal Street
Rockingham
Val
Lou
Louisa
Tere
Miss Mellen
Zeke
Miss Mullen
Mabel A
Mariar
Louisa Blundell
Mabel—bush
Mr. Rockingham
Behold Anger and Gates in Irish Town Tales
A London era essay warns women readers against anger, citing it as ruinous to beauty and virtue. The piece contrasts be wary temper with patience and meekness. In Galway, four gates bear warlike mottos while O Flaherties and others raid the town.
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London
Galaway
Ropes Weakened by Tar Treatment at High Heat
Tarred ropes, hawsers and similar lines lose 26 percent of strength due to fiber damage from high tar temperatures around 290 degrees. The note cites this deterioration as a result of tar processing.
Praises of Columbus at Columbian Exposition Dedication
Vice President Morton dedicates the World’s Columbian Exposition buildings in Chicago, praising Columbus’s voyage and the nation’s progress. Chauncey Depew, Henry Watterson, and others offer enduring reflections on liberty, unity, and the United States’ role in world civilization. The address stresses immigration, republican ideals, and international friendship as the era marks a new century.
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Morton
United States
America
Chicago
Americas
Columbus
Congress of the United States
United States of America
Henry Watterson
Interocean
Santa Fe
Atlantic
Quebec
New England
Carolinas
Israel Putnam
Sumter
Stark
Marion
Fame
Young Republic
Christopher Columbus
Universe
Our Republic
al Chauncey Depew
Calvary
San Salvador
Omsar
Charlemagne
Hildebrand
Luther
William the Conqueror
Oliver Cromwell
Washington
Lincoln
Argosics
Genoa
USA
Sifenaver
Council of the Ecclesiastics
Ocean
New World
John
Portugal
Ri- Wide
Ferdinand and
Isabella
Granada
Europe
Eldorado
Cathay
France
England
Castile
Aragon
Christ
Pater
Hermit
Cid
Dante
Mariner
Spain
North America
South
Adama
Massachusetts
Virginia
Saints
Great Britain
Edmund Burke
Phus
Bacon
Sharspeare
Milton
Parthenon
Asia
Africa
Australia
Great Lakes
Berne
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Jemos Whitcom
Mr. Brown
Spokane
Surinam
Dutch Guinea
Brown
Guinea
Free Commonwealths
Republic of the United States
Norway
Sweden
Germany
Italy
Rome
Napoleon
Bourbon
House of Lords
Prairies
Republic
Emerald Isle
India
VIC
Mr. Depew