Virginia's Quiet Change Brings Cousin Editha Visit
Mrs Castle frets over Virginia and Herbert as they drift to dreamy moodiness. Cousin Editha, once a radiant bride, arrives tired and worn with three children. Virginia befriends her again, planning picnics and late laughs, and the house fills with life once more.
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Eide
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Baby
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Tennyson
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Sweet Revenge Poem Admonishes a Scorned Maid
A dramatic verse from IL Waterhouse in the New York Sun unfolds a vengeful vision of justice. The speaker vows a fatal retribution for betrayal while describing a dim secluded setting and a single tack as the instrument of doom.
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Waterhouse, In
N. Y. Sun
When Hearts Are Trumps
A playful verse on a card game where hearts are the trump, the speaker notes steady play despite blocking cards, then shifts to imagining a woman’s gaze shifting the game. The narrator observes how Miss Madcap’s eye affects him as the hand unfolds and thoughts drift.
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Miss Madcap
Marriage Balance Shifts in Europe England Leads Italy
In England 1,047 women for every 1,000 men, while Italy shows 995 women per 1,000 men. The figures indicate a higher female-to-male ratio in England compared with Italy, reflecting demographic differences across the two nations.
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England
Italy
Dotted tears win suit in breach of promise case
In Chester sheriff court a thousand dot letters are read from a breach of promise case. Arthur Morrell, a Cheadle cab proprietor, courted Elizabeth Ann Rhodes, now 20, of Ashton under Lyne. She refused, and the jury awarded 40 pounds. The letter from the mother and daughter denounces him with a string of tears and warnings. The Times notes further readings and a second piece on lying and its craft.
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Ashton-under-Lyne Mill
London Express
Arnold’s Question Well Answered in Whitewashed Legend
A writer recalls Benedict Arnold’s raid in Virginia where he captured an American officer. The officer predicts Arnold’s fate if captured, saying his leg would be honored in war burial, while the rest of his body would be hanged, reflecting a harsh postwar verdict contrasted with modern attempts at exalting him.
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Arnold
Benedict Arnold
Virginia
Quebec
Curious Candlestick in Scottish Kitchen Tale
A boy sits in a Scotch kitchen holding a fir candle, trimming it to burn. The fir candle, found embedded in peat, is a traditional candle still used in parts of Scotland. Candlesticks were tied to the herd laddies duties, and beggars could relieve them. in Aberdeenshire a candlestick is called a pair man or poor man.
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Scotland
Aberdeenshire
The Woman's Hope Hopeful Talk at Home
A brief exchange in a Philadelphia Press excerpt shows Woodly Wise insisting women are naturally more hopeful than men while Marryat teases his wife’s habit of querying doctors about fish freshness, a light domestic vignette.
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Marryat
Philadelphia Press
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