Romance Nancy Ballad Fragment
Fragmentary verse about longing and closeness with Nancy. Imagery of sorrow and arms around Nancy, a hopeful union when time comes. Lacks clear event or date, preserves archaic spelling and rhythm.
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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1899
Page
14
Two Wives and a Note in a Boston Train Farewell
Agnes and Marion discuss a betrayed trust as Agnes reveals a note found in Fred’s overcoat. Marion quietly bears the knowledge and decides to conceal the truth from her husband, fearing scandal and loss of reputation. Agnes vows to endure the shock and avoid exposing him, while considering a trip to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teg
Agnes Lawton
Mavion
Boston
Marion Cingsland
Law
Agnes
Marion
Ms. Lawton
Mingstanil
Fred
Vetal
Mamon
Ana
Marion Kingslams
James
Marlon
Athae
Frederick
Thas
Tye
Agios
Leve
Wall Street
Tam
Mallon
Trent Kingsland
Cavell
Shenece
Agnus
Sparrows Attack Locomotive Breaks Headlight on Rail Line
New York Press reports a flock of English sparrows near the city and Oswego launched a coordinated assault on a Lackawanna and Western locomotive. The headlight shattered, the engine halted, and Fireman McNamara sustained facial wounds from bird strikes. a wire screen was added to protect the light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. Warhegk
Ware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Oswego
McNamara
New York Press
Not Quite Thirty Poeticon Tales in Period Style
A fragmented dialogue mockingly contrasts Mrs An-Pout Washand and Mrs B discussing poetry and honor. The piece hints at a weekly poem praise and a husband writing checks in the narrator’s honor, framed in a period newspaper voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
An-Pout Washand
Longshoremen's Hard Day From the Tenement District
A vivid scene from a tenement district depicts longshoremen waiting in line for work on a bitter cold day. They seek pay, drink warmth, and confront the harsh reality of unemployment while arguing over money, family needs, and the lure of saloons as they face the ship's beckoning call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aesa
Mearty
Long and sweet? How to live 100 years says doctor
A Birmingham expert outlines odd rules for reaching a century. The list includes daily prayers, right sleeping side, window opening, bed away from wall, a front-door guard, daily morning temperature checks, pre breakfast exercise, limited meat, avoid milk for adults, eat mock granulate to nourish immune cells, avoid intoxicants, exercise in the opera room, drink water, stay away from sewage, varied occupations, occasional holidays, and restrained ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sawyer
Birmingham
Jim
Sheen
Joanmia
Sardines and other fish canning sparks in early Industry
The article traces the origins of sardine canning and the use of pilchards sprats and mackerel. It notes how the French name sardine came from a Sardinian tinny fish and explains Norwegians smoke sprats for canning. It praises the American sardine industry and urges careful packing and standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Mediterranean
Portugal
France
Sardinia
Norway
Britain
Nortana
Europe
Duces
Flshing Gazette
Post Office Corruption in Havana Under Spanish Rule
Under the Spanish system in Havana, lectors and carriers charged for mail delivery, sometimes stealing stamps and selling them. The system was quickly abolished as merchants rejoiced. Carriers shifted to salaries but abuses persisted with inconsistent postmaster salaries and corrupt pay scales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rathgond
Havana
Bupid’es
Ely
Hurner
Generous Young Man in Chicago Post
A fragment from a Chicago Past column depicts a young man claiming generosity and reluctance to worsen a father figure’s misfortune. He insists the woman tell him she still belongs to him and that his generosity compels him to leave what power remains.
Smelt Fishes Compared Across Coasts
A discussion notes the smelt’s value to fish lovers, asserting Pacific smelt reach larger sizes and superior flavor than New England varieties. It explains smelt as a salmon family member with teeth and tongue, and mentions Scottish and French names spirling and sperlan. The passage hints at historical California interest in sardine production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Pacific
New England
Scotland
France
California
Dark brown taste noted by boarder and remark on embalming
A quarrel erupts over flavor in beef as Mrs Menler tells the new boarder to speak up. He dismisses it, saying he tasted nothing and that Hit had not been embalmed soon enough, reflecting sensational reporting in the World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fatima
Agnes
Billebeard
Agios
Marion
Strayne
Areca
Mavion
Luk Se
Neves
Chumming Dialog Echoed in Richmond Dispatch Comic
A Richmond Dispatch excerpt captures a family scene with joking arithmetic lines about age and marriage. The exchange features a boy noting his mother’s quips while a parent comments on the husband wife dynamics, framed as light humor in a period voice.
Long Hunt For Treasure At Forks Maine Ends In Mystery
A Maine legend recounts Jim Iniy Dolliver who buried 42009 in gold near the Forks and Murphy’s. After years of digs and frauds, Eugene Beaupre’s death in Montreal reveals a moral twist, claiming the hoard was moved then gifts millions to charities as “atonement” for a Maine incident in October 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Iniy Dolliver
Forks
Murphy's
Maine
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Waterville
Ant
Gabriel Cai
Dolliver
Sanders Atwood
Winterport
Ley
Qulliver
Eugene Beaupre
Canada
Tewiston Journal
Canary birds and tuberculosis in canaries observed
Canaries are discussed as a potential source of tuberculosis transmission. Dr Tucker Wise claims diseased cage birds may spread tuberculosis to humans, based on his observations. With about 100000 canaries sold yearly in the United Kingdom, authorities question the birds’ role in spreading infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaries
Tucker Wise
United Kingdom
Telegraph System Promised to Transmit 4000 Folds a Minute
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item notes a new telegraph system claiming the ability to transmit 4,000 folds per minute. The mock dialogue suggests interest in testing the wire and slowing or stopping it for a moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bne
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Baw Jove Huckleberries Fight Cracker Comedy Line
A fragmentary exchange shows Cholly challenging a fight and Wweddy retorting with a playful no and a punch line about never eating huckleberries. The reply leaves the affront paralyzed by laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cholly
Hucklebewgles
It’s A Way Deaf People Have Said What She Said
A fragmentary Harlem Lite item notes a deaf person telling Mrs Peters about Sadie and her reply. The exchange shows a quip or reply line echoed as a local colloquial exchange in a brief humorous blurb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mre. Peters
Sadie
Harlem
Irds Singers Toast Welcome Amid Controversy
A Washington Star note laments the upcoming performances by the Irds amid debate over racially charged songs. It predicts audiences may welcome relief from so called coon songs, while acknowledging potential backlash and cultural tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
The Milkman’s Remark. A Cleveland Plain Dealer Snippet
The milkman’s remark about a benevolent denial causes a defining moment at the pump. A terse local vignette captures class and service in a single street scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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