The Violets Grave Poem Excerpt From Vicotari Sicilian
An excerpt from the Sicilian poem Vicorta Vicortai renders a reflective scene in a woodland setting. The speaker contemplates springtime beauty and asks whether it is better to die by a maiden’s breast or in the grass as vernal beauty fades.
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Vicortai
Kendall
P. N. Granger
St. Albans
BI. Kendall
Kendaly
B. J, Kendall & CO
Enosburgh
Vermont
Thirteen at Table Ends in Wedding and Creed of Luck
A narrator plans to dine with fiancé Cecile but fears the superstition of thirteen at table predicts death. He cons a doctor Saint-Phar into joining the dinner, causing a comic safety crisis when the guest becomes the “death” of the tale. The tale ends with Saint-Phar returning, the family triumphant, and the superstition debunked as harmony and a christening follow.
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Cecile
Bijou
Cecil
Tle
Falajie
Ignanee
Anastasia
Mme. Miraul
de Bremond
Saint-Phar
M. Saint-Phar
M. de Saint-Phar
M. Adrien Rouy
Dr. Saint- Phar
Anastasia Bardot
Ignace
Mme
Mirael Turna
Saint- Phar
M. Miraul
Sebastopol
Mme. Mirault
Niecy
Charlotte
Tsay
M. de G
M. de Gg
Iter
Russia
Paris
M. de Bremond
Jove
Mirael
Mamma
Emperor’s Joke Revealed in Karatygin Memoir
In a Karatygin memoir anecdote, Emperor Nicholas I visits a provincial state prison and questions inmates about their crimes. He mocks a gypsy prisoner who admits stealing a pony, then orders him released to prevent corrupting the innocent prisoners.
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London Telegraph
Karatygin
Nicholas
Ofove
Tsigan
Rascal
A Horse's Age Wrinkles Indicate Years Beyond Nine
A horse develops a wrinkle at the upper corner of the lower eyelid after age nine, and adds one wrinkle for each year over nine. This dating method provides a practical way to judge a horse's age based on eye wrinkles.
Riddle Answer: What Has an Eye But Keeps a Nose
A playful word puzzle where losing an eye leaves only a nose, yielding the punny result a noise. The setup centers on a riddle about facial features and sound.
Railroads Expand And Struggle With Snow Across Regions
Reports cover belt railway project in Kansas City a tunnel line under the St Lawrence in Montreal and a Pennsylvania Rail Road rate cut. Other items note snow disruption in Western New York and Northern Iowa, Minnesota railways as public highways debates, and track work from Denver to Durango and Cincinnati to Chattanooga.
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Chicago
Kansas City
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Canada
Pennsylvania
New York
Iowa
Senate of
Minnesota
Reed-Colby
Milwaukee
Mallory
Colby
Canadian House of Commons
Blake
House
Canadian Pacific Railway
Denver
Cal. Dispatch
Denver, Western and Pacific Railway
Denver, Utah and Pacific
Col. Tribune
Chama
San Juan
Rio Grande
Toltec
Osier
Los Pinos
Cumbres
Coxo
Labato
Durango
Animas City
Silverton
Grand Trunk
Grand Trunk Railway Temperance Movement
Railway Commissioners of
Masachusetts
A Queer Chinese Tale From London Telegraph
A Pekin tale recalls a Ningpo druggist who buys a warehouse and marries his nephew to a daughter unseen by him. The bride is the woman he sees daily, and the match is celebrated without ceremony. The story notes a fox or badger shape shifting belief tied to misfortune.
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London Telegraph
Pekin
Ningpo
Sensi
Kansu
Mispronouncing Names and Language Taste
A February Atlantic Monthly piece laments common mispronunciations of English and foreign names ending in ell and other endings. It contrasts sound sense and good taste, cites examples like Parnell Browell Bedell Hubbell Liddell Waddell and Hogarth, and laments rustic mispronunciations of officials and writers.
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Atlantic Monthly
Parnedd
Parnell
Mr. Parnedd
Mr. Parnell
Miss Brownell
Lily Brownell
Tom
Harry Bedell
Bedell
Browne
Beadle
Well
Wall
State of
New York
Cornell
Cornell University
Hubbell
Liddell
Waddell
Littell
Barnard
Tricketts
General Steuben
Mr. Brains
Hogath
Mr. Hubbard
Shade
Old Mother Hubbard
Boy smokes cigar. bystanders urge caution at city hall
A 15 year old boy smokes a Cizar near City Hall. A passerby warns him nicotine can poison, while the boy dismisses the danger and jokes about a dare at a nearby post. The exchange ends with talk of a philosophy lesson outweighing parental advice.
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Sally Walter
Local Attorneys and Professionals Advertised in Sullivan Indiana
A compilation of classified style notices lists attorneys at law with offices on the square and in commercial rows in Sullivan Indiana. It also includes a physician surgeon with office over a jewelry store, night calls promised, and a photographer with new rooms offering photographs ambrotypes and enlargements in Sullivan Indiana.
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Attorneys At Law
Sullivan County Bank
Sullivan, Ty
Ga Ee Maple & Waggoner
Young’s
Sullivan
Ind
Jorn T. Gunn
Attorneys-at-Law
Indiana
McCammon
Maine Street
4Th and
Sth
South Side
Terre Haute
Kelly’s Jewelry
Humphrey’s Grocery Store
North Side of
Public Square
Sullivan Indiana
Ol& Pictures
Curry & Dutton
North Side Square
Sulli
Insurance Agents in Sullivan Ind
Insurance notice lists pred Briggs General Fire Life and Accident Insurance Agent located in an office over the Post Office in Sullivan Indiana.
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General Fire Life
Sullivan, Ind
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Henri LA Fontaine
Cincinnati Southern
Boyce Station
Chatanooga
Cincinnati
Western
Atlantic
Boyce
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Tennessee River
Ben Vandelt & Co
Rey
E. A. Wilson
Penn St
Williamsburgh
N.Y
M. L. Byrn
Nassau St
N Y
John K. Ogden
Cedar St
Brees & Massie
Qoulson & Coulson
Buff & Patten
Jon T, Hays
Attorney At Law
Eroner Public Square
P. H. Blue UE
Commercial Row
Mwg, Buff
F. Buff, M. D
W. Cayvins, M. D
W W. Johnson
Pred Briggs
Stoughton
Mass
BJ. Kendall & Co
Gents
Chase
Parker
R.A. Gains
Frosburg Falls
A. N
John G. Jenne
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