Rosamond and the Roses in Harper's Magazine Verse
The poem portrays Rosamond, queenly and radiant, wandering through garden scenes as she admires roses in vivid colors and sharp daggers, singing old songs. She arranges blooms in a boudoir vase, contemplates fate of the petals, and ponders sending roses to the river to float or sink.
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Spain
France
U. P. Cranch
Harper's Magazine
Revolver and Hazing at College End in Expulsion
Ned Gilmore defies Sophomore hazing at a college by wearing a tall hat and later by carrying a revolver after violent incidents. He shoots Burnett in self defense during a street confrontation, and all three Sophomores involved plus Ned are expelled by the college president and faculty. Hazing and weapon carrying are condemned as barbarous and unmanly.
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Gilmore
Burnett
Woman Turns Cat as Hydrophobia Strikes in Paris Street
In Rue de Montreuil a woman, bitten by a mad cat last August, suddenly acts like a cat gripped by hydrophobia, roaring and clawing at a neighbor. Police intervene with blankets, but she dies before reaching the hospital.
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Rue de Montreuil
Paris
London Daily News
Influence of Temper on Health in The Times
A health-ethics note argues that violent passions threaten longevity more than labor, exposure, or poor living. It cites Capital and Labor warning that irascible temper and storms of ungoverned emotion hinder reaching old age, urging all to preserve a quiet spirit for a sound mind and body.
Japan P. Bensan Aid to Louisiana Editor
Japan P. Bensan sent a £500 check to a Louisiana editor, aiding a poor country editor after the war. The gesture highlights postwar relief and international generosity.
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Japan
P. Bensan
Louisiana
New Siberian Islands Hold Fossil Treasures for Science
Nordenskjold describes a Arctic coast voyage and a new group of islands with fossil finds. The Tschuktschers, a rugged native people, live near inland lagoons and resemble Esquimaux and North American Indians. The Vega voyage marks a Columbus like arrival, with coastlines rising, and calls for further exploration to uncover human origins and vertebrate history.
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Oscar Dickson
London Standard
New Siberian
Earth
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Schalawroff
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Lieut
Nordqvist
North America
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Columbus
New World
Siberia
Jeannette
Prof
Danger in the Jury System On a Colorado trial
A court scene in Southern Colorado features a blunt cross-examiner provoking a juror named Jack McCabe. The miner shouts at the lawyer and declares that no man will bully a woman, prompting a courtroom clash as the judge rebukes the juror and the man bursts past the rail before authorities intervene.
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Jack
Boston Herald
Colorado
Jack McCabe
Pueblo Colorado cattle trade hub grows after early panic
Harper's Magazine recounts Pueblo Colorado as a young but booming cattle trade center. It notes growth from 25 settlers in 1865 to 6000 7000 by the era, two daily papers two railroad depots two banks and two schools. The piece recalls Fort Bent trading post and the 1854 Ute massacre near the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe station and mentions Craig property among regional cattle ranches.
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Colorado
Pueblo
William Bent
Pike’s Peak
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Craig
Hayes, Jr
Harper's Magazine
November moods in Burns Bryant and Hood cross time
A reflective meditation on November as a somber yet joyous month. The piece contrasts Burns Bryant Hood and Shakespeare in depicting melancholy and laughter, noting November’s music in nature, farming tasks, and festive rural life as winter approaches.
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Tom Hood
William Cullen Bryant
Ayr
Bryant
Byron
Lear
Holmes
Saxe
Hood
Shakespeare
Mincing machine quip sparks Irish retort in London club
An Irishman rebukes boastful Americans in a London club tale about a sausage machine. He jokes Ireland has a more perfect version that can return sausages to a live pig by reversing the process, turning the pun on American invention claims into a sharper barb.
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London
States
Bedad
Ireland
Diamonds given to Sherman daughter kept in U S Treasurer vault
The diamonds presented as a bridal gift to Mrs. Fitch, daughter of General Sherman, by the Khedive of Egypt, remain in the United States Treasury vault. Mrs. Fitch resides in St. Louis with her three children, the eldest a four year old boy.
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Gen. Sherman
Egypt
United States
Fitch
St. Louis
Pride and duty vs fashion in a moral warning
A moral exhortation contrasts ostentatious fashion with truthful living. It urges the young and fair to reject pride and material display, embracing truth, honor, and service to God and others to avoid the anguish of a wasted life. The verse warns against vanity as a path to true fulfillment.
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Anhon
Faith and Point in a Fragmented Humor Page
A collage of quips and anecdotes touches on luck and laziness. It features wordplay about onions and buns, parental sarcasm, and social observations from a Detroit Free Press style page. Highlights include a riddle prompt, a shopkeeper’s sly joke on eggs, and a medical quip about a physician Fatconnet.
Water Cutting Glass With Scissors
An old technique shows glass can be cut under water using simple scissors. Start with warm water and gradual edge trimming, cutting small portions at corners. Softer glass yields better results. edges may be rough but workable for many tasks.
There are two things we never grow accustomed to
A reflective quote from Talleyrand about time’s ravages and human injustice, noting how people never seem to accept aging or unfair treatment as they persist through life.
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Talleyrand
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