True Beauty Poem Fragment Reflects on Virtue and Wit
A poem voices seeking true beauty in a woman not just in looks but mind and virtue. The speaker weighs fair features, wealth, and wisdom, cautioning against pride, deceit, and misplaced affection.
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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1883
Page
2
Green Dress and Diamonds Illuminate a Poor Girl
Phyllis Dean, poor yet ambitious, endures social pressure from Madam Fletcher while pining for Ray Fletcher. A chance encounter with Jack Mowbray leads to a marriage proposal amid dreams of wealth. Their uncle Amos Dean dies to reveal a fortune of diamonds worth half a million, transforming Phyllis's view of poverty and luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Dean
Phyllis
Madam Fletcher
Ray
Madam
Miss Dean
Raymond Fletcher
Jack Mowbray
Jack
Physis
Croesus
Amos Dean
Amos
Chicago Ledger
Parasites on Dead Trees Thriving as Aerial, Gluttonous Plants
A San Francisco Chronicle correspondent from Para Brazil describes parasites and air plants that cling to dead trees, drawing dust and mold to their roots and perches. The scene is marked by strange beauty and enchantment as plants balance on fragile bark and extend toward nourishment, while observers marvel at the bizarre spectacle from beneath the tall trunks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Para
Brazil
Cor. Sanuraicisco Chronicle
Attachable coat-tail patent pleases young men
New York tailor Boody patents an attachable coat-tail of the claw-hammer type that converts a Seymour bob-tail coat into a full dress outfit instantly. The device, sold in boxes for 75 cents, lets a man be ready for weddings or balls after incidents like fires or dog fights, with a ready handkerchief and a tail in his pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boody
San Francisco Post
Weather Indicator and Moonshiner Arrest Tale
A German scientist suggests white pine branches signal approaching weather by drooping if rain or snow is near and lifting otherwise. A Deputy Marshall tried to arrest a North Carolina moonshiner. the 300 pound man lay down, then vanished while help arrived. Decaying cabbage is blamed for faster diphtheria spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
North Carolina
The Yosemite Falls In Winter And Summer Splendor
The piece extols Yosemite Falls noting Indian reverence and settler admiration. It describes ice palaces formed by spray in winter, sunlight turning mist into rainbows, and the threefold cascade totaling about 2,700 feet. It emphasizes vast height, color, and the sunlit beauty observed from various vantage points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yosemite Falls
Oftner
Gave Themselves Away On Bridal Breakfast Tour
A well to do young man and his wife began a West bridal tour breakfasting at a station eating-house. Two telegraph operators sat opposite and mimicked telegraph sound effects using knife and fork. They scorned the groom with remarks about his bride. The groom finally struck back with a clicking reply resigning the telegraph positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granger
Dean Sirs
Lowell Courier
Arkansas
Mr. Qld
Pittsburgh
Samuel Gunn
Cremation in Japan Prompts Western Interest and Curiosity
The article describes growing cremation use in Japan with a stone furnace and tall chimney resembling a factory. Ashes are collected by relatives in urns after the ceremony and buried later in cemeteries, often with pomp, surrounded by bamboo fences and camellias. It also notes a railroad curve on the Northern Pacific and mentions Spain’s Catholic population and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Quips and Quips in a Faded Page’s Witty Echo
A collage of humorous lines, ironies, and brief anecdotes from a historical paper. Jests touch on appetite, manners, almanac puns, and a mix of sketches from editors, lovers, and everyday street scenes. Persistent figures include a Pittsburgh telegraph quip and Yonkers Statesman verse.
As Useful a Person as the Dude Stove-Warmer Quotation
A Louisville Courier Journal quotation calls certain men stove-warmers for loitering in engine houses saloons barber shops billiard rooms and gambling dens. The piece notes such figures appear wherever men spend time or money, labeling them stove-warmers. It then mentions a New York colored church whose leading members own property valued at 4 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Syracuse Herald
Edith
Burlington
Boston Transcript
Louiisville
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Georgiana Featherstonhaugh
Ray Fletcher
Monsieur Fletcher
Slaughter
Phillis
Jean Ward
Mallam
Uncle Amos
Madame Fletcher
Mark Bozeman
Northern Pacific Railroad
Spain
Pith and
Poent
Yonkers Statesman
John
Royal Academy
Carrierx
London
Burlington Hawkeye
Pat
Gates Avenue
Exenne
Brooklyn Eagle
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