Memories Of Last Night Poem In New Orleans Times-Democrat
The poem recalls a magical night under stars and moonlight. A speaker addresses a sweetheart, praising deep love and shared dreams beyond the skies. The piece blends imagery of celestial glow with intimate emotion to express paradise found in affection.
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Eden
Paradise
New Orleans Times-Democrat
A Lonely Passenger On The Promenade Deck
On a German bound liner, a doctor recalls a past love Paula, a chorus girl, whose sacrifice and his faithlessness ended a dream of marriage. He reveals the tale to Miss Lingen as waves crash and a storm rages, seeking forgiveness and a chance to find Paula again.
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Thalia Theater
Aho
Paula
America
Miss Lingen
Abe
Goctor
Rip Van Winkle star Joseph Jefferson praised in Chicago Daily News
The Chicago Daily News lauds Joseph Jefferson for his close bond with theatergoers, noting his quiet naturalism and consistent art across decades. His death provokes widespread regret yet respect for a long life of achievement.
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Chicago Daily News
Rip van Winkle
Bob Acres
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Maude Adams and Her Homes on Long Island Farm Life
Maude Adams owns three properties and favors Ronkonkoma farm life over showplace homes. She manages fields pastures and woodlands surrounding a comfortable farmhouse, modernized modestly to meet today’s needs rather than luxury. A writer in Twentieth Century Home notes her preference for practical, well kept rural living.
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Long Island
Navy of the Lord Echoes in Mo Demands and Humorous Exchange
In a Missouri Democrat column a Negro exhorter jokes about being in the navy not the army during a Baptist service. The writer recalls Civil War era lights in windows signaling good news, contrasting Union and copperhead households. The piece ends with the quip motto about liberty or debt.
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Chile
Velograph Reveals Auto's Movements by German Instrument
An imported German device called the velograph records automobile activity for owners. It both registers speed and tracks stops and varying speeds, using a rotating clock dial and a hub connected speed register. The end result shows miles traveled with timestamps and any periods of motionlessness.
Coin Sorting Machine Born in Atlantic City Patent Claim
An Atlantic City inventor introduces a coin sorting machine touted as a practical relief for amusements. The device uses graded openings in stacked tiers around a cylinder to separate nickels dimes and pennies by size, with smaller pieces traveling through successive levels to their designated receptacles.
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Globe
Atlantic City
Coney Isand
Mrs Stephen B Elkins Honored as Model American Woman
A profile lauds Mrs Stephen B Elkins of West Virginia as an exemplary American woman. It notes her influence on her husband senator Elkins and her cultural refinement. Hers is a life shaped by effort, partnership, and social prominence in Washington and Elkins.
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Stephen B. Elkins
West Virginia
Washington
Elkins
W. Va
Mra Elkins
Henry G. Davis
Hallie Davis
T Uehurst
South
The Shearing Day and the Child’s Haircut Tale
A narrative from Youth's Companion describes a family fuss over cutting a baby's hair. Reactions range from monarchic fuss to practical acceptance as the cradle yields its treasure. The scene shifts to motherly comfort and a playful afternoon where Jean learns, plays, and peers look on. a homemaking vignette of growth and affection.
No Chance in a Land of Opportunity for Youth
A rhetorical exhortation extols American opportunity for boys and girls, urging confidence in success with quotes about Helen Keller and youths going to Congress. It contrasts past scarcity with present abundance, asserting that grit and instruction unlock futures and that education begins with the alphabet. A family vignette follows featuring a toy and a child's simple play request.
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Helen Keller
Congress
Stranded Lad a Yankee Remembered by Hawthorne
A tale recalls Nathaniel Hawthorne testing a stranded Yankee boy in Liverpool when he sought passage home. The consul questioned birth and hometown then asked who sold the best apples, prompting the boy to name Brim Milk from Exeter New Hampshire. Hawthorne approved and granted passage.
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Folsom
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Liverpool
America
Hawthorne
United States
New Hampshire
Exeter
Carrying Voice Sparks Family Quarrel at Breakfast
In a humorous scene from Youth's Companion, Mr. Aiken boasts of a so called carrying voice that supposedly makes his father hear him easily. His father, puzzled, asks for clarification while the family laughs at the escalating misunderstanding around the breakfast table.
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Sue
Molly
Mr. Aiken
Helen
Father Alken
Mr. Alken
Father Aiken
Fater Aiken
Patientest, Best Natured Husband Reassures Mrs Learned
Mrs Learned confides to a close friend that she believes her husband is exceedingly patient and kind by nature. She suspects his ailments are recent, not his true character, and she ponders if exhaustion or recent strain explains his behavior.
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