No Home In Life’s Rough Sea A Lament And Hope
Poem contrasts with no true home on land or sea and finds solace in faith. It declares Christ as gateway to a blessed home and frames life’s struggles as wanderings toward rest. The piece is followed by a long satirical anecdote about a couple’s sleepless night and petty domestic tensions.
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Hood Orphae Memorial Fund
Borda
New Orleans
Morocco
Tiprety Evi
Levant
United States
Old Farm House Reverie on Youth and June
An evocative meditation recalls a sunlit farm house porch and a boy’s returns to a buried June. The speaker longs for youth as colors fade, butterfies hover and thrushes sing while wagons creak and hay rides echo.
Poem of Sighs on Life Death and Rebirth
A reflective poem traces human longing and the futility of earthly pleasures. It contrasts youthful dreams with aging sorrow, noting bitter pain and the soul’s longing for peace. The speaker urges acceptance and spiritual solace as life closes.
Whittier memory of childhood and forgiveness
A reflective excerpt recalling a child's sense of wrong and pain, tempered by wiser adulthood. The speaker urges trust in divine guidance as chastening love shapes character and endures beyond suffering.
Passage on memories as a funeral fades into daily life
A reflective meditation on mortality and memory. It contrasts lasting grief with the world moving on, noting how time heals and bonds shift from the dead to the living, while highlighting the enduring ache of some losses and the social rituals that follow.
Pay for Breathing the Air in Montana Territory
In Butte City a distressed man named Bill Smedisy sits with worn clothes and a half dreamy stare as a tax collector argues over a poll tax for breathing air. The dialogue portrays a citizen resisting taxes on himself while the officer threatens seizure, and Smedisy muses on life, property, and existence amid smoky scenes.
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Bill Smedisy
Butte City
Montana Territory
Bra
Bill
Abcenter
Life in the Polar Regions Interview with Nordenskjold
An interview describes polar seas tempests and ice bergs like floating rocks. It portrays midnight sun light on ice and extreme cold effects such as windless zero and frost phenomena including teep- frost and boiling water vapors.
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Nordenskjold
Bittera Tonic Restores My Wife to Health
In a tale of quick relief from illness a man recounts how Bittera helped his wife recover from prolonged weakness. After trying many remedies, he notes her health improved within weeks and she regained strength and energy.
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Wbu
Census Act amended in Senate bill highlights free mail
The Albany ledger notes passage of a Senate bill amending the Census Act. It allows free carriage for official census mail and penalties for misuse, expands enumerator duties, and extends payment funds. Rural and city provisions cover enumeration dates, appointment rules, and reporting requirements.
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New Albany
Senate
Department of the Interior
Census Office
United States
Family ladder kept in front hair as warning to wife
A Comstockery man at a barber shop explains a long tuft of hair in front is not mere styling but the “family ladder.” He says removing it would strip the wife’s grip and steer the family into chaos, insisting the barber leave the tuft intact to maintain order.
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San Francisco
Smiffkins
Old Scroggs
Alin Matikla Jane Scroggins
Matilla Jane
Mansen
Matilda
Scroggins
Matilda Jane
Scroz
Smitkins
Edison
The Dog is the Manger A Fable
A dog occupies a manger and blocks cows and oxen from entering. After a humorous push and tosses amid a weathered dispute, the cows finally enter the manger. The farmer cleans up the dog’s remains and sells the cattle to a sausage man for $3.
Kentucky editors copy from the Little Rock Gazette tale
A humorous remark on Kentucky editors who copy from the Little Rock Gazette and identify the author as the former Scottville Argus editor. The story recalls a notorious Hotville Scargus version, typographical mishaps, and a nail driven fix to publish.
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Kentucky
Little Rock Gasette
Scottville Argus
Franklin
Stottville Argus
Warner
Anim
From Kitchen to Tarene Land and Water tale of fortunes
A London tale from King Charles I times follows a modest country girl who works as a tub-woman in a brewery. Her beauty and prudent conduct lead to marriage with a brewer who dies leaving her a fortune. Her widowhood leads to an alliance with Hyde, later the Earl of Clarendon, and their daughter becomes the wife of James II and mother to Mary and Anne, Queens of England.
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Charles I
London
Mr. Hyde
Hyde
Earl of
Clarendon
James II
Mary
Anne
England
Fatelante Quelled in Quiet Duel at Tideview
A brief report notes a staged confrontation at Tideview where two locals, Fatelante and Stile, settled a dispute with a brief exchange and a calm outcome. No injuries were reported, and the crowd dispersed quickly.
Dining on Cats and Tipsy Shrimps in China Visit
The narrator recalls Henry’s insistence on testing a traveler’s tale by trying cat and dog meat at a Canton meal. A dried rat with peas and later a dish described as tipsy shrimps are described, with the live crustaceans springing from a covered bowl. The narrator avoids eating the other dishes while Henry and a companion eat portions.
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Min Gray
Canton
Henry
China
Europe
England
Puzzle solution mischief and a startled wife
Mr Plute readies to solve the 15 puzzle with 30 bricks then records a long, cryptic sequence of moves. His wife discovers him under the table after an extended absence, but he has supposedly completed the puzzle.
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Mr. Plute
Attom
Carom
Kene
Agein
Obscure Quote Sparks Curious Misreadings
A garbled line appears to reference a name and a mission amid unclear text. Readers are left to interpret a fragment that hints at speech about improvement and a better future.
Dogs and manners spark an evening of animal wit
The entertainment centers on intelligent animals with lines about dogs having more sense than humans. A reply from Fitzwoodie claims a dog he owns is the equal of any master. An old man greets a girl as wind and wig mischief cause a hat lift moments before a riddle about gun charges appears.
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Ys Senith
Justin
Fitzwoodie
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