Verses on Vision and Will by Charles G. D. Roberts
The poem praises steadfast will and discontent with earthly ease. It contrasts swift success with flaws of an inconstant soul and insists on keeping the Vision and Height. The speaker resolves to strive, honoring the effort and the inward discipline.
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Haries G. D. Roberts
Meeting on a dawn platform reveals a romance misrouted
In a foggy dawn scene at a small northern station Marwin from San Francisco meets Marion Dartlin waiting alone on the rear platform. Their brief, tense exchange uncovers past proposals, a broken engagement, and a misdelivered note that reveals a brother’s debt and a shared surname, complicating their future.
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Marwin
San Francisco
Tragic assault tale and brave rescue recalled in letters
A distressed woman recounts an attempted night assault and a brave, knife-wounded rescuer who arrived in time. She recalls police dismissiveness and later reunites with Marwin, who reveals he aided her and bore a matching scar. The scene shifts to seaside memories and children’s vignettes from Youth’s Companion.
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Marwin
Marion
Waverley Magazine
Grace
Jack
Mexico
Chicheem
Chichea
Chichee
Chiohse
Ain
Lynn
New York ‘Tribune
Alaska's Agricultural Possibilities South of the Yukon
Alfred H. Brooks argues in the American Review of Reviews that Alaska offers fertile gardens and abundant grazing, with 20 percent of its own vegetables produced and substantial hay. He notes advancing grain ripening northward, the vast grasslands, and that stock raising is feasible with proper hay and winter housing.
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Yukon
Alaska
Alfred H. Brooks
Americ Review
Puget Sound
Barre
California
New England
Europe
Pole
Fulton
Abie to Hold His Own in Odd Exchange
An exchange from the Washington Star shows Abie challenging a book agent in a light rural moment. Farmer Corn tessel jokes about charging 10 cents a glass for condensed milk, remarking he has nearly sold a horse to one of the agents.
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Prentz
Bayshead
Captain Billy
Captain Benny
Walter Manly
Avere Brothers
Wheles
South Seas
Billy
Walter
Heams
Benny
Bilm
Thornton
Ned Pierce
Bayhead
Billy the
Tome
Bantam
Shep
Tabby
Mora
Alica Barrett
The
New York Tribune
Cleveland
Pines
Washington Star
Leanni
Puneh
Julia
Iting Srncan
Farmer Corn Tessel
Tyrannical Science and Everyday Life Critique
A fragmentary polemic argues that science dominates cooking, education, sport, law, and hygiene and dulls pleasure. It mocks martyrdom references and notes the social impact of a married woman’s dress as a notable event.
Will and the Thrifty Stone in Glasgow Tale
In a Glasgow tale relayed by Alexander Wright, brother of a county auditor, the thrifty McGregor explains the will of Sammis McDonagal. Debts are paid, thirty pounds set aside for burial, and a fine stone for the mother’s grave is preferred, with McGregor noting the stone’s cost in lauded fashion.
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Alexander Wright
Chand
Anentoma Mes Gregor
Glasgow
Sandy McDermott
Metregor
McGregor
McDonagal
MacGregor
McDermott
Aweel
Cleveland
Beader
Fragmentary railway dialogue with clipped phrases
A garbled passage shows a passenger and conductor exchanging abrupt phrases about weather and service quality. The text reads like a corrupted transcript with misjoined terms and incomplete sentences, offering little coherent context or clear event.
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