Pans and oddities in a bustling era
A miscellany from The Marble Hill Press includes satirical notes on mustache wearers at the soup table, a comical gout of topics from bicyclist ailments to tin horn garbage notices in Washington, and quips on London’s lord mayor, insurance rates for women, and Eastern bankers fleeing with assets. The column tilts through weather, sea serpents, consumption fears, heat, world fairs rumors, and political tensions over home rule.
Laugh Always Amid Tears A Verse Fragment
A fragmentary verse praising cheer and resilience. It calls for away with tears and a smile, seeking the brave heart and the maiden whose laughter steadies sorrow, envisioning noble womanhood through hardship.
A Girl's Ransom in a Small Town Church Choir
Edith Wayne joins the Pagetown Congregational church choir to replace Matilda Prescott’s role, causing family and town upheaval. Jane Prescott accuses Edith after a past shoplifting incident, prompting Squire Page to end Edith’s engagement. Jane collapses, but her written confession clears Edith as the community reels from the scandal.
Story of the Garrets and a Starved French Artist
A London journalist recounts the tale of a dead French artist found in a small box containing his minor possessions. Born in 1799 he came to London in 1848 to seek fame but failed. his two sisters died and his brothers faded away. The box holds faint memories a passport papers fifty tiny wood panel landscapes and pawnbroker notes. The narrative closes noting the pictures have little value and the garret life ends in poverty.
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Board of Health Reports Breakthrough Cure Claim
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Light and lively news from a mixed world
A collage of curiosity from early 20th century notes: old horseshoe razors, free shaves in Brooklyn, rapid nail growth signaling health, a wave-power motor by Joseph Serb, and pigeons aiding mail in biblical times. Italy’s railways largely state owned, German cannons promised to revolutionize artillery, Mme Renan’s pension, and a dip into salon-era anecdotes about legalities, travel, and city life.
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