A Tiny Swishing Curtain and Wind Through Leaves
A poetic fragment describes a breeze moving a faery curtain and leaves as mist shifts from gray into blue, with thistle-down fluttering unsteadily. The imagery blends delicate natural motion and changing light in a tranquil mood.
Orchard House and a Southern Loyalist Family in War Times
In 1861 Michigan riverfront Orchard House hosts Captain Daniel Winthrop his wife Martha daughter Nell and hopeful Kate Frobisham. Kate the southern belle leaves for Cincinnati with Alphonse Lecroix triggering a rift as son Harry enlists and pursues Mosby’s raiders in Virginia where a dramatic rescue clash ends with Harry senseless and Kate’s whereabouts unknown awaiting continuation.
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Faults of Temper We All Must Admit Our Shortcomings
A humorous exhortation urging readers to acknowledge temper faults from childhood mischief to marital friction and parental temper, arguing that self truth benefits all. It invites both men and women to confess failings and consider how temper shapes daily behavior and relationships.
Jay Gould the Wall Street King A Vanity of Cowardice and Quiet Ways
A contemporary sketch portrays Jay Gould as a cautious private man living at Fifth Avenue and Forty Seventh Street near Windsor Hotel. It describes his nightly walks, domestic habits, restrained dress, and meticulous business style, noting his guarded conversations, analytic gaze, and reliance on son George J. Gould for strategic matters.
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Sufferings of Rowena Crew Surpass Shipwreck Tales
The Portland Oregonian recalls shipwreck survivors and highlights the Rowena steamer crew stranded on Lake River after running aground near a raft of piling. Four days in the mud left them with nothing to eat but Limburger cheese, a hardship said to outdo any recorded voyage ordeal.
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