Liking and Disliking Echoes in Boston prose
A verse medley from the Boston Transcript questions instinctive likes and dislikes. It ponders why first impressions form before words are spoken and whether inner sense or chance governs attraction or aversion.
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Story of the Hungarian War from an Austrian Officer's Narrative
An Austrian officer recalls a Hungarian uprising, his mission to a noble mansion, and a battlefield encounter. He witnesses the death of Count St- and the sister Helene, then a brutal chase with Croat forces, ending with resolve to press on despite heavy losses.
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Marriage ends in suicide over overwhelming happiness
Courier des Etats Unis reports from St Lo a rich proprietor M P wed a beautiful young woman. The morning after their wedding he shot himself, leaving a sealed note claiming happiness without equal drove him to end his life. The piece notes his jovial temper and wide circle of friends.
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Getting Into the Wrong House
A man returns to a boarding house in September and misreads his surroundings. He enters through a door with a portable poker and hides under a sofa as the family arrives. Laughter breaks out when the ruse collapses, revealing a comic mistaken-identity scene and a burglar scare that ends in a humorous escape. The passage includes a second short note on petroleum seeps near San Pedro and mining activity nearby.
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Telegraph to Europe and other 19th century notes
North editors discuss ocean telegraph viability with a plan for a twenty-strand insulated wire rope and dual steamers. Estimated cost reaches 1.8 million dollars for New York to England plus station houses and machinery. Also reports a fatal tunnel explosion near Albemarle and notes on cementation iron to steel, a new Methodist bishop in St Louis, and a garbled line about a duck weed and other items.
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