Darkened cosmos yields to a starry dawn in verse
The poem contemplates chaos and doom followed by a hopeful revelation. It contrasts apocalyptic imagery with a creed in a divine order, as the “Father of Universe” is invoked to guide time, nature, and fate toward a luminous future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivian
Utn
Heeren
Queensware
Drcola Lecord
Binghamton
Trey
Kansas
Taras Siftings
Omaha
Rastis
Saypy
Pat
Mike
Bliss
Mr. Mallow
Brute
Boston Transcript
Boston
Yonkers
Ferron Smith
Sven You
Jack
Drcam
Greveland Confessionery
Fall Street News
Effie and Howard in a turbulent stage romance
Howard Thorndike confronts Effie Desmond's mercurial temper and stage ambitions as she discharges a chorus singer and fights for her career. He ponders marriage, charity, and growing distance, then questions a familiar face from his past while nursing doubt about their future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie
Jover
Howard Thorndike
Lisie
Leppth
Mademoiselle Dumond
Howard
Tom
Kaenu
Wise
Evan
Graffly
Ellie
Sue
Desmond
Moore
Mr. Egan
Egan
Effie Desmond
The
Victoria
Grob
Torec
Honard Thorndike
Lke
Maurice D. Insing
West Nineteenth Street
Eighth
Ninth Avenues
Bookish Jokes and Wry Wordplay Across The Ages
A collage of quips and comic snippets from various papers. Jokes about stenographers egg nog grafters and tailor glue headline a row of playful lines. The jokes touch manners language misreads and a sly nod to Job as the Bible’s oldest book.
Crow Roost and Mongolian Ginseng Trade Explored
E M Hasbrouck describes nightly crow roosting patterns with tens of thousands converging to a single site by 4 30 and dispersing as darkness deepens. The piece then shifts to Mongolian ginseng, its claimed miraculous Chinese uses, global trade patterns, and US production centering in West Virginia and Pennsylvania with historical notes from 18th century New England traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Hasbrouck
United States
China
Manchuria
Corea
Great Wall of China
Usuri
Pacific
Japan
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Ohio
Indiana
Northwest
New England
Jonathan Edwards
Mr. McCulloch
Scotland
Stockbridge
Albany
England
Mediteranean Sponges and Their Marketed Forms
A report describes living sponges and their preparation for market. It explains sponge anatomy, water channels, and motion by microscopic hairs, notes that division yields two sponges, and discusses varieties like Smyrna Turkey and West India sponges. It details harvesting off southern Iovida, the sponge’s surface, crawling death, dyeing stages, and final washing before sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Street
Mediterranean
Turkey
Smyrna
Lahama
West India
Iovida
Flowery Kingdom Morals on Crime and Penalties
The World describes China’s harsh punishments for petty crimes, detailing lashes for petit larceny, collars and confinement, and life imprisonment for malice. It notes public executions, banishments from bail, and the role of educated elites in pardons, with references to ancient Scotland and a final misquotation about crows.
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China
New York
Malin
Manas
China Alto
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Arvide Baldwin
Plutoran
BY Gurt Arnold
Mademoiselle Dimond
Elle
Goves
Arain White
HUMOL
Job
Glamis Castle
Mache
Duncan
St . Slands
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