All Is Vanity Poem of Drink and Faith
A poem speaks of wine and revelry followed by a call to seek Thee and a weariness with pleasure. The speaker alternates between love and music and ends by turning toward a melancholy minor key.
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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1905
Page
3
The Man of Gaze and the Three Women
A narrator recounts a captivating, dangerous attraction to a darkly magnetic man who dominates the affections of two women. At a tea and later a garden party the lover’s power is felt as tension and jealousy rise, a wedding and a funeral follow, and the narrator contemplates marriage amid heartbreak and ambiguity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip
Tom
Fragmented Confession of Love and Veiled Emotions
A speaker declares intimate claims and alternating tenderness and secrecy. They describe receiving more care than others while hiding true observations of affection and rival feelings. The passage hints at inner conflict between love and hate toward a unnamed man.
Two Brothers Watch Each Other In Church Sleep
London Tit-Bits reports two clerics living by a simple rule one nudges the other when drowsiness strikes during sermons. The plan to sit beside one another to prevent dozing brings a comic test of pastoral dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
Benjamin
Brother Park
Parw
London
Canton’s eight tiered pagoda towers over Honam Island
Canton named the city of pagodas features a remarkable eight story tower on Honam Island. The brick and tile structure sits on a seven acre foundation and is believed to be about a thousand years old. Time worn walls contrast with intricate cornices and a heavenward minaret, seen as an enduring artistic work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Honam
How She Was Redficed
A middle aged stout woman shares her Turkish bath experience with her family after dieting and exercise failed. She claims she lost almost seven eighths of a pound while noting the bathwoman lost three pounds and a quarter, revealing a truth she kept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Magazine
Snowflake of Love and the Star of Sorrow
The verse speaks of a snowflake caught by a lover and a frail star. It compares fragile beauty to love and suggests that true love knows pain as life seeks distant stars. The speaker notes sorrow turns beauty into a tear and learns through sighs that love that does not bend cannot know pain.
Harmless Beverages and the Push for Pure Substitutes
The author extols a future of beverages crafted without salicylic acid, alcohol, tannin, or caffeine. They warn that removing caffeine or tannin from coffee and tea robs the drink of its active stimulant, labeling caffeine excess as caffeinism and noting the broader pursuit of safer, purer concoctions.
Berlin offers prizes for Virchow monument plans
The city of Berlin announces three prizes for the best designs for a monument to the late Prof. Virchow. The winning work will be placed at the Karl and Luisen streets intersection, in a square to be named Virchow Platz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Prof
Virchow
Karl and
Luisen
Wragg Seeks Reader Ideas for Farm Orchard Garden
Mr Wragg invites contributions of new ideas from readers of this department. He will answer inquiries from correspondents seeking information on topics discussed and requests readers to address M J Wrage 300 Good Block Des Moines Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wragg
M. J. Wrage
Des Moines
Iowa
Buying Trees Near Home Reduces Risks for Planters
The article warns against buying far abroad nursery stock due to differing growing conditions and long freight, urging small planters to source from near reputable nurserymen. It stresses selecting stock suited to local land, consulting experienced helpers, and avoiding overreliance on distant sellers and agents. It includes reader Frank Sloan’s inquiry about South Dakota land and a cited evaluation of the region’s soil, rail access, and fruit potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sloan
Woodward
South Dakota
Rosebud
Rosebud Reservation
U. S. Land Office
Washington, D. C
Sioux City
Iowa
Yankton
Elk Point
Des Moines
Duchess
Wealthy
Haas
Utter’s
N. W. Greening
Milwaukee
Chicago
Missouri River
Farm boy trades liberty for greed in city life
A farm boy leaves his free country life for the city, deemed foolish for choosing greed and discontent over independence. The line contrasts rural liberty with urban temptations and questions the cost of urban pursuits.
Whitewashing Fruit Trees Method Touted by Macoun
Mehan's Monthly notes old practice of whitewashing tree trunks while farmers use it as a habit more than a reasoned method. Prof. M T Macoun of Canada’s Department of Agriculture specifies a wash of sixty pounds lime, twenty four gallons water, and six gallons skim milk or glue as a binding addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mehan
M. T. Macoun
Department of Agriculture
Taft
Michigan Agricultural College
The Honest Milkman Rides On Without a Laboratory
A playful verse praises a milkman who delivers rich milk with no laboratory. The speaker notes the odd honesty in an era of doodle rules, admiring the man’s simple method and steady journey despite modern folly.
Best grasses for shade partial pasture on a Nebraska farm
A Nebraska reader asks which grasses suit two acres of hog pasture under partial shade. The reply recommends early spring sowing of brome grass for quick pasture and a June mix of blue grass, plus a few pounds per acre of red clover to boost forage, noting red clover’s resilience in locals with mild freezes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Foxworth
Nebraska
Vetch and Cowpea Hay Compared to Wheat Bran for Dairy Cows
Alabama Experiment Station bulletin reviews feeding trials with hairy vetch cowpeas and soybeans hay as substitutes for wheat bran. Vetch hay matches bran in feeding value reducing butter cost per pound by 25 percent. cowpea hay offers 86 percent of bran value with 4.65 and 4.35 dollars monthly profit per cow on respective rations. Soybean hay yields modest butter gain but with uneaten coarse stems. Additional notes cover tree spraying practices by Prof Taft for peach bud protection and winter spray schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Experiment Station
Jersey
Uniform Jars Ideal for Farmer Butter Trade
The farmer should use jars of consistent size for regular butter packaging. Uniform jars simplify handling and distribution, ensuring steady quantities and a tidy, efficient trade flow.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Win Oren Eves
Daily Story Pub. Co
Phillip
Conducted BY
M. F Wragg
Doodle
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