Whitman Sees Arnold Tennyson In Camden Portrait
The Sage of Camden hosts Sir Edwin Arnold and Major Pond for a visit with Walt Whitman after a note from Tennyson. Whitman sits in wolfskin, talks of America’s future, and recalls Forney, Longfellow, and Ingersoll, while Arnold conveys Tennyson’s regard and fame in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Edwin Arnold
Walt Whitman
Whitman
Edwin Arnold
J. B. Pond
New York
Edwin
Philadelphia
Florence and Jefferson
Carpenter
Coupen
N.J
FR. Y
Jefferson
Florence
Frank Carpenter
Jeannette Gilder
XN. Y
Whitman and Arnold Read Poets in Shared Moment
Walt Whitman and Arnold he read poetry and spoke of Poe and Dorgan. Emerson’s questions about Philadelphia and Longfellow’s visit surfaced as Whitman commented on life, art, and enduring friendships with Arnold and other poets.
Habits of the Grouse and Close Interactions with Birds
A first person account from a quail shoot in Kellogg West Virginia describes a grouse that flies directly toward the author and is caught or nearly caught. The narrator recalls other incidents in New York where a grouse darts from cover into an open field and nearly strikes the observer, then is dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Streas
Kellogg
W. Va
Robert Arma
Quinter County
N. Y
Bad Property Leftovers Spark Tax Dilemma in St Louis
W C Marshall city counselor recounted a case where a woman owned a narrow strip of ground between an alley and a improved block. The land is worthless in value yet subject to a special tax assessment for alley work. She offered to sell or donate but parties could not complete due to unpaid taxes.
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W.C. Marshall
Louis
A Beason Idea on Skating Progress and Poise
A short note from Harper’s Young People describes skating progress using hands and knees for balance. It highlights practice and steady technique as the path to better slides and confident enjoyment on the ice.
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Harper
Doses of Hot Water and Hard Health Logic
A humorous tirade extols the medicinal value of hot water in diverse settings from voices and diseases to kitchen mischief. It lampoons strict regimens, public nudges, and the dangers of practical jokes while wildly exaggerating effects on sleep, dreams, and longevity with tongue in cheek rhetoric.
A Dogmatic Medicine and a Bash but Not a Humor
A Calaveras tale satirizes medical cant and sensational talk as a visiting patient complains of a rash. A doctor attributes it to bad blood while the patient recalls telling the new editor of the Nail Grab he would horse whip him. The medicine man prepares a lotion as the bath begins.
Old Friends Debate Antique Furniture Tone
Mr. Newrich Goodrich comments on his friend Had been's furniture saying it looks antique. Had been defends the piece by noting it carries great old times, not merely old time, and Goodrich muses on the oddity of plural differences in perception.
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Mr. Had
Mr. Goodrich
Father William warns of harsh change and winter death
A distressed young man seeks a change of heir as Father William offers cold warning. The elder quips that the winter will end soon, while the young man fears freezing as nights grow longer. Tonexrt J. BUEDETTR.
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Father William
Tonexrt J. Buedettr
Familiarity Breeds Similarity Quip About a New Broom
The Wise Man asks why a new broom sweeps clean and a political insider jokes that its dirt lack of experience explains the difference. The remark critiques inertia and parallels political habit formation across administrations.
Rural Mail Delivery Hinges on Road Repairs Across America
The writer argues rural mail delivery must precede by road improvements in countryside districts. Without passable roads, carriers cannot reach farms during bad weather, mocking the idea of daily country delivery as impractical. The piece critiques road-building methods and links mail funding to river and harbor style projects, urging practical, year-round routes.
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Si Bentley
Perdition
America
Daily Mail
Alarming La Grippe Lecture Promotes Peruna Remedy
Dr G B Hartman reports a deadly La Grippe plague and urges Peruna as prevention and cure. He claims nightly and daily doses, guidance for adults and children, and promises recovery with continued use, citing The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co as distributor.
Snow Health and the Eyes The Air Purifier
A. M. Arzixsom M.D. writes on snow as a healthful agent. He notes eyes suffer with winter glare and suggests cold water baths and rest. Snow purifies air and ground, boosts mood, and supports skin. the tonsils and white blood cells defend against disease.
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Mtr
Cornering the Platinum The Effort of a Syndicate That Bought the Product of Russia
A report on the Nisme-Tagilsk platinum district where a government concession let Prince Demidoff control mining output. Outside miners could dig but must sell to the syndicate, which bought much of the world’s scrap platinum. Prices rose from nine to eighteen dollars before collapsing to eleven, with geologists noting almost no platinum in original rocks and scarce Canadian finds.
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Nisme-Tagilsk
Russia
Prince Demidoff
Sisceteien A Ahah
Canada
The Dispatch Satirical Scene of Ashes and Intrigue
Mark Twain piece shows Earl and Washington discussing actresses and hotel fires. They collect baskets of ashes from burned spots, plan to ship them to England, and prepare a display with a British flag while Lady Bassmore questions the odd toppled parlor tableau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkins
England
Whet
Bassmore
Oon
Notable Fire on Shoreline Reveals Diamonds in Peril
In a bustling hotel fire in San Francisco a doomed actress known for recovering diamonds amid flames becomes the subject of gossip and superstition. The scene shifts to Washington where Earl and Mu Sellers confront the tragedy as they debate honoring the dead with funeral rites rather than grand state display.
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Lord Berkeley
Earl of
Rowsmore
Viscount Berkeley
Chalmondeley Cassie
England
Simon Thers
Ameries
Leathers
Mulberry Sellers
Washington
Simon Leathers
Cherokee
Cheroke
Hawkins
Simp Leathers
Rosamore Towers
Sally Sellers
Gwendolen
Pete
Plang
Mae
Bigher Pty
San Francisco
Ann
Old Earl
Kineman
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Arnold
Boston Evening Transcript
Tennyson
Wheman
Major Pond
Weimar
Goeth
Sir Edwin
John W. Forney
Europe
Penury
Woskaps
Bere
Indies
Japan
Verry
Asis
Farringford
Forney
Nature
Robert Ingersoll
New World
Montaigne
Longfellow
Tenn
Hogland
United States
St Farringford
Arnold Whitman
Sir
Java
Thany
Goliare
Ana
Poe
Emerson
Dorgan
John A. Dorgan
Keats
Henry Kirke White
Lowell
Byron
Louis Lady
Beason
Bob Burdette
MR. Wanamaker
Whitten
Freddy
Calaveras
Mr. Speaker
Indiana
Travers
Greenland
Icy Mountains
Surgical Hotel
G. B. Hartman
Egypt
la Grippe
Gilead
Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Co
Columbus
White Cell
Enem
Veryge
A. &. Arzixsom, M.D
Dispatch
Mark Twain
Earl
Polly
Lady Ross
Marie Sellers
Sellers
Hawkina
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