In the Heart of the Woods Poem by Margaret E
A pastoral verse extols the heart of the woods with flowers ferns and moss. It laments city haste and exalts nature as divine care. The speaker urges a child of God to seek safety in the forest s gentle keeping.
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Huat
Ain
The Old Home Part 1 How We Got It
A country family moves to a century-old country house seeking change and privacy. The narrator recalls urging a move to the country, buying an old, haunted looking house, and warding off gossip about ghosts as strange events unfold. The tale narrates the discovery of a grave and the return of a sailor who knew the old home, leading to a bittersweet ending.
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Willis Taylor
Constance
Miriam
Hasting
Willis
Miss Constance
Conny
Longfellow
Husband
Hastings
Morris Mowbray
Merry
Earth
Illis
Corbin
New York
Old Barton Mowbray
The New Northwest Desert No More and Its Wealth
An 1636 MA Bay Colony observation labels the interior as desolate, but the Northwest reveals vast arable land, forests, minerals, and mighty rivers. With free sleeping cars and statehood on the horizon, Dakota and Minnesota emerge as centers of wheat, flour, wealth, and population growth across expansive plains and rivers.
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Great Northwest
General Court
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Mississippi River
East
Mississippi
Missouri
Republic
Pacific
Dakota
Northern Pacific
Yellowstone
Snake
Columbia
Northwest
Northwestern States and grain wealth loom over US frontier
A historical overview extols the vast North Pacific Northwest Territories Dakota Montana Idaho and Washington as larger than New England with rich resources in fields forests and mines. It praises Minneapolis St Paul and Duluth as growth centers, Tacoma emerging as a grain hub, and Pacific coast wheat yielding robustly with diverse varieties and advanced milling compared to older methods.
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Idaho
Yellowstone Park
Montana
Helena
United States
Spokane Falls
St. Paul
Lowa
Alleghenies
Plaines
Belgium
Republic—Dakota
Washington
New England
Pacific
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Northern Pacific Railroad
Puget Sound
Denver
Rocky Mountain
Twin Cities
Minnesapolis
Minnesota
Minneapolia
Union
New York
Buffalo
Chicago
Duluth
Minneapolis
Tacoma
Washington Territory
Dakota
America
Northwest
Trices of the Poachers Pheasant Theft Tactics Exposed
In Cornhill Magazine a study outlines how pheasants are stolen from English preserves. It covers winter gangs using fire, nets, and sacks, monchers luring roosting birds with corn, and silent choking methods with bristle-tipped feeds. It notes the dangers for keepers and the ingenious, unlawful tricks used to avoid detection.
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Cornhill Magazine
Not a Fast Color in a Railroad Joke
A railroad engineer dyed his hair black hoping for a quick change. A brother asks if he was hurt in the washout accident, prompting a light reply that he will “treat Texas Siftings” while the joke plays on the railroad washout mishap.
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Footboard
Jim
Texas
Banished Prince Veritzin in Catherine's Russia
A chronicle recounts Prince Veritzin and his wife the Princess of Novgorod drawn into Catherine the Great's grip. The empress strips him of offices, estates, and name, consigning him to serfdom. Their family is banished to a bleak north, seen no more.
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Veritzins
Faul
Russia
Imperial Ball Room
St. Petersburg
Siberia
Novgorod
Catharine
Prince Veritzen
Paul Veritzin
Kindly Club Aims to Suppress Evil Speaking in New York
The latest women's club in New York, named the Kindly Club, seeks to curb evil speaking lying and slandering. It has a wide field for its work. Lands make the mountains moments make the years.
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New York
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