Suffering linked to kidney trouble advertised in period ad
The piece interweaves an aspirin like Swamp Root remedy for kidney and bladder issues with a sentimental Civil War era vignette. It cites Dr Kilmer Co and urges mail orders for a free booklet while recalling a former enslaved caretaker awaiting a master’s return amid a ruined plantation.
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Let Me Be Not Too Sure A Poem Excerpt
A poetic stanza by Virginia Woodward Cloud from Harper's Bazaar urges caution against overconfidence. It warns against resting on luck or rushing to claim joy and suggests using gifts for high service rather than wasting them.
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Virginia Woodward Cloud
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Roses at the Plantation Graves
An elderly enslaved woman tends two graves in a ruined plantation yard. Roses from Miss Dell nourish Margaret’s grave while Aunt Charlotte remarks that Miss Dell and Mist Joe are not kin, as Captain Terrill’s era and the old house fade into the vines.
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Riverview
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Faithful servant and couple join after life of duty
A wartime tale recalls Aunt Charlotte and the colonel in misfortune and devotion. After their deaths, a northern asylum inmate disappears and two graves appear, uniting master, mistress, and servant in memory. A dairy note follows on cows and milk output and New Zealand arbitration as labor peace.
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