Doubtful resolve in modern romantic verse exchange
A playful critique of temptation and self control as verses describe flirtatious acts and the doubt that one can resist or guard a heart. The speaker questions endurance and fidelity while noting sensual temptations and the likely failure to act rightly. The piece reads as a light moral meditation on desire.
The General's Ward Meets Dessa Daly At Last
Gen Biddulph, anxious over news of Cruce Daly’s daughter, finally meets Dessa Daly, a spirited beauty, who reveals a playful ruse about her arrival. He forgives her, recalling old friendships and promising protection as his ward gains a lively guardian.
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Biddulph
Corrie
Scott
Hassans
Delhi
England
Clarges Street
Druce Daxy
P. X
Dessa
Savage
Ew Tower
Mme
Tuscant
St. James
Aja
Ore
Gren
Daly
Bruno
Cashmere
Col. Godwin
Cruce Daly
Colonel Godwin
Combewall
Spencer’s
Gen. Biddulph
Miss Daly
Druce Daly
Gen
Ayah
Majnly
Blackmoor
Paris
Dessa Daly
Sinda
Sunday School Sermon Turned Hellish
A Boston Record piece describes a Back Bay Sunday school class where a young teacher urged infants to live rightly to reach heaven. She warns that bad behavior leads to hell, abruptly correcting herself to avoid a vulgar term, while addressing eager, innocent listeners.
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Boston Record
Back Bay
Tactics of Lee and Meade in Pennsylvania Campaign
The article analyzes Lee's aim to avoid a direct offensive in Pennsylvania, seeking to draw Meade into an attack. It notes Lee allegedly promised not to assault, citing risk from supply lines, while Meade reportedly anticipated Lee's trap and countered. The piece concludes with Lee supposedly retreating after a failed bid and enticing Meade to counter the next day.
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Lee
Meade
Philadelphia Ledger
Pennsylvania
Potomac
Sleeper On the Misso Train Aboard a Threatened Runaway
In a Misso journey a passenger fears the train will derail as a frightened woman seeks rest in a sleeper. A fellow traveler suggests safety, but a quarrel over missing shoes and a stubborn conductor complicates the retreat. The tense scene ends with plans to watch for danger aboard the car.
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Misso Duotor
Newfoundland Hero Rescues Missing Girl in Boston
The Boston Transcript recounts a girl wandering to a neighbor’s home where a friendly Newfoundland, once told to seek her, obeyed. He trotted the child back to her mother, holding the dress with his teeth as he delivered the girl safely, amid a humorous misunderstanding.
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Boston Transcript
Boseton
Nellie
Boston
The Frontiersman Valor Described By The Fork Herald
A Frontier man is praised as a tough American citizen with a hard constitution and bold courage. He can draw his pistol or Bowie knife with lightning speed and never cowers before danger, filling the air with bullets. The writer extols frontier bravado in vivid, old fashioned terms.
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Frontieraman