She Has Not Found Her King Yet
A poem from Temple Bar invokes a woman who rejects many suitors until a man of godly worth arrives. She awaits a king who can provide strength, devotion, and guidance, ready to place her hand in his and be united in purpose. The verse emphasizes moral stature over wealth or rank.
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Temple Bar
Abraham Ackley
Abigail
Maria
Ackleys
Abraham
United States
Mrs. Ackley
Jones
Marier
Land’s Sake Alive
Cousin Jones
Abe Ackley
Pine Crags
Mrs. Jones
Mrs Ackley
Maker
New York City
Misleading Cousin Jones Turns Boarder Tale Upside Down
In a wintery New England home the Ackleys lavish hospitality on a mysterious visitor rumored to be their wealthy Cousin Jones from New York. The twist reveals the visitor is actually old Hulda Jones, a Frog Lane widow, sent as a town pauper boarder, sparking comic consternation before the mix up is cleared.
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Jane Eliza
Huldah Jones
Cappen Jones
Widder
Frog Lane
Mrs. Ackley
Abe
Father
Abigail
Maria
New York
Cousin Jones
Abraham
Jones
Mrs. Jones
Ackley
The Arctic Disaster and a Glasgow Basket Trophy
In 1854 the Arctic from Liverpool to New York collided with the Vesta near Cape Race. The Arctic sank after four hours. about forty were saved. Captain Luce and Mr. Smith rode a makeshift raft and a tin-lined basket for two nights and nearly three days before rescue. Mr. Smith preserved the basket in Glasgow drawing rooms for decades.
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Arctic
Collins Line
Liverpool
New York
Cape Race
Vesta
Luce
Mr. Smith
Mississippi
Glasgow
Pearls of Thought Proverb Collection Emphasizes Time and Integrity
A compilation of maxims on time, honesty, duty, charity, and self restraint. It urges valuing every minute, trusting honest promises, and letting example replace mere precept. It compares thought to a guiding force that fuels action and progress.
Caviar tastes as varied as its critics across nations
Forest and Stream mocks the fad of caviar praising and deriding its appeal. The essay notes caviar’s dubious origins in Russia and mocks Germans Americans and others who claim relish. It describes a grotesque mock delicacy and cites a mock comparison to Pike roe caviar.
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Russia
Siberia
Esquimaux
Deutsche Fischerei Zeitung
Expecting a Letter Prank at the Post Office
An east side man laments late mail as a post office joke unfolds. The postmaster reveals he received a bill misdated three months ago, prompting the irate customer to chase down the joke and threaten a lashing out at the postmaster and stamps.
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East Side
Statesman
Scientific scraps on trichine, brains, and plant water uptake
Reports include M Fourmant’s trichine experiments showing diseased meat remains parasitic after fifteen months of salt storage. Fossil finds near New Iberia, La include mastodon bones and horse teeth sent to Yale. A Cincinnati case notes a 61 ounce brain, among the heaviest on record. Additional items discuss flowers triggering headaches, and plant water uptake ratios under different soils.
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M. Fourmant
New Iberia
Yale College Museum
Cincinnati
Cuvier
Abercrombie
The Canaries of the Sunny Side Parish
In a Scottish border parish the Episcopal rector allowed unmarried laborers to occupy the patron’s pew as a status symbol, each wearing vivid Sabbath vests. The practice peaked with the “robin redbreasts” painted gallery, then faded after a new laird challenged the grant and a sheriff interdict settled the dispute. The custom’s decline mirrored a wider regional epidemic.
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Scotland
Joseph
Sunnyside
Gentle advice to respect aging and autonomy
Deal very gently with those who are on the downhill of life. Your own time is coming to be where they now are. You too are stepping westward. Soothe the restlessness of age by amusement, by consideration, by non interference, and by allowing plenty of occupation to fall into the hands that long for it. But let it be of their own choosing, and cease to order their ways for them.
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Abraham
Mrs. Ackley
Abigail
Martin’s
Mrs. Jones
Hair growth after death linked to long strands in graves
A New York Herald item recounts postmortem hair growth, citing widespread reports that hair lengthens after burial. Tales include Rossetti’s poems entombed with a lover and an undertaker noting hair lengths from a foot to a yard, with variations by fever and gender. It notes Napoleon’s hair reportedly lengthened when moved from St Helena to France.
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Oscar Wilde
New York
Gabriel Dante Rossetti
Mr. Wilde
Rossetti
Boston
Laurel Hill
Greenwood
Napoleon I
St. Helena
France
New York Herald
Summer Comeeth The Earth Is Free
Poem fragment celebrating nature and the approach of summer. Imagery of bare trees, pines, echoes and rivers signaling renewal. Reaffirms freedom and beauty as the season arrives, with a hopeful, lyrical tone.
Iron Tie Society Report Sparks Satirical Movement
A New York group forms as the Order of the Iron Tie to urge men to wear a tie that women cannot repurpose into a patchwork quilt. The piece highlights humorous quivers about dress codes and manners with playful vignettes on social foibles.
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New York
Two Women Dither Over Fare On Car Ride
Two women aboard a Woodward avenue car argued who would pay the fare as they searched purses and trinkets in a frantic scene. A bystander offered a quarter, which the driver declined, and the pair fled the wrong car at a crossing after noting the error.
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M. Quad
An Unsophisticated Way Describing Polite Refusal
The passage compares Esquimaux politeness to a standard refusal by saying a traveler who dislikes a task will claim lack of boots rather than directly refuse. It notes the phrase is a strict polite denial rather than an acceptable gift hint like home absence.
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Esquimaux
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King
Thos
Reklam
Montsouris
George L. Heath
Gallatin
Tenn
Lexington
Johnnie
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