Washingtons name carved on Virginia bridge tale
A dramatic Virginia Natural Bridge scene unfolds as three or four boys study the arch’s limestone abutments. One youth scales the wall carving his name beside Washington, faces a deadly fall, and is saved by a Virginia neighbor and rope rescue as cheers rise from onlookers.
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Virginia
Vazzard
Alexander
Cesar
Bonaparte
Washington
Bradle
Tie
Wiliam
William
Henry
Harriet
Hock
Stark
Notalios
Atever
Eternity
Gloom in the Home and the Trials of Childcare
A narrator recalls a dreary December evening and the burden of caring for a restless baby. The exhausted caregiver endures endless cries while the household hums with clock ticks and distant sounds, imagining relief as a mother returns. The piece blends humor and hardship in a domestic vignette.
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Mayke
Poe and Poe's Death Recounted by Dre Snodgrass
Dre Snodgrass recalls Edgar Allan Poe on a wet November day in Baltimore found inebriated at a drinking house on Lombard Street. Poe was taken to Washington College Hospital where he died after days of delirium from mania a polya. His burial at Green Street Presbyterian burying ground is described with scandal and neglect. The piece quotes snatches from a temperance note and later references New York News and the Black Republican Herald.
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Dar
Ny Wit
Robinson Crusoe
West Indies
Snodgrass
The
New York
Edgar
Allen Poe
Ombard Street
Baltimore
Spo
Washington College Hospital
Potter's Field
Green Street
Poe
An Attachment in a Courtroom Tale
A fragmentary Victorian era scene features a reciprocal attachment between a widow and a sheriff, a court proceeding, and a comic miscue about licenses. Interleaved are odd notices and weathered anecdotes about storms, fruit compotes, and Fremont concerns, all rendered in a florid, era voice.
Bessie The Fairy of the Valley Poem
A lyrical piece from the New York Atlas extols a girl named Bessie wandering valleys and moonlit scenes. It casts her as an angelic figure whose beauty and grace captivate the speaker, ending with her death and memorial in verse. The surrounding text includes patriotic lines and commentary on political papers and figures.
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Seffersonian- Democrat
Geo
Baker
Ofies
Beock
Monroe, Green Co
Wis
Charchill
Informane Tas
Pas Pers
Bys Abscribais
Rome
Deble Teres
Neones and
Dishis
Narcan Brincz
Cet Orr
Weddin
Baby
Shoul
Judy
Bluebottle
Republican’ Herald
Fremont
Fillmore
Buchands
New York News
Seavice
Julias
Mage
Jones
Vermont
Vergen
Charlotte
Charles Tirowb
Kensingen
New Yamphire
Chipmain
Cottarss
Erie
Presta
New York Atlas
Bessie
W. A. Pehsians
Beasie
Valley Songstera
Bat
Tam
Wellie
Listy
Heaven
Nellie
Neilie
Sandard
New England
Counst
London
Col. Fremont
R Pulican
Tones
Buchanan
Hay Bool
Ras
Polo
Oslo Co
Minis
Irwill
National Democratic Party
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