The Rose of Dawn Poem by Helen Hay Explored
The article reviews Helen Hay’s poem The Rose of Dawn as a vivid tale of a southern maiden and a tragic wooing set among Fiji chiefs. It praises imagery and metre, notes Byron’s influence, and highlights the poet’s developing talent and affectionate literary dialogue with island paradises through Dr. Stoddard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hay
Bag
Hryon
Byron
Miss Hay
Bonita
Abila
Thero
Taku
Fiji
Lis
Deslroye
Tropics
Dr. Stoddard
Missilny
How He Scared the Tiger in Indian Jungle
A writer from India recalls a tiger charge as he rode a pony ahead of his supplies. He shouts and waves to frighten the animal, which halts, then charges again before finally retreating. The narrator avoids harm, driving the tiger off and emerging onto a road.
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India
Hin
Gulf
Railroad Kings Debate on Government Ownership of Railroads
A railroad president and a U S senator discuss government ownership and the control of most railroads. The senator notes seven or eight men who dominate U S railroad interests, with names including Morgan Harrison Rockefeller Gould Schiff Cassatt Hill Vanderbilts and J P Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Dusit
New York City
J. Pierpont Morgan
EB. Il. Harrison
William Roeke
James J. Hill
William Vanderbit
George J. Gould
Jacob H. Schiff
A. J. Cassatt
Avis
Joe's Magazine
Arsenic in Beer Claimed Behind Death Toll in England
English victims of arsenic poisoning in beer exceed 115 dead and over 1000 feared ill. Panic spreads nationwide as arsenic traced to sulfuric acid in glucose used by breweries. One Midlands and northern supplier linked to multiple breweries with some beers containing lethal levels.
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Manchester
Wit
Midlands
North
Department of Agriculture Disputes Cannon Fining Over Hail Prevention
The department issued a statement addressing claims about fining related to cannon use for hail suppression. It clarified policy, outlined permissible practices, and emphasized safety and regulatory compliance for flood and crop protection efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Epoch Making Cycle in Ochiltree's Epistle
An ornate homage to the bicycle as humanity's landmark invention. It traces wheel's rise from toil to progress, praising speed, efficiency, and the social unity it fosters. The piece credits J. C. Ochiltree and blends quatrains with classical imagery to celebrate the modern cycle as destiny fulfilled.
Phosphorescent photography proposal in rare book work
The article reports on Reverend FE Lewis Smith's method to use a phosphorescent backing on engravings to reproduce pages without moving them from libraries. A phosphorescent card and dry plate capture images, with exposure times of 18 to several minutes, shortened by warmth. Dust particle data from Dr Allan Macfayden notes London's air contains vast dust, few microbes per dust particle.
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Lewis Smith
Royal Institution of Great Britain
Allan Macfayden
Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine
London
Macfayden
Sunflower prospects and liquefied air experiments in 19th century notes
The article surveys sunflower cultivation and uses in the Ohio Valley, Russia, and potential industrial expansion, noting crop yields and oil applications. It also reports demonstrations by M. d Arsonval on liquefied air effects on rubber, meat, glasslike phenomena, and metals, plus a hunger physiology snippet and a Kammatograph development for moving pictures and military weapon trade.
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Wiley
Agricultural Department
Rupsiz
Ohio Valley
Rusesia
MM. d'Arsonyal
Paris Museum
M. d'Arsonval
M. d
The Shadowing Past Poem Fragment
A lyric fragment by Arthur Stringer presents a speaker who chased and bound a haunting houndlike force. He recalls nights of pursuit and a dream of the pursuer's death, then describes riding away to drown the hound in a tarn before returning home to a waiting, gaunt hoard at the door.
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Arthur Stringer
Alasiee
The Woman's Memory of Mr Haden’s Passing
A mourning speaker recounts the passing of Mr. Haden, praised as a plain, honest man who stood by truth and judgment. Neighbors question the source of the memory, noting the deceased was never an old flame and that the woman’s affection arose from a single bygone encounter long ago.
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Earth
Mr. Haden
Ind
How to Detect Spurious Silk and Spot Delusions
A newspaper piece explains how to distinguish real silk from imitations and adulterated fabrics. It notes that cheap silk looks and wears poorly, warns against mercerized cottons and textiles with metallic dyes, and lists tests using a microscope, burning odor, and taste to verify purity.
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South Sea Island
American Rivers: Inland Waterways Potential and Freight
Alexander Hume Ford argues inland rivers rival rail in freight. He cites river traffic near 100 million tons, lakes at 62 million net, and rivers carrying a rising share of U S commerce. He laments government focus on railways and neglect of water routes and harbor-pooled coastal trade.
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Alexander Hume Ford
America
Great Lakes
Railways Ays
Railroads Propel Hudson River Traffic Amid City Growth
The piece notes rail lines parallel every river in America and on the Hudson they rival the Mississippi valley in river traffic. It cites transport competition with Long Island and New England railroads, estimates 4,000,000 tons locally between Coxsackie and Troy and 10,000,000 tons through Albany to New York, with total river traffic possibly reaching 40,000,000 tons per year.
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America
Long Island
New England
Hudson River
New York
Troy
Mississippi Valley
Lower
Hudson
New York City
Haverstraw
Newburg
Buchanan Never Married Silent Tragedy Shaped His Life
The article recalls President Buchanan as a lifelong bachelor who chose celibacy after a broken engagement with Miss Coleman of Lancaster. A mistaken separation led to her death in Philadelphia, a heartbreak he kept private for decades. In old age he hinted at papers explaining his youthful hopes, but to burn them upon death.
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Ahila
Taks
Guardens
Edter
Mila
Utila
Anita
Muder
Malta
Banda
Malua
Ler
Taka
Oura
Buchanan
Wachelor
William Pen ‘Ine
Ladies* Home Journal
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Coleman
George Ticknol Gurtts
Philadelphia
Buckansa 4S
Avoid the Summer Hotel and Take Children to a Farm
The piece cites Edward Bok urging mothers to shun summer hotels for vacations. It argues farm life offers real freedom, simplicity, and sincerity, contrasting hotel life’s excess and superficiality with country living. It urges families to experience country living in summer to teach children nature and wholesome values.
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Edward Bok
Ladies’ Home Journal
Telpms
Nalare
Army chief surgeon ordered to report to Washington
Colonel William H Forward assistant surgeon general of the United States army and chief surgeon of the California department is ordered to report to Major General Sternburg surgeon general at Washington He will assume the duties of chief medical officer while Sternburg tours the Philippines President Gilman of Johns Hopkins deplored an era of Carnegie too much reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Forward
United States Army
Department of California
Sternburg
Washington
Philippines
Gilman
Julios Hopkins
Carnegie
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Bride
Lord Byron
Biuff
Inzibald Jost
St. Michael
Ancient
Hellas
Rudyard Tennyson
Mendelay
Cathay
Kier
Tub
Cain
J, C, Ochiltree
the World OF Science
Manchester Guardian
Staate-Acitung
Mr. Kamm
Lee Metford
Frontier District
London Times
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