Who Is That Late Woman My Wife Across The House
A humorous verse describes a man’s confession of his wife who teases him, manages the household, and exerts daily sway. The speaker, using affectionate nicknames like pretty boy and honey, notes her eye for his clothes, frugality, and steady presence from dawn to night. The poem ends by calling her the better half of the household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bose
Aarm Fletcer
Jura
Malcolm McLean
Malcolm
Sandy Lind
Islay
Neil Darrodl
Colonsay
Neil
Alyrena L. Wheeler
San Francisco
Braminer
The Fireman's Story of a Fatal Bridge Crash
A veteran fireman recounts eleven years on the railroad, the brutal night of February when a freight oil car blocked a bridge and a passenger train derailed. The engine and cars plunged into icy water amid a blaze, with twenty one passengers killed and the fate of his fellow fireman Doc left uncertain as the wreck was wrestled from the river.
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Marin
Dov
New York City
Albany
New York
Het
Nick
Dee
Doe
New Hamburg
Wai Creek
Southtown
Ps Aes
Doc
Ken To
Ee 7
Dec
Kesth
Odd Items From Various Papers Across The Nation
A collage of brief selections notes a woman in Oakland died from eating cloves, a New York collector received seventy dollars as duty on smuggled apparel, and Chicago reports that street nefarious food is used at saloon lunch tables. Atlanta’s name origin is recounted, an Arab fined for a bowie knife in Laredo, and Public Printer Rounds arranged the President’s message printing. A Swedish-Sioux Falls case features albino children, while France’s war cost is pegged at two million daily. Cynthia Parker’s Texas tale and a honest man who paid his fare complete this roundup of oddities and anecdotes.
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Oakland
Boston Transcript
Robertson
New York
JA. Y. Times
Chicago Herald
Atlanta
Marthasville
Lumpkin
Atlantic & Western Railroad
Laredo
Tex
Leaven
Rounds
Souldiers
Si. Pant Press
France
Berlin
Texas
Cynthia Parker
Is P Parker
Quinalt
Sul Ross
Dreams and Marriage in Jura Tales of Fortune and Fate
The piece recounts a Cincinnati merchant’s rise and fall, then shifts to Jura folklore on dreams. It describes the wedding of a handsome couple, a lavish home, a later financial crash, and a widow and children left in poverty. It then surveys Jura belief in dreams and their meanings via analogies and local anecdotes.
Missionaries and observatory work in education notes
The item lists various educational and religious notes including missionary dress standards for native women, the world’s largest observatory dome under construction in Cleveland for the University of Virginia, and a soap bubble fundraiser at church fairs. It also mentions Harvard evening services, a Gospel ship on the Great Lakes, and a Methodist Episcopal Church missionary committee’s annual receipts. Further entries reflect a boy’s school fear and origins of American college names with brief explanations of founders and donors.
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India
Cleveland
University of Virginia
Chicago Tribune
Harvard University
Boston Post
Chicago
Burley
Chicago News
General Missionary Committee
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York City
New York Independent
Harvard College
John Harvard
Williams College
Ephraim Williams
Dartmouth College
Lord Dartmouth
Brown University
Nicholas Brown
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin
Maine
Yale College
Elihu Yale
Willing Witness Reveals Marriage Tale On Stand
An on the stand exchange shows a witness admitting he performed a marriage ceremony between two parties. He describes being in his potato field, returning to the house, meeting Melinda and Mr Hutchins, and quickly confirming the marriage with a brief yes. The scene shifts to casual remarks and a pause before confirmation. The report includes a Boston scene and scattered commentary on cost of war versus education.
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Eller
Melinda
Mr. Hutchins
Bangor
Amfe. Commercial
Pungent Paragraphs and Puns Across Newspapers
A collage of humorous clippings features bumbling readers and wry editors. An American editor resigns to sell fish while others joke about telegraphy dining under tables. Christine Nilsson’s Paris debut is recalled with vivid nostalgia across the era.
New Year Customs And Gift Traditions Revealed
On New Year morning the Montgomery family debates its origins and customs. Children judge a panel as they recount why the Egyptian year lacked leap days, the English civil year shift to January 1, and Janus imagery. Nettie explains wolf month, gift customs for sovereigns, and pin money origins from Tudor times.
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Mabel Montgomery
Montgomerys
James
Edward
Nettie
Mabel
Jindze van Vorst
Mr. Ludlow
Solomonith
Gould
Janus
Ufc
Antiquities
Tavitus
Sofius
Ben Jonson
Rowhders
England
Henry VI
Cardinal Pole
Job
Elizabeth
Earl of Leicester
Two Sided Selves and Polite Facades in Social Life
A fragment from a periodical piece discusses dual personas in social settings. It recounts a familiar woman whose posture and speech shift when entertaining guests, provoking humor about "another self." It cites Carlyle on silence and notes wealth's sway over impression. The text also references Rev Join Jones’s Harlem lecture and anecdotes about social mores, dress, and manners from New York papers.
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Join Jones
Harlem
New York
Triteme
Lessons of the Year for Young Readers
A reflective piece on growing wiser with the year and a spiritual lens, noting how lessons from nature and gratitude shape character. It recounts New Year customs, including a bride’s unfamiliarity with extended family rituals and shared cakes, and ends with readers invited to judge the tale.
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Demen
Margaret II
Peeke
Chicago
The Music of Insects and insect sounds
An old reader notes the katydid drumbeads and wing rubbing produce sounds at dusk. The piece likens insect nerves to human feelings and urges empathy for tiny creatures, referencing bees and their hums and the katydid’s rhythm. It blends curiosity with gentle moral about kinship with insects.
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Ani
kKimito
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Caretsi
Lawes
Rothamsted
San Antonio
Ter
Dame Fortune
Cincinnati
West
Paris
America
Indy
Treasury Department
Cincinnati News
Sallie
Kentucky
Parker House
Boston
Boston| Transcript
Hansia
Boston & Albany Railroad
Burlington
Georgie
Burlington Free Press
Herbert Spencer
Clearin House
Chicago Inter Ocean
State Street
Jennie
Christine Nilsson
Christine Nilasco
Christine
Baca
Sigs
Mr. Montgomery
Fecal
Ren
Geblen
Carlyle
San Francisco Examiner
Sen Sen Litens
New York Mail and Express
Anys
Milady
Alie
Mother
Mohawk Valley
York
Anta
Etornee
Andie
Mimis
Iteares
Phat
Walla
Ae Leron
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