Old Feast-day Thanksgiving Ode in Variant Verse
A wind swept scene celebrates a harvest festival and Thanksgiving Day with vivid imagery. The text depicts orchards, grain fields, and rolling sunshine, praising gratitude and family gatherings spanning from sea to mountain home.
The Turkey's Last Gobble on Thanksgiving Day
A vivid, satirical lament on a ruined Thanksgiving turkey, describing a grotesquely overstuffed, skeletal specimen. The piece mocks culinary hype and the collapse of holiday feasting into a hollow mockery of the cherished meal.
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Cranberries Draw Crowds to Wisconsin Marshes
A century of cranberry culture in Green Lake and surrounding counties has transformed marshlands into bustling camps. Indigenous and immigrant workers harvest dense fields, supervise shifting crews, and celebrate with dances as crates fill with berries. Harvest runs early September for ten days to two weeks, with pickers earning five to six shillings per box and daily wages from 150 to 300 small.
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Elegant Ball Fashion Reforms Inspire Notable Reunion
New York fashion notes from November 1990 describe a stylish ball scene with women embracing substantial fabrics, refined headwear, and longer gloves. Rich gowns of Nile green satin, velvet, and brocade feature embroidery, pearl accents, and feather trains, while hairlines favor tied knots and minimal ornament.
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New York
Toxolla
Goethe
Legion
Wit and Wisdom From Odd Fragments and Jests
A garbled collection of aphorisms and quips on religion money marriage politics and daily life. The pieces mix pithy maxims about faith and virtue with jokes about celebrities and manners, including references to Sarah Bernhardt and a Jersey farmer.
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