A Love Poem's Undying Devotion
A fragmentary love verse speaks of deep affection and an undying devotion. The speaker praises beauty and innocence, claiming a heart filled with eternal affection for a beloved. The lines convey luminous imagery and a timeless romantic longing.
Notorious workplace prank ends in wedding gossip
A whimsical tale shows three workers Swallow Spilkington and Spiker demand raises from their employer Mr Wilson. They refuse marriage as a price for higher pay while coworkers misread a coworker’s wedding as their own. Spiker finally marries a different woman and Wilson offers higher pay, fueling office chatter.
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Give the Boys Poultry A Chance On the Farm
An Indianapolis News opinion argues farms should let youths raise poultry to gain independence and assess adaptability. It contends poultry can provide low cost start up and potential profits for self reliance, reducing youth restlessness and guiding future choices.
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California Tree Springs Twenty Feet In Eighteen Months
A eucalyptus variety grown at the Santa Monica experimental station rapidly rose to nearly twenty feet in eighteen months. The tree, part of California’s trials for adapting foreign species, was showcased at the World's Fair after being uprooted for transport. The station imports trees from abroad and tests soils to find a congenial match, adding jacaranda with lilac blossoms to the California tree family.
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Mystery English-Language Puzzle Boy In England Workhouse
A light haired fair skinned boy in a Chelsea workhouse speaks only through unknown writing. At Westminster he was charged with vagrancy and silent during remand. He writes phrases like Tentyrut Watcuk and Hirlulntyints and answers about scrubbing and pennies. Scholars cannot name his country or language. Many claimants report lost boys.
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Fragmentary Biblical Verse Excerpt Reveals Obscured Exhortation
The readable fragments present a chastening tone about offering ceremonial acts without true justice. The passage hints at a call for sincere devotion and faithfulness to the Lord, contrasting ritual songs with righteous behavior.
Tommy's Suspicions and a Kid’s Echoes of Grandpa
A child recalls his father boasting of innocence while grandmother claims the father was a notorious troublemaker. The piece, drawn from Lowell Otus Reese in Leslie's Weekly, contrasts parental reminiscence with Granny’s memory of a boy who “was a terror.”
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Grass Cutting Reply Caps Off Manila Telegram
Capt Andrew Rowan of Atchison Kansas earned fame in the Philippines for practical action and blunt wit. When wealthy Chinese merchants were jailed for smuggling crops failed and grass rose in price. Rowan had Mon gols cut grass prompting a Manila protest and a Canton telegram about forcing merchants to cut grass. In New York a murder trial provoked jests on executions and elocution.
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Build Their Own Waterfall in Colorado for Power
Colorado citizens plan an artificial Niagara high above a precipice near Saverton. A 1000 foot drop will feed canals to a reservoir and a power house at the base, yielding about 40 000 horsepower with an initial one million dollar cost and total three million dollars. William Forbes of Stewarton New Hampshire dies after hornets drive him to drop a scythe and fall, the blade severing his body.
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Soldier's Growing Machine Delays Lieutenant Election
The Second Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry postponed the second lieutenant election until Sergeant George E. Burr could gain half an inch in height to meet the required measurements, then elected another man.
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George E. Burr
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