Little Arms Poem From Waverley Magazine
A tender verse about a mother’s comforting embrace and a child’s fear and resilience. The poem speaks through imagery of a mother’s arms and a prayerful hope for divine guidance, centering on protection and love across years.
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Waverley Magazine
Matchmakers’ plan backfires at lakeside picnic
Old New England matchmakers Mia Van Norden and Joshua Riggs scramble to pair Fay Alden with Joe Somers. A Deacon Perkins bull and a lunch crash derail the scheme as Somers and Blanche Felton flee by boat. The teens marry, while the two matrons drift and swim, finally yielding to the new couple’s union.
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Joshua Riggs
Eglander
Mia
van Norden
Joe Somers
Blanche Felton
Fate
Jones
Crick
Fay Alden
Fay
Phia van Norden
Somers
Perkins’ Grove
Riggs
Morton Engle
Elsie Maynard
Harry Bradley
Miss Maynard
Bradley
Mrs. Riggs
Engle
Deacon Perkins
Blanche
Taurus
Joe
Horse Kills Tiger in Circus Train Fracas
A tiger imported for a Goshen to Poughkeepsie circus train escaped its wagon den and fought a herd of thirty draft horses. In the bout a horse named Toby killed the tiger by stomping, while Toby itself suffered deep lacerations and the car interior was badly damaged.
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Goshen
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Toby
Cornelia's Double Mistake
Cornelia Lunt, a spinster in a rural town, fakes a date of birth to appeal to a wealthy suitor Mr Dumeday. After a clergyman and a doctor die, a solicitor reveals Cornelia was actually 80, not 40, causing Dumeday to leave. She confesses finally, but the twist exposes the truth in a comic moral about age and social climbing.
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Cornelia Lunt
Cornelia
New York
Alond
Mr. Dumeday
Miss Cornelia
Betsy Baker
Europe
Nefre
Betsy
Berape
Wises
Breck
Dodridge
London
Mies
Mr. Dedridge
Cornely
Jemmimy
New York Evening News
Water cure and jokes from the era in a scattered quote dump
A collage of flaky quips and mock headlines from various papers. It includes snatches about water cure in the Philippines and lines about self defense experts, domestic life, and salon humor. Many fragments reference witty exchanges, social foibles, and travel or stock notes.
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Philippines
Philadelphia Ledger
Bonnerville Journal
Gladys
Harold
Evelyn
Edith
Johnny
Mamma
Yale Record
Philadelphia Press
Westside
Briggs
Eastide
Brooklyn
Muggins
Youngpop
Bil
Puck
Philadelphi
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Tiger
George
Tates
Enoch
Ethel
Emil
Chicago News
Eleanor
Fosdick
Eben
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Washington
Atlanta Constitution
Hicksy
Willie
Glasgow Evening Times
Slopshire
Punch
Lilie Boy
Jessie