Fragmentary rhyme hints at churchyard and kirk
Readable portions reference a kirkyard and a brackie branch. The text evokes a scene of a graveyard and a rural setting with hopeful imagery. Names and clearer context are too fragmentary to specify.
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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1884
Page
6
Young Mollie Henderson Chooses Westward Love
Mollie Henderson debates an arranged match with John Gordon. He proposes marriage after a buoyant courtship filled with city scenes and ocean talk but Mollie rejects the plan, choosing independence in the West over an arranged alliance with Gordon, leaving him puzzled and her father concerned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Pancy
Motlie Henderson
Pansy
Mr. Henderson
Margeret
Mintake
Margaret
Hensierson
Mollie
Rea
Panny Darling
Farhan
Mr. Gordon
Tiahho
Talo
Eich
Sarbd
Sige Afollin
New York
Henderson
New London
Conn
Pansey
Walt
Johnnie
Mackeral
Teasdale
Aniff
Agdlemn
Asgriae Aeoria Feenanal
Bia Muind
Molin
Howerson
Molliv
Heights and odds in world mountains and tales
The fragment lists peaks such as Relivian Andes 24800 feet Salirma 23000 feet Acon 22492 Chimborazo 21424 and notes Mt Hood miscalculation, Mt Shasta crown, Mt Whitney 14887. It also details Italian life and a London fruit, hog pork trade balances, Chinese medical attitudes, a rare plum fruit, and a Philadelphia bar tale about beer as a health drink. It closes with a Benjamin Franklin anecdote and Mrs. Henry Villard directing a move to Dobbs Ferry for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Sorato
Salirma
Acon
Song
Chimborazo
Mt. Hood
Ore
North America
Inter
Mt. Shasta
Cal
Mt. Whitney
China
London
Philadelphia
Anya
Miss Phelps
Benjamin Franklin
Nick
Sadie Farnham Receives Wild Aster Gifts and Wedding News
Sadie Farnham receives a silver bag engraved with her name and a wild aster bouquet on a journey to visit Laura McCristen. A Weston-bound mystery traveler shares the flowers, leading to a later box containing a lacy pin and asters. A romance with George Cranstown culminates in New Year nuptials as asters bloom again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W Leston
Phore
Sadi M. Faraful
Pteasantville
Maine
Harry
Sadie
Urd
Expressman
Cranstown
Boston
Mass
Purnham
Doroty
Charita Livineston
Laura
Sadia
Caforth
Farnham Plearntyille
Antonin
Express
Charlie I Ingston
Sadie Farolan
George Crosntoun
Whittier Poem Fragment Echoes Purity and Nature
A damaged OCR fragment attributes lines to John Whittier, conveying themes of nature, youth, fragrance, and moral earnestness. The text intertwines images of Grecian lore, sacred power, and a journey through wood and hill, ending with a yearning for clarity and truth.
Wit and Humor From Various Papers Featured Laugh Lines
A collage of humorous vignettes and quips from the New York Graphic, French and German sources, including flirtatious banter, a coachman’s church habit quip, a bed half joke, and a beware of half statements. A German bee venom analysis, and a Boston Transcript pun about a merchant in a store. Florida strawberry pricing tale and travel joke conclude.
Scottish heir returns after long wandering to claim fortune
A Philadelphia report recounts William Anderson a Scottish noble youth who left Inverness after a family quarrel. He drifted through New York Denver Chicago to Philadelphia living as a vagrant and porter. A letter revealed his father’s death and a $10,000 fortune awaiting him. G W Childs funded his onward voyage to Liverpool to claim his inheritance. He plans to return to Colorado to buy a ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William Anderson
Inverness
Liverpool
New York
Bowery
Denver
Chicago
Broad Street
St Allon
Sixth District
Hong
G. W. Childs
Colorado
Consular Humoris and the Last Port of Shipment
A Boston Globe humor piece about United States Consul at Glasgow Bret Harte sending a letter to the Secretary of State on the phrase last port of export. Folger and French respond with witty postal/phrase clarifications, explaining that last port or place means the final shipment port or place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Glove
Bret Harte
United States
Glascow
Secretary of State
Department
Pico
Fead
State Department
Harte
Treasury Department
Secreary
Chen
Philadelphia
French
Business Habits in the Church From the Episcopal Register
The article praises improved business habits in parochial administration and the prompt payment of clergy dues. It notes clerical reputation for accurate and economical management, higher pay reliability, and argues for young ministers to gain business training during seminary or in idle times. It highlights graduates balancing finance and ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Register
Ministry
Jyoung
The Worcestershire Bance Origin and Its Curious Rise
A long account traces Worcester shire sire’s powder history from a manor chat with Mrs. Grey to Lord Sandys and Messrs Perrin. An Indian chief justice uncle’s recipe led to a powder that, in solution, proved a lucrative commerce, yielding vast profits and altering local wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcestershire
Lord Sandys
Monsrs
Leo & Pertins
Sane
Mrs. Grey
Ombersley Court
Tady Bandys
Sir Charles
India
Sandys
Worcester
Tee & Perrin
Pam
Mra. Grey
London
Woman Suffrage in England Letter to Pall Mall Gazette
A reader questions Liberal Party support for woman suffrage and public work. He argues experience shows guardians elections and school boards reveal little impact from women. He asserts women are swayed by likes and dislikes rather than merits, diminishing their public roles and the value of their contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Pall Mall Gaznttne
Liberal Party
Guardiana
Anon
Ivan
Gossip and notes from the era on manners and science
A jumble of gossip items covers advice from Mig Rey on temper and marriage, a note on Frederic William Klinkerfues’s suicide at Gottingen Observatory, a Powahontay West Virginia slave auction tale, and praise for Hugh Elder’s sermon in Edinburgh. It also sketches French magnate M Revd and his charitable works, plus details of eccentric Dutean D Grandpre and a Montreal death, with a curious tale of a walnut bed and a collapsing coffin lid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic William Klinkerfues
Gottingen
Young
Klinkerfues
Gnnns
Holme
Holan
Powahontay
West Virginia
Staunton
Sowehiniy
Virginia
Simurhor
Hugh Elder
Ceojymeatreat Congregational Iitres
Kale
University Chapel
Edinburgh
Scotland
Otal
Elder
Salem
M. Revd
France
Rue de Rochchenai
Paris
Bulwer's Gambling Night Ends in Resolve and Loss
Bulwer the novelist returns from a gambling house after a night of high bets and luck, his face reflected in a mirror revealing a troubled, sinister look. He vows to resist further temptations, deciding the urge to gamble must be curbed despite past gains. The piece also notes planned costs for new facilities including the Commercial house at Biony Falls, the Dakota Collegiate Institute, and a new brewery with estimated prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulwer
Perdition
Hix
Noomé
Lesk
Ania
Agbé
Biony Falls
Dakota Sollegiate Ustitute
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