Memories of Youthful Dreams and Loss
The poem recalls memories of sunny spots and youthful love fading as life duties rise. It questions why we bring back hopes thought perished and faced with time and death, while past perfumes and dreams linger, guiding us from the misty past.
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Lilla N. Cushman
Chicago Sun
The Colonel Starts a Country Newspaper in Bluff County
In Opie Read's New York Mercury, a weary colonel returns to Arkansan frontier country intent on publishing a modern journal. He faces threats, mistaken engagements, a wedding scheme, and a comical pursuit as townsfolk test his resolve while he hides from a vigilant magistrate and a meddling judge.
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Mulebury
Arkansan
Red Deer
Hankerin’ Airter 4
Patsy Simmons
Justice of the Peace
Squire
Justice of the Vt
Auterial
Agai Hockii
Rene
Juatioe
Mme
Miss Pose
Old Simmons
Luco
Puss
Darlin
Miss Pass
Old Square
Opie
New York Mercury
How to Regain a Husband s Love
In Easton a wife, fearing her husband’s drift, seeks a love powder from a seventh daughter. The remedy is a boiled down recipe using beef and onion rubbed with salt and toasted over coal, then butter and parsley added. The husband is said to have returned to loving her thereafter.
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Allentown
Easton
Gladstone in Private Life and Public Duty
A portrait from Lippincott's Magazine recalls Gladstone at private dinners noting his neat appearance and robust head. It describes his candor on issues, republican sympathies, and affection for the royal family, paired with a simple, nonarrogant manner that earned both devoted friends and fierce opponents.
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Gladstone
Lippincott
Mr. Gladstone
Statesman
Cromwell
Charles
Prof
Blackie
Greece
Bismarck
Cavour
The Girls and Tight Lacing in Health Exhibit
A Cincinnati Enquirer reader recalls a London health exhibit showing a wax figure subjected to waist compression to reveal corset harms. Spectators laughed rather than learned, while the piece notes that waist squeezing is now rare and cites Dio Lewis on future fashion.
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Clara Belle
Cincinnati Enquirer
London
Dio Lewis
Government erects Washington pension office square by Meigs plan
The New Pension Office in Washington receives $440,000 for a brick three story structure with a central skylight, terra cotta frieze, and a triple colonnade. Gen. Meigs, former quartermaster general, leads the design as a practical departure from classic government architecture.
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Judiciary Square
Washington
Pension Office
Gen. Meigs
Army
Journalists at Chicago Convention Praised for Sharp Press Critique
The Convention Reporter from Cincinnati notes the Chicago gathering thrives on wit humor and brisk criticism. It commends press tables for exposing vanity and errors from ministers to orators while praising the brisk output of reports and lively exchanges under pressure and excitement.
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Chicago
Halstead
Death by Sleeplessness and Mental Strain Explored
The London Lancet discusses the death by own action linked to sleeplessness in a Bangor dean, noting no new features but highlighting intellectual fragility. It argues high mental power brings vulnerability to depression, rejects narcotics as harmful, and stresses exhaustive rest over sedatives to prevent fatal outcomes.
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London Lancet
Bangor
Incoherent Remarks on Anxiety and Mental Health
A fragment questions if a person shows symptoms of mental disease and mentions possible influences. The text is unclear but suggests concern over behavior and awareness of illness signs.
The Typical Bad Boy Defense by Utica Press
The piece defends the so called bad boy contrasting him with goody goody peers. It praises mischievous acts balanced by kindness toward neighbors and the elderly, arguing the bad boy is lively and humane whereas the "goody" type lacks redeeming qualities.
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H. Keller
Utica
Brown
Resepia
Reading Aloud in South and West Life
The piece extols reading aloud in the home as a pleasant nightly habit that unites the family. It notes how a wise book choice lightens a mother’s chores and sparks shared memories and lively discussion, adding charm to domestic life and work done while reading.
Longevity of Boston Editors and Publishers
The Boston Journal notes long lives among editors and publishers. Benjamin Russell of the Columbian Sentinel reached eighty three years four months, Joseph T. Buckingham of the Boston Courier eighty one years four months, William W. Clapp of the Saturday Evening Gazette eighty two years six months, Nathaniel Hale of the Advertiser seventy eight years six months. It is hoped Colonel Greene will surpass these lifespans.
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Boston
Boston Journal
U'Lishers
Ajor Ben Russell
Columbian Sentinel
Joseph T. Buckingham
Boston Courier
Wm. W. Clapp
Saturday Evening Gazette
Nathanale
Advertiser
Colonel Greene
Sincerity Compared to Traveling a Plain Road
A quotation notes sincerity as a plain road that hastens a man to his journey's end, while by-ways mislead and cause people to lose themselves in detours and delays.
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Tillotson
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