Crumbs and the bird at the window sill
A short, reflective verse about daily crumbs offered to a bird at a frozen window, noting the habit of the bird taking the crumbs and the speaker’s humble doubt about boasting. The narrator wonders if crumbs return and muses on modesty and reciprocity in a Lowell inspired tone.
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Ben Kent and the Kern County gold yarn in camp
In a late 1850s Kern County tale Ben Kent recounts a saloon ramble and a staged gold hoard tale. Fred Wallace and Fannie Taylor loom large as a drama of imagined fortune and a real wedding, ending with Fred revealing a hidden cache of fake gold and a surprising actual fortune.
Ben Kent Wallace and the mountain cat tale
Ben Kent Wallace, speaking from Niles, mentions a dozen cats and plans to see Ben in two days. He explains heading to the father's ranch for winter quarters. Senora Pete agrees and speaks of another girl named Har from the old golden days.
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Washington news prompts German trade fears over adulterated goods
The Breeder's Gazette reprints a dispatch from Washington claiming Gorman policy aims to restrict fried and evaporated apples and other American products due to alleged drug content. It argues retaliatory measures would hurt U.S. exports, criticizes sensational journalism, and recalls past German trade barriers and farm product inspections. It also relates a tangential tale of Dutch tulip intrigue.
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Wedding on the River Ferry Fences Off Boat Bandits
Montague County Texas tale recalls Cele Henry Harris a ferry preacher. Calvin Dubbs abducts the bride and a mock wedding unfolds with a pistol threat as the ceremony proceeds aboard a swaying boat. The ceremony ends abruptly when the groom is shot at and the party rides away amid taunting held captives.
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Force of Habit in a Curious London Moment
A fragmented London Tit-Bits snippet recalls a lone berber in an atop shop who converses amid noises of an awful fire and a heavy thunderstorm last night. The scene, full ofdialogue on grooming and weather, ends with the berber sitting down greatly refreshed after shaving back and forth.
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Circus Tomorrowdoom Drama At Family Scene
A Detroit Tribune fragment shows a distressed woman tearing at her hair crying last toast for her child. She pleads and rushes to comfort, then cries out about going to the circus tomorrow before those around her withdraw under sympathetic pretenses.
Wariness on lobbying and adulterated goods in trade
In a critical note the writer denounces Judicrous lobbying and warns against being misled by hacks and wire pullers. The Gazette is blamed for warning on warped markets and adulterated foods, urging strict government oversight to protect health and national interests in cross sea commerce.
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Henry Houssaye Elected to Academy Over Zola
Paris December reports Henry Houssaye the historian and critic was elected member of the academy while Emile Zola failed to secure a vote. Houssaye, born February 24, 1548 in Paris, gained distinction as an officer of volunteers in the Franco Prussian war.
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