Good and Bad Luck in a Poem by John Hay
A playful portrait contrasts Good Snuck a restless figure who flits between lovers with Madame Bad Luck a steady companion who stays and comforts. The verse uses intimate images of affection, fleeting passion, and domestic solace.
Nightgown Mixup Tangles Two Inmates at Torbolton Home
At the Torbolton Home for Indigent Females, Mrs. Serena Dodd and roommate Samantha Wells have a comical nightwear crisis. Missing a nightgown leads to a wall of confusion as matron Miss Timpkins overturns beds, suspects swapped garments, and resolves with Wells lending Dodd a print gown while Dodd endures a formal dressing-down and a belated search. The episode ends with Wells revealing Dodd wore her nightgown all day.
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Torbolton
Serena Dodd
Mrs. Wells
Mrs. Dodd
Miss Timpkins
Lyddy
Holt
Jane
Miss Sloane
Sereny Dodd
Wild animal farm near Allentown thrives on diversity
A 300 acre wild animal farm near Allentown Pennsylvania houses over 390 stock from Asia Africa and India. The animals travel to circuses like Barnum and Bailey each summer then return for a peaceful winter on the “red stock” yards.
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Asia
Africa
India
Allentown
Pennsylvania
Barnum and Bailey Circus
A Wild Animal Farm Sighting at Sunrise
A fractured excerpt describes a caravan van moving at sunrise toward surrounding farms amid farmer alarm. It notes an orderly roundup of unruly animals and safe stabling, referencing Frony Francis Arnold Collins' story in St Nicholas with a tone of rural disruption.
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Francis Arnold Collins
St. Nicholas
Graft Scheme Described by Broad Street Broker
A Broad street broker recalls a new graft game where job seekers exploited charity. Lads from Yonkers, Englewood, Jersey City travel for a chance at work, asking funds for returns, coffee, and transit as recruiters lure more applicants, exposing a scam network.
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Yonkers
Englewood
N. J
Bronx
Jersey City
New Street
Hoya
Broadway
New York Press
Recent Religious Revivals Stir City and Nation
Brooklyn pastor Edward Niles argues that the “sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees” signals a national revival. He cites Wales, Liverpool, Denver, Schenectady, and London as proof, urges Christians to prepare with faith, prayer, and joy, and calls for active participation to join the revival’s advance.
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White Bushwick Avenue Reformed Church
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Kruger
Alimer
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Christendom
Liverpool
Jesus
Stock Exchange
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Torrey and
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Wales
Atlantic
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Seores
Lloyd George
Reformed Church
Schenectady
Colorado
Denver
Jesus Christ
Angel
South Africa
Capitol
Rotunda
Caitie
Journey of Barnabas Shaw to find a missionary in the interior
The narrative describes Barnabas Shaw and his wife leaving Cape Town after being forbidden to preach there. They travel 300 miles with oxen and a Gart wagon, camping one night on the twenty seventh day. They encounter a group of Hottentots en route to Cape Town seeking a missionary to teach them the great Word.
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Cape Town
Barnabas Shaw
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