Veils and Flowers in Faithful Memory
A fragmentary verse reflecting on love and eternity from a German source. It speaks of a violet symbolizing familiar grace and scent of a remembered life. The speaker vows reunion after death, asserting God won’t place strange signs in heaven and the old love will reappear in the old face.
Desertion Turns to Rescue in Lone Texas Desert
Private Green, assigned to Company B at Fort Bascombe, was persecuted by Captain Bowers for questioning his past. After desertion and days on the desert, Green found the captain alone and guiding him back toward the fort, where they proceeded unitedly at dawn.
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Fourth Cavalry
Fort Bascombe
Janos Green
Company B
Regment
Bowers
Green
Captain Bowers
Plains of
Texas
Allins
Hoon
Auloor
Ain Bowers
Ned
Private Green
Guaptain Bowers
Ile
Chance
Deserter Captain Bowers Returns to Gate Madness
An officer, later identified as Captain Bowers, speaks softly and wanders. At noon the next day he enters the post alone, a sentinel spots another man in the bushes where the deserter and officer met. The crowd taunts him as he stares, mutters, and smiles. Private Green is blamed. years later the captain reappears, but is deemed “queer” and resigns, vanishing thereafter.
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Captain Bowers
Green
How to Make Your Own Library Successful
A practical guide argues the first library step is supplying books people already want to read. It cautions against forcing “worthy” titles and suggests gradually elevating readers' tastes through accessible, popular selections.
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F. B. Perkins
Guilt Unraveled By A Quiet Mail Letter
A man hides his guilt while fearing exposure as his wife questions him about mailing a letter to his mother. He maintains silence and defense until his wife reveals she never received it, triggering his fear of discovery. The scene ends with the man praying for relief from his predicament.
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John
San Francisco Examiner
Asparagus Triggers Asthma In Victualer Case
Medical curiosities note a victualer over 40 with severe spasmodic coughing when preparing raw asparagus. The report adds asparagus to the list of odors and emanations causing asthma, joining roses musk tea ipecacuanha cat odor fried fish oats malt rice feathers wool and demolition dust. Dr Eugene Deschamps published the full clinical account in the New York Herald.
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New York Herald
Drew the Line in Mounted Police Horse Bid
An Indianapolis Journal note quotes an agent buying horses for the mounted police saying he refused a price. He states it is right for a policeman to intervene when needed, but not for his horse. The remark reflects tensions over equine procurement for police use.
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Indianapolis Journal