If Life Meant Only Leisure Poem Fragment
Poem fragment reflecting on life as leisure and pleasure. Mentions Cupid, joy, and a roundelay rhythm. Attributed to Emily T. Charles in Current.
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Emily T. Charles
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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1886
Page
2
My One Adventure
A woman in a Western cabin survives an Indian raid aided by her brother Tom who had been living with the raiders. He helps distract the attackers, frees the trapped baby Dolly from a cellar, and guides the family to a fort before U.S. troops pursue the raiders. The tale ends with them returning home to a safer frontier community.
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Baby
Thad
Dolly
Pnd
Dreath
Hu Bael
Tom
Tai
Leried
Thurkelly
Outer
Cenverhiette
Ita
United States
Forged Bank of England Notes Circulating Abroad
The forged Bank of England notes have spread across the Continent and reach London. They resemble real notes so closely that only an expert can tell them apart, due to improvements in engraving, paper, and water marks developed by John Coe and Alfred Smee.
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Bank of England
London
John Coe
Alfred Smee
London City Press
French officer's repeating rifle loaded in ten seconds
The weapon can be loaded with seven cartridges in ten seconds and discharged entirely in four shots, remaining shoulder-mounted until the magazine runs dry.
Salt Lake City Revered as Mormon Era Pioneering City
Long tribute details Brigham Young’s role in founding Salt Lake City. The piece praises urban design irrigation streets and waterworks, noting temples walls and Beehive homes while describing the city’s religious capital status and landscape. It closes with a contrasting note on Claude Seurat the 19th century skinned man described in Larper's Weekly.
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Edmunds
Brigham Young
Salt Lake City
Mormon Church
City of the Saints
Band of Saints
Missouri
Great American Desert
Great Salt Lake
Bemtitut
Corre Mons
Jordan River
Colorado
Larper
Salt and Longevity Dialogue From Omaha World Feature
A snippet from the Omaha World quotes a Berlin scientist claiming salt promotes longevity, while a cowboy from Wayback questions salt’s value and notes locals’ distrust of fresh salt. The exchange frames salt as essential yet controversial in daily diet.
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Cowboy
Wayback
Berlin
Omaha World
Not Likely to Marry in Conversation
A Dallas woman discusses her son in Austin not yet married. She says he is too young and must become sensible. The friend retorts that if he stays single until then he will never marry.
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Dallas
Austin
Mary
Siftinga
Canes as fashion, function, and status in Detroit society
A Detroit dealer explains canes as a promenade accessory rather than work tools, valued by elderly gentlemen and walkers alike. He notes favorite materials ebony and oak with ivory or silver knobs, stylish heads from Mephistopheles to carved scrolls, and the enduring appeal of a personal story behind a stick.
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Free Press
Mephistopheles
Toby
Cate
Charms for Chinamen A Chinatown Curio Market Feature
The San Francisco Call notes charms sold in Chinatown as pervasive cultural curiosities for tourists and locals. Items include a twelve inch dagger charm, brass mirrors claimed to cure madness, money daggers to ward off malign spirits, and decorations like peach blossoms leaves and Artemisia sprigs. Prices range from a dollar for a money dagger to cheaper options for the less expensive charms.
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Chinatown
East
Artemisia
San Francisco
Epitaph at Sterling Castle Lines on Life’s Winter Day
An aging tomb inscription at Sterling Castle near Elinburg contemplates life as a winter day. Some breakfast and depart, others linger to dinner, while the eldest sleeps early. The verse reflects economy of time and the fate of daily toils.
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Sterling Castle
Elinburg
Sarge
Invention of Suk by a Chinese Empress Seebeig
A Ladies' Department note credits a Chinese empress named Seebeig with the ancient discovery and use of silk fibers about 2800 years before Christ. It states she found the silk worm fibers strong, bred the worms, and started a new industry that her successors supported.
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Seebeig
When She Was a Girl and the Candy Craze
A grandmother recalls old days when girls cared for hearts as well as looks while Philadelphia rapid candy growth spreads. The Quaker city sees more bonbons sold and many shops import Paris sweets. A famed girl from a prominent family accrued debts of 40 dollars for candy before vacation, then paid up and quit.
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Philadelphia
Paris
Norwegian Peasant Weddings Outline Throbbing Significance
The piece explains why Norwegian peasant weddings are rare, noting sparse population and careful, duty minded peasants. It details how a groom must prove land ownership or allotment, the wife’s pathway from girlhood through confirmation, and the betrothal ceremony with rings and gifts marking the impending union.
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Norway
Fashion Notes Signal Changing Styles Across Wardrobes
The column surveys shifting taste from short draperies to high collars and upper enclosures. It notes growing influence of leather bindings in tailored costumes, broad directoire revers, cape walks, and revived circular cloaks. Jewelry trends include silver pieces with gems and tortoise shell pins as hair ornaments.
Sunday Scenes in an Italian Village
Sunday is the gala day in every Italian village with villagers in fine dress, church bells and music, crowds in the piazza, and a solemn church procession. The scene closes as the pastor enters the sacristy and the iron church doors open to the congregation.
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Heavenly Symphony
San Francisco Chronicle
Noble Forehead Idea Debunked by Dr Mays
In the Western Lancet Dr William H Mays argues that forehead size does not reflect intellect. He notes hair height can alter apparent foreheads and that frontal sinuses and posterior brain lobes relate to higher thought, challenging beauty myths about women.
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William H. Mays
Ile
Church Notices and Schedules for Community Services
The column lists church activities including preaching services prayer meetings and Sunday school at various local churches. It notes officers such as Rev. A. B. Thomas and E. Crosby and outlines meeting times at the church or members' homes with invitations to all. Additional items include social circles and relief societies with meeting dates and locations.
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A. B. Thomas
Ee E. Crosby
Ow. W. Condes
Charles Floyd
Eda Richardson
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